The Orcs Stolen Bride: A Steamy Monster Romance Short (Savage Oaths #16)

She came to build a trading post. The forest had other plans.

Lady Nessa Vane doesn't need a man. She needs an escort, a clear trail, and four hundred pounds of trade goods delivered to the Shadowwood frontier without incident. What she gets is Korr — seven and a half feet of silent orc warrior who moves trees with one hand and answers questions with a nod.

She talks. He listens. She plans. He builds. It's a simple arrangement.

Then bandits attack, she stitches his ribs shut with a sewing needle, and silver bond marks appear on both their skins.

The ancient forest has chosen them for each other. The marks glow brighter every time they touch. They cannot be undone. And the more time Nessa spends with the quiet, scarred warrior who drives stakes with perfect precision and looks at her like she's the most dangerous thing in the Shadowwood — the less she wants to undo them.

But rogue orcs are circling the trading post she's building. Her crossbow has twelve bolts. His axe is sharp. And the bond between them is about to become very, very permanent.

🔥 Size difference · Insta-bond · Forced proximity · Grumpy sunshine (she's the loud one) · Bodyguard romance · He falls first · Possessive orc · Touch her and unalive · Competent heroine · Found family · They build something together (literally) · HEA

⚠️ Explicit content. 18+. Set in the world of Claimed by the Dark Lord. Can be read as a standalone.