Page 9 of The Shadow's Soulmate

“Aye.”

The orc and his mate dancing. Her seeing him in a new light, her eyes glowing. The orc and the minotaur fight once the sun has travelled across the sky and returned again. The orc feels bonded to the minotaur.

Orcs are so weird

“Wait til tomorrow.”

“Why?”

“Today would be a better day to show your mate some culture. The fight will go better tomorrow.”

“Better for who?”

“Everyone.”

“Vague.”

I laughed. I liked someone who wasn’t afraid to call me out. A quick delve into his mind gave me what I needed. Clear as day was the one thing that meant nearly as much to him as his mate. An axe. Typical orc.

“Ok, then I’ll make a deal with you. Wait until tomorrow and I’ll get your axe to you.”

His eyes widened. The look on his face was almost pure longing.

“How?”

“Like this.”

I blipped to the other side of the cell block wall.

“Ok. Impressive,”

His words echoed loudly as he shouted at where I had previously been.

“If you can do that, not sure why you’re still in this place.”

I laughed again. I liked that orc. Now, I had to go and talk to a dragon that seemed to spend all its time sleeping on tables.

Chapter 7

Ella

The problem with this shadow demon was that he was very difficult to find. No one ever knew where he was at any given moment. He’d gone from following me everywhere I was for weeks to being nowhere at all. I only had a quick lunch break to myself and I spent most of it eating and walking, hoping to bump into him. Was he avoiding me? He’d said he wasn’t good with feelings. Perhaps the intensity of our kiss had scared him.

After I wrapped up all my sessions for the day, I ate with the other therapists as usual. I enjoyed their company, but my mind was elsewhere. A few of the others seemed distracted, too. I excused myself to my room and flopped onto the bed. My mind wandered back to that kiss again. His hands on my thighs, moving upwards. I was on fire all over again. The sheer passion of it excited me. A tingle ran up my spine.

“You called?”

I shot up and blinked as I took in the dark shadow in front of me. A wicked grin formed on his face.

“I don’t think I did, but I’m happy to see you.”

“Oh, you called. I could feel your arousal from the other end of the prison.”

“You could….”

“Yes. Now, would you like me to help?”

I did, I desperately did. But something in me hesitated.

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