Page 78 of Valpar

“As long as you swear she will be protected.” Valpar ran his strong jaw over my forehead.

I can tell he doesn’t want to let me go, but I think we both needed this. A little time apart would be good. I don’t know what he wanted to talk to Osirus and Melina about, but they obviously wanted to talk to him, too.

“I’ll be okay, big boy. I’ve run this place for a while now.”

Osirus chuckled, his deep laughter resonating in the air, as Valpar’s grip on me weakened, before finally giving me a kiss that sent a surge of warmth through my body. A low, satisfied groan escaped his lips, as he pulled my waist closer to his. My feet swayed in the air, and I felt the sensation of weightlessness. When his nails dug into my hips, my nails pressed into his chest

Holy hot lumbersnack, what the heckers is happening?

Valpar growled into my lips and when he put me down, his eyes flickered up and down my body and he licked his lips. “Don’t ever say I won’t claim you. I will, my little fairy. Give me time.”

And now, I’m wet!

A door flew open, slamming against the walls. “Hey, where is my favorite human!?”

I was breathless when Valpar let me down. He paused for a moment and stared at me. “Behave,” he whispered, and I stood up on my toes to lick him on his cheek.

“Mine,” I whispered back, and took off across the throne room before I could climb my orc like a tree.

“Calliope, I haven’t seen you in weeks. Have you grown?” Finley and Everett, two fae that are both tall and more muscular than some shifters, hugged me tightly to their chest and made me a Calliope sandwich.

“Missed you guys!” I barely got out before Valpar roared and stomped across the room.

“Let go of her!” he shouted and the Red Fury Guard, because of their bright red hair as Aunt Melina had named them, dropped me with a thud and I rubbed my butt.

“You don’t touch her, don’t smell her!” Valpar picked me up and took a deep draw from my scent.

“Hey, big orc daddy, they are mated. They got their own females.” I patted his shoulder as he stood up tall, puffing out his chest and making him tower over Finley and Everett.

“Don’t care,” he growled. “Don’t. Touch. Her.”

They both stood back and smirked at each other, holding their hands out in surrender. “Never again,” Finely said. “Now, come along, we will get her to the kitchen. You can go have your talk with the majesties.”

I reached up and licked Valpar on the cheek again. Valpar grumbled and I waved for the Red Fury to follow. Finally, more sweets for me.

“Maybe there is something wrong with his cock,” Everett said as he swallowed a cupcake.

Finley slapped him in the chest. “You can’t say that word in front of her.”

“Sorry,” Everett rubbed his chest. “What I meant to say was, maybe there is something wrong with his dick. Maybe he can’t get it up.”

I snorted and shook my head. “No, he can. He can just fine.” I smiled, thinking how Valpar had to strap it to his leg. No one was the wiser when they looked at the strap on his leg. They might think of a hidden knife, but nope. It was his big club being pushed down so no one would see it.

“So, he just won’t claim you, eh?” Finley said as he stuffed another cupcake in his mouth.

I shook my head, licking my fingers. “Not yet, anyway.”

“He must have a good reason,” Everett said. “Calliope is small, she is human. Osirus was the same with Melina. It took them some time to solidify their bond.”

“That was because she wanted to wait. She was stubborn. Calliope is throwing herself at that orc out there and he hasn’t done his thing.” Finley, who talks with his hands, made a large gesture and the icing on the cupcake flew across the kitchen, landing on the sous chefs’ forehead. “Sorry.” He tilted his jaw to the sous chef, who removed the icing and put it into his mouth.

I shrugged my shoulders. “Valpar was so barbaric the first night. He slung me over his shoulder at the ball and looked like he was gonna take me that night. It was so hot.” If I could make little twinkling stars above my head appear, I’d have made them appear then. “Then, I got tired.” I shrugged my shoulders. “He wanted to take me away from everyone, even his tribe. It took him a while to find a place for us to hide.”

Everett nodded. “Yeah, I saw you both running past the cottage. Sundew wanted me to go after ya, but I figured how he was holding you and you weren’t screaming, he was your mate. You didn’t look in distress and your arousal could be smelt a mile away.”

I felt the heat return to my face, and I hunched over to cover my face.

“Ah, nothing to be ashamed of. I hadn’t smelled that scent on a human before, but once I knew what it was, I let you both be. Surprised it was an orc. Just know he will claim you. Perhaps he is worried, since you are a human. You are small even for your kind and Calliope, Valpar he is—well, large.” Everett pulled on his beard. “How big is he, by the way? I know you, have you at least sneaked a peek?”

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