The Orc’s Treasure by Archer Clare

Author:Archer, Clare
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Glinn

This was the moment I’d been dreading. I was certain that Mason had opened his idiotic mouth and told Lina what was my secret to tell.

Did she feel betrayed? Did she hate me? Did she regret being mated to an orc?

Was she going to leave me?

I took her to a private room toward the back of the first floor and she looked all around her in confusion.

“What is this room?”

“It’s my entertainment room for movies and gaming.”

“A what?”

“I’ll show you sometime soon, you’ll like it. Lina, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”

“Why didn’t you?”

Her face was blank, and for the life of me I couldn’t read what she was feeling. “At first because it was an utter shock to me. And then because I enjoyed you so much, I didn’t want to lose you. It seemed unlikely that such a rare and beautiful treasure would want to be with an orc.”

Her head jerked back in genuine surprise which caught me off guard.

“You really thought that?” I nodded and she huffed in annoyance. “I don’t care what you look like, you doofus. Although to be honest, I think you’re seriously hot.”

My brain must have short circuited for a moment. Not only was she not destroying me for not telling her, but she also thought I was pleasing to the eyes. What did I do to deserve such a precious mate?

“So, you’re not angry with me?”

“I’m a little annoyed but, surprisingly, I'm not mad. Normally I would be fuming at something like this, but I do understand. And it probably would have been too soon to tell me.”

It was time to drop the bomb of information then. “There is one more thing you should know.”

“Oh lord, what is it?”

“Orc-kind have a mating tradition that binds two people on a spiritual connection, joining them as one. Once this ritual is performed there can be no other mate for either person. It is rare to find a second possible mate in one lifetime, but it is possible. They will also never fall in love again.”

My voice failed me and I stalled, trying to get it back.

“Go on,” she said.

“It is called a Blood Rite. When two magic mates accept a bond and want to cement it for eternity, the couple mix their blood together and it activates the connection.”

Her eyes slowly slid open wide. She was incredibly intelligent, and she knew where I was going with this.

“You’re telling me that when both of our open cuts made contact, we performed a Blood Rite?”

My eyes tightly closed before speaking. “Yes. It was entirely by accident, there was nothing I could do to stop it. I would never betray your right to choose, your right to independent thought by forcing this on you. I’m so very sorry.”

She put her hand to her mouth and breathed out deeply. Lina turned and walked to one of the theater seats as her stunning spiral curls bounced with every step. I followed her and knelt beside her to beg for forgiveness again.

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