Page 62 of Mountain Orc Daddy

I spoke with her family earlier. They seemed thrilled about the proposal. If Blair had any doubt about our relationship her family would say something.

“She told me she loves me,” I say to myself, as a mantra.

She loves me. She loves me. I love her.

I can do this. I’m ready for this. I want her for life.

“I’m ready,” I tell Rogar.

Later in the evening, I take Blair to a serene lakeside spot in the state of New Hampshire. She keeps asking why we’re all the way over here. I don’t say a peep even though she begs in the cutest way possible.

“Not even for a kiss? On the nose? On the cheek? What about a butterfly kiss?” she pouts.

“Nope,” I regretfully say.

To not give off any hints of my plans, I told her to dress rather warmly and comfortably. She looks beautiful in anything anyway. If she gets cold, I can hold her close.

“I’ve never been here before. It looks so beautiful at night,” she says.

The stars and moon reflect like a mirror on the lake. I may not be able to do the fireworks but at least she can be this close to the sky. She touches the edge of the lake, causing ripples.

My chest tightens. My vision blurs with affection. Everything about her causes me to fall deeper in love. The only drug I’d ever get addicted to.

I take her hand from the cold water. Slowly, I stand her up and guide her a bit further from the water. She smiles up at me, a little puzzled at what I’m doing.

“Uzul?”

“Let me look at you for a moment,” I say.

“Why?”

“Because you are the most radiant being in existence. It’ll be a shame not to appreciate it by such a lovely lake.”

She blushes at my words. Another dazzling sight. If angels or gods would appear before me, they’d hide away in shame next to Blair. My lovely doe is made up from the stars themselves.

I lift her hand to kiss it. Then, I lean down to kiss her entire face. Relishing her skin with each touch.

“Blair, I fell in love with you at first sight. I didn’t realize it until I thought I lost you. I couldn’t bear the thought of not being with you. You are a part of me that I can’t, won’t, live without. Because of you, I learned so many wonderful things outside the tribe. It came with the honor of knowing you as well. We’ve been through a number of obstacles, and vanquished them. There’s no doubt in my mind that we can go up against anything together. As long as I have your love, my life will be eternal. I will spend that eternity loving you and treasuring you in every way you can imagine.”

I go down on my knee. “Will you marry me?”

By the time I finish, Blair cries. Before I can put the ring on her finger, she jumps into my arms. I catch her and I’m attacked by a thousand kisses.

“Yes! Yes! I will marry you!”

I spin her a few times, laughing with joy. Once I set her down, I put the ring on her finger. She holds it up against the moonlight. Her face is bright with glee.

I kiss her back tenfold. When I stop for a moment to breathe, we stare into each other’s eyes. There aren't words needed to feel the love between us. We press our foreheads together, holding each other close as if we’d disappear.

“I’m forever yours,” I whisper.

“And I yours,” she says with a kiss.

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UZUL

“Hurry up, hurry up!” Blair anxiously stands next to me as I fumble with my key. The drive home was agonizing, we could hardly keep our hands to ourselves. Now this stupid door is all that’s stopping us from tearing off each other’s clothes.

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