Page 84 of Magic in His Arms

Never’s village was growing in leaps and bounds.

Iscorabella grinned.“This has been quite the eventful few days.”

“Regrets?”

She laughed.“Just not coming home and seducing an orc years ago.It was just the right thing.”

“Best timing was right now.I am the chief, and since you are a duo, Tam-or is single.He was locked in the moment he saw her.I confess to the same.You are a lovely dancer.”

Cora smiled.“We loved dancing as kids, and I went one way, and she went another.Both different but powerful.”

“So, what do you want to name our little half-orc?”

“I don’t know.We have to wait until we know if it’s male or female.”

“Can Never tell us?”

“She can, but she’s busy right now.Oh, I should get her a glass of water.She’s going to get thirsty.Hah.The trees are holding her up.”

Vines had wrapped around Never’s hips and legs, and they were holding her comfortably as she touched each one of those who had come to greet her.Tam-or walked back to her side and gave her a glass of water.

It took over an hour, but the touches and hugs were complete.Locals had started a barbecue, and food began to arrive.A variety of tables were set up on the flat stone patio, and four women closed around Never.Tam-or made the introductions, and the ladies enthusiastically hugged Never, one by one.

“Tam-or’s family.”

“Oh.Oh, wow.Do you have family?”

He grinned.“I do.They are waiting for my signal.He has all sisters.I have all brothers.”

She laughed and then blinked.“Oh, you aren’t kidding.”

“Nope.Four brothers and sisters-in-law, and six nieces and nephews.I was considered to be well-anchored in our community when I fought for chief.”

“Yeah.Wait.Is that cloud of people yours?”

“Yup, and that is my father and mother and aunties.Buckle up.They are coming in.”

Three orcs surrounded Cora, shook hands, and then hugged her a lot.The rest of the thirty relatives she had just acquired by virtue of the man next to her came in easy stages, and by the time they were done, folks were bringing her food and finding lawn chairs, and she picked her chair up and scooted toward Never.

She looked to her sibling and smiled.One more link to bind them, not that they had ever really been apart.

The Daring Claw Clan was about to get a boost they wouldn’t forget.