Page 30 of Valpar

An orc’s roar is—powerful. She should have flinched, her drum should have beaten wildly in her chest, yet there was nothing that changed her feelings toward me after that.

My miresa continued to study my hand, touching the thick branches that protruded from my strenuous grip. I briefly remembered that humans do have relationships, multiple relationships, before they settled down. My miresa may not have known she would gain a companion from the Moon Fairy, so this Simon could have been her bed partner.

I lifted my lip in a snarl.

It wasn’t fair for me to be angry. She wouldn’t have known. That doesn’t mean I can’t kill this Simon, or anyone else who has touched her.

“Nahhhh!” A noise came from my right, and I turned to see a white goat at my side. As if the Moon Fairy knew where my mind was taking me, she distracted me with a gift. A gift to fill my miresa’s belly before our long journey back to our home. I will save the extras, and we could eat it along the way.

“Calliope, I will feed you before we leave.” I said excitedly, trying to rid my jealousy of this Simon.

I will come back and kill him another day.

I reached down and picked the goat up with one of my hands. “This animal will be your feast, I’m sure this will fill you up, yes?” I held him out proudly as he screamed.

Calliope's eyes filled with water and she shook her head. “No, no! You can’t eat Simon!”

I jerked my head back when the goat let out a long noise again and wiggled its legs.

“This is Simon?” I pointed to the goat.

Calliope nodded, holding out her arms for the goat, and I gave him to her. She held him, cradled him more like, and petted his fur. “We would never eat you. He was only kidding.” Calliope glared at me and panic ensued.

I could not have her angry with me.

“My, my miresa, I didn’t mean to upset you. I did not know Simon was, a goat.”

“My name is Calliope, not Miresa! Did you already forget my name, too? You think I’m a liar? You try to eat my best friend. Are you just trying to get a free pass into my no-no areas?!”

This is going horribly wrong, this is not what I intended at all.

“Calliope, miresa means mate in my tribe. I did not forget your name. I swear it to the Moon Fairy.” I got on my knees and put my head on her legs, rubbing my cheek along her thigh.

Her scent bloomed between her legs, and it was all I could do to stifle back a groan. Why did she have to smell so good?

I took a tentative lick at the inside of her knee. She tightened her legs together and I moved my hands along the outside of her legs, going higher until I cupped her backside.

She fit perfectly into my palms.

My miresa’s eyes fluttered, and she hid her smile behind her goat.

However, the goat yelled at me, knocking the tension from my miresa and me.

Calliope shook her head. “I-I don’t know. I would like to ask your brother some questions about you, and about this miresa stuff.” She gripped onto her goat. “I’m not stupid. I know I say stuff and people laugh at me, but—”

“You are not!” I growled. “I swear it to you, on my life, and the bond we will share, you are mine. Miresa means mate amongst my kind.” I put my arm over my chest to swear it. “And I was foolish to think that you would trick me. I’ve been lonely, my little fairy,” my voice softened.

I stood up from the ground, trying to get closer, but the goat snapped his teeth at me.

“It had been many years and I had lost hope. I never thought you would fall into my lap.”

Calliope turned her head, biting her lip.

“Please,” I begged her, grabbing her arm and letting the fire burn between us. “I will prove my worth to you.”

Her breath stuttered and she nodded. “Um, I’m not ready to go, wherever you wanted to go, just yet. Can we stay here in the Golden Light Kingdom? And please, don’t eat my goat, Leave.”

I winced and held her hand tightly so she could not pull away. “I vow to you that we will not leave until I prove my worth. And, I have one more thing to tell you my fairy. My name is not Leave, it is actually Valpar.”

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