Page 109 of The Orc Chief's Baker
“I understand this isn’t my place . . .”
“Please speak,” he assured her, desperate to hear anything she wanted to tell him.
“I don’t think you should stop them.”
He let out a long sigh that expelled much of his tension.
“The elder might act two apples short of a pie at times but helovesthose boys, and he’d never put them in danger.”
Brovdir nodded, eager to hear her input on the dynamics of the clan.
Trinia continued with more confidence. “I also know that you warrior orcs don’t commune with the Fades much.”
Brovdir couldn’t remember the last time he’d done so.
“Communing isn’t the silly nonsense that some of your brethren say it is. I’ve seen miracles come from simple communions. The orcs of Rove Wood really do communicate directly with the Fades will through it. Or... at least they get messages from them.”
“Who?”
Trinia blinked. “Who?”
“Who disparaged against communion?”
“Oh . . . uh . . .” She fidgeted. “I don’t want to get anyone in trouble.”
“Not trouble. Correction.”
She blinked, and then nodded. “It was Ugeth and Ovig mostly.”
“I will speak with them.”
He watched her sag with relief as a grin flooded her lovely features. He wanted to burst with happiness over how easy it was to please her.
“So,” he said, determined to solve this issue and please his woman at the same time. “You think I should leave this?”
“This is the first time I’ve seen the boys truly happy since what happened with Ergoth.”
He considered this, mind working over the logic and always going back to one stark fact. His title.
ChiefBrovdir.
“Then I will let them dig.”
Chapter
Thirty-Three
TRINIA
Trinia watched from the sidelines as Brovdir spoke to the elder. She couldn’t hear what was being said over the whooping and chatter of the orc sons, but judging from their expressions, they were both relaxed. Elder Plog was smiling and Brovdir’s posture was loose.
He was really going to take her advice? Just like that?
The elder’s grin widened, and he gave a nod to Brovdir before waving to her. “You can have your orc back now, little baker. Thanks for sharing.”
Her stomach and heart flipped over at the same time.
Brovdir returned to her side and held out his hand to her expectantly. “Told him he could keep digging. Told him to keepteaching.”
