The Orc and the Innkeeper (Elderberry Falls, #1)

by Cora Crane

It’s Thorak gods-damned Ironfist. What is my high school tormentor doing in my inn?!

Mariah. Gods above, she was as gorgeous as ever. She stood behind the reception desk, her chestnut hair pulled back in a messy bun, a few stray tendrils framing her heart-shaped face. Even in a simple white blouse and jeans, she radiated an effortless beauty that made something turn over inside of me. For a moment, I forgot how to breathe. Mariah was a dream I never allowed myself to have, a wish upon a star that I extinguished with my own hands.

“I’ll be your fiancée.”

“Oh, and look what you’re wearing! Isn’t that precious? That was my old promise ring from Thorak. It’s so cute that he gave it to you for your little fake-engagement charade!”

Bruh!

“Mrs. Ironfist,” he murmurs, his lips brushing deliciously against my neck as he pulls me on top of him. His arousal grows below me and I moan. “I like the sound of that.” “Again,” I say. “Mrs. Ironfist.”

Okay… recreating the end of pride and prejudice