Page 61 of Mountain Orc Daddy

UZUL

Ican’t stop pacing back and forth. Everything’s coming up so fast that I’m overwhelmed. At the same time I can’t believe the day’s already here. I’m about to propose to the love of my life.

I want everything to be perfect. It needs to be perfect. Blair deserves all the precious treasures in the world. It took me such a long time to choose the perfect ring.

She needs something simple yet intricately beautiful. Not too flashy but also brilliant enough for the whole world to see. The tribe members assure me that what I decided on is perfect.

“Chief, you'll make a ditch if you keep pacing around like that,” Rogar interrupts my thoughts.

“How’d you know I was here?”

Rogar approaches me from the driveway.

“I can hear your stomps all the way inside. Why are you hiding over here? Blair’s not home,” he says.

I currently hide, or was, by the woods’ entrance.

“I’m trying to calm myself.”

He chuckles. “I think the whole of Boston knows you’re nervous.”

I sigh. “Yes, I know. I just want everything to be perfect. It’s my first time doing this, Rogar.”

“Yes, and as a human custom. Tell me again why you're not going to propose to her the way we do it?”

“As much as Blair has accepted our way of life, I don’t think she’d appreciate a hunting prize as a proposal.”

He shrugs. “You’d be surprised. Did you ever think you’d be proposing to a woman like her?”

Of course not. Never in my entire years of living on this earth did I think that. To be honest, I never even thought of having a bride. The tribe’s been my first and only priority.

Despite my plans changing immensely, there’s nothing else in this world that makes me happy. I count myself lucky every waking moment. To have the privilege to be loved by her.

I then look at Rogar. “What are you doing here? I thought you had your own abode in the city?”

“I do. But as your right hand man, I go where you go.”

I raise an eyebrow. “You should expect for that to change a bit once Blair and I wed. It won’t be appropriate to have you around our matrimonial home.”

He laughs. “Obviously. I don’t think Blair would want that either. Just be sure that I’d still perform my duties as a friend. Until I myself marry as well.”

“I appreciate it, Rogar. Though, that is if I can successfully propose to her. I have all these plans and ideas. I don’t know where to begin. What should I do?”

“What do you have so far?”

“Well, I first thought that I should take her where we first met and where our base was. I wanted to gather a group of orcs to chant the courting call. Then, I would signal for them to launch fire arrows over the sky. I even thought it’d be nice to make a bonfire after to celebrate the engagement.”

“My second plan was to gather her family and other witches so they can make fireworks spell out ‘Will you marry me?’ I was also going to ask her parents if it’s possible for us to float up into the clouds so she can see the fireworks better. That’s where I’m stuck between the two. What is more romantic and fitting for her?”

He looks back at me with wide eyes. He breathes out exasperatedly. Then, he puts a hand on my shoulder.

“Chief, Uzul, I’m sorry but none of those should be your pick.”

“Why?”

“You don’t have to go to the extremes my friend. Blair will love it even if you propose in her home right now. All you need is to speak from your heart. That’s enough for her.”

His words relax me a little. I’m scared that she will think that I don’t care for her as much with a simple proposal. But, I have to remember everything we went through together. I mean, she even led a battle in my honor.

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