Page 12 of Marked By the Wild Orc

Then, on that second morning, I inhaled her attraction for me and grew fascinated. This female, who cannot get pregnant, is my best friend’s sister, and who claimed at first to dislike my plain orc speak, was attracted to me? And she never, ever acts upon it. I wouldn’t know of her attraction except for the fact that I am an orc and can scent her arousal for me.

Doril and Oreg can also scent her arousal, which is why neither of them, while both being unmated, have tried to take her as their own. They know that she wants only me, therefore my claim has been marked. If I want her, the way is clear.

But I didn’t want her that way, at first.

Six weeks later, things began to change.

Spending all workdays with this female and all my dinner breaks too, has caused me to get to know her very well. In fact,I’ve somehow become friends with this small, sometimes very annoying, female. I didn’t think I’d have anything in common with Kavin’s sister, but I suppose since I am his best friend, this female who is biologically linked to him is someone I would get along with too. It makes sense.

I’ve never told Kavin that his sister is attracted to me, because I’m trying to protect Krissy. Her attraction for me shames her because she thinks she cannot become pregnant and therefore I am not a male who would want to mate with her.

I believe she wants children in her future, because I overheard her speaking this way to a customer one day. An orc was here to receive a tattoo honoring the birth of his son and he and his bride brought the infant with them. Krissy was charmed and said to the mother that she was hoping one day to have a child of her own.

She thinks she will need a human male who already has offspring so she can be a mother, or one who wants adoption. I’ve also heard of something called surrogacy amongst humans.

That was the first day I began to envision Krissy as my bride, carrying my orc son.

How is it possible for my body to be growing steadily attracted towards a female who cannot carry my orc son? This is supposed to be an impossibility within my species. Kavin placed his sister with three unmated males at Heat & Ink, this close to winter, because we were certain she would be safe from our innate mating competition.

Maybe her human doctor was wrong and she was misdiagnosed as a female who is unable to conceive? I also wonder if it is possible that simply being in my vicinity is sparking fertility in this female? Orcs have powerful healing properties within our bodies. Our healers will bring together fathers and sons, mates, and siblings with strong ties for healingof illness. The scent of family members can spark healing, but the proximity needs to be over months.

By spending so much time together and growing close, have I healed this female? And now my body reacts to the fact that she can now become pregnant? This must be the only explanation, because I was not attracted to her at first and only recently have intermittent, potent sexual thoughts began entering my brain. I used to innocently have dinner with her in my office. But I now have days where I intently watch every move she makes as she eats pizza, wishing we were at my domicile, alone. But the next day might return to normal friendship again and I wonder if it my mating need was simply a dream.

But this last week, I’ve felt this way every single day.

The problem is that if all these thoughts, where I can indeed take Krissy as my bride, have arrived at the worst time of the year. It’s now impossible to act upon. I originally met her in October, when I could remain sane. It is now the middle of December, the start of winter. This is exactly the wrong time for me to try to initiate a mating with a female.

And this is the day I enter the store and my body officially lights up for this female. Prior to this I’ve been needing to be close to her, wanting neither Oreg or Doril to spend extra time with Krissy and jealous of the time she spends speaking with the other orcs who arrive. I make sure all our unmated orc customers understand that her arousal is for me alone.

Today I see her and my need for her hits hard.

The first snow of the winter season falls lightly on the ground. Krissy insists on still walking over from her apartment. She meets me as usual, when I drive up and helps to gather the cats who are all wearing small winter boots.

We meet up in the entryway of Heat & Ink and I scent her arousal as usual, but this time it affects me differently. I stare into her flashing hazel eyes. She yet again holds Shadow, whoalways gets first position. She adores my cats and they adore her in return. I should’ve known she was my bride when my guard cats allowed her into my office without my directive.

Today my cock thickens in my trousers, my tusks elongate, and I want to carry her to my bed and impregnate her with my son. Kavin demands that I treat his sister with respect, as he should, therefore I need to fire her, immediately.

Orcs take their brides in the dark of winter, whether or not there is consent.

Yes, she wants me, but she is my friend and Kavin’s sister and I refuse to start something with her when I am like this. We need to wait until the spring, when I can act sane. I can ask her on a human date and turn our friendship into a mating. But right now, all I want to do is tear off her clothes and sink inside of her. But first, I want to drag her into my booth so I can use my tools to mark her ass as mine. “You are fired,” I growl.

She laughs. Then looks up at me. “Wait, are you being serious?”

“You cannot work here any longer. You need a new job.”

“Well, first, you need me here now, so that’s not going to work out good for you. I’m the one who knows how to run everything and you’d need to hire someone new and then give me time to train that new person before I leave.”

I clench my jaw because this is true. She has been taking online business classes to learn how to take care of my financials. Soon after she arrived, Krissy implemented some sort of “point of sale” way of paying. Orc customers continue to pay with cash, but the human customers are thrilled with the ability to tap their card against a screen and be done with it. I also have a bank account now, not that I’m fully happy about this but I can see how it’s necessary if I’m going to get set up to pay taxes. And she’s installed on our new computer a program she calls “QuickBooks.”

I don’t have an actual bookkeeper or accountant yet, but I have to admit Krissy is doing a good job of getting my business updated. I’m in fact making more money because of what she’s instituted. The problem is I have no idea how to run any of it. And the customers I’m certain would be upset to find her gone. She’s might be human and still has never had a tattoo, but she gets along well with everyone, including my cats.

“What is wrong, Talon? You look ill. Are you sick? Do you need to go home? Is this why you’re acting so strange?”

I stare at her lush lips, wanting them around my cock. Visions of this female, naked in my bed with me taking her from behind, fill my head. Her beauty has always intrigued me, but now I also want to create a special mark on her skin so that not only her scent marks her as mine, but also her skin. “I am not sick.”

She smiles. “Am I still fired?”

I exhale. “Not yet.”

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