The Orc Wife: A Monsterly Yours Romance (Monstery Yours Book 1) by S.J. Sanders

Author:S.J. Sanders [Sanders, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Orgath

I glare sourly into my mead. The other orcs are wisely giving me a wide berth, cognizant of my foul temper. Finally, the male I have been waiting for enters the tavern. I raise my hand, and he inclines his head in my direction as he catches sight of me. Bodi slides into the chair at the opposite side of the table and gives a sympathetic look.

“Orgath, you look tired. Haven’t you gone home at all?”

I snort derisively. He doesn’t have a mate. He has no idea how impossible it is to just leave your mate. “She may not wish to see me, but I cannot leave her without my protection.”

“She has Erra’s family to provide protection—”

I don’t even try to temper the growl that rises from my chest. “I am no kind of male if I just leave her care to another.”

He puts both hands up, yielding.

“How is she?” I ask. This is, after all, why I asked him to meet me here.

“I spoke with Erra this morning. Sammi is well… in fact she has sent me to impart some news to you,” he says, hesitation in his voice as he shifts with excitement.

“Well?” I snap, impatient.

“Sammi is carrying your young,” Bodi bursts out, grinning from ear to ear. The trickle of conversation around us instantly dies.

Everything stills within me. My mate, my wife… is carrying my child. She carries my son or daughter and she is not here.

Frustration boils, but then I am distracted by hands striking my shoulders as voices of my clan happily congratulate me. One male, a fair bit into his mead, begins to heartily sing a traditional song of our clan and others spiritedly join in. For a moment, I am stunned at the reception of the news by the clan. Every one of them is beaming with happiness. Another orc shouts out my family name in praise to the clan ancestors, and this is taken up all through the tavern.

I look over at Bodi, who leans forward and grins. “They celebrate the return of our chieftain’s line. Our true chieftain.”

As voices continue to shout, something settles within an empty void that my family’s death left within me. I will have to face Lorf, if not for myself and my clan, then for the sake of my child. I push away from the table.

Bodi’s eyebrows climb as he stumbles onto his feet after me. “Where are you going, Orgath?”

“To get my wife,” I growl. “Then I will plan what I need to do to see about Lorf.”

“About fucking time!” he shouts after me.

As I walk to Erra’s home, I wonder how much difficulty my cousin is going to present me with when I arrive. I am confident that I will be able to soothe Sammi’s temper, but I would prefer avoiding an outraged orc female if I can. I am not feeling very confident when she opens the door with a fierce scowl, but to my relief, she waves me in.

She crosses her arms over her chest and gives me a long look as I enter and close the door behind me.

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