Page 30 of Magic in His Arms

He stared at her, stunned.“She wants a child?”

“Well, we are both far past the normal procreation ages for a shifter or orc.”

“How old are you?”

She reached for the last sandwich.“Sixty-two.We have had our careers and are good at our jobs, but family is the next step; it has just been a distance away and down a long hallway.”

She smiled and drank the water.“There.Better.Fed and hydrated.One hour and forty minutes on the clock.Oh, Chief, do you give permission for me to enact the right of revenge for family on your grounds?”

He said, “I do.”

“Excellent.Just wanted to make sure all of the niceties are adhered to.”She looked around.“Nice house.How many bedrooms?”

“Six, and Tam-or’s quarters on the main floor.”

“Nice.Good space for a nursery when she visits.”She paused.“If she visits.”

“What could I do to bring her to me if she is pregnant?”

“Not to put too fine a point on it, but blow her fucking doors off.”

He blinked and smiled slowly.“I believe I can do that.”

“She is just as sturdy as I am, and I am about to demonstrate that I am very sturdy.”

He nodded.“You share senses.”

“Right, so screw her like she was a giant orc warrior.Well, a lady one.She doesn’t like alternative entrances right now.She’s on a mission.”

He blinked and smiled.“What?”

“If she’s in her doe form, pull her to her knees, grab her horns, and arch her head back.Ah.Now you are getting the idea.Looks like a lady, fucks like a beast.”

“But she’s so graceful.”

Never did something she rarely allowed herself.“Oh, wow.When you get a second form, you have to master how it moves, how you turn, bend, etcetera.Her beast has horns.Large ones.She can’t wear them in a car, so she has to be human while driving.That is why I need to engage in the vengeance.If she ends up pregnant, her honour will carry to her child, and I am family, as is Uncle Matthias.The orcs around here need to know that we mean business before he has to step in.”

“The mayor?”

She chuckled.“Yes.That wouldn’t go over well.”

“I am teetering between arousal and terror.”

Never smiled.“That is the attitude you should take into sex with Cora.”

He got a message on his phone.“Holy shit.They are bringing her here.”

She got up and stretched.“Then, we had better find the battleground.Something suitable for a large audience.”

Abel-ur nodded.“Come with me.We have grounds for honour battles.”

“Ah, good.Show me the way.”

“Her father will warn her.He’s been obsessed with me becoming his son-in-law for years, and he has fed into her delusions.”

They left his home, and he walked with her down a block to the challenge grounds.Tam-or came with them and looked larger in the bright light.Guessing at lineage was rude, but she would guess that there was either a giant or a mountain troll zipping in his bloodstream.Either one of his parents must have had a lot of fortitude.

He gave her a slight smile as he followed them.