A grouchy orc who has given up hope in finding his fated mate is forced to tend a ball with his tribe when a human dressed as a fairy literally falls into his lap.

Valpar was over it.

There were no longer orc females, all dead of unknown causes. Orcs had to look elsewhere. For ten years, they were present at all the mating balls of the realm. No orc had found their mate yet, and he had lost hope.

As second in command of his tribe, Valpar had to lead the males into one of the kingdoms to attend the Fae Kingdom's ball. He hated those balls. The dancing, the flirting, the women wanting to see what was beneath his cloth. But most of all, he hated what came at the end of the night.

Thanatos has been called many names over the centuries. Most recently, humans call him the Grim Reaper.

He's made of nothing but bone and robes, his scythe his only companion as he rules over his reapers.

os emotions have dimmed, he's become as hollow as the marrow that should fill his bones and he prefers it that way. He doesn't get attached, he doesn't love or find joy in what he does.

Until one day, when the Queen of the Underworld has a special mission for him–to let a human live instead of what Fate had planned for her. The request brings anger that he hasn't felt in years.

The queen wanted this human to live.

No one asks the Reaper for favors.

THE IRON FANG:

A club formed for the rogues of the supernatural world.

These were the rejected, the forsaken, and cast out.

Their mates wronged them, but they must suffer the price.

Their soul is broken and never meant to be mended.

Now they wait until their souls go rabid

and wait for death to take them.

Locke:

President of the Iron Fang.

He built an MC to help those in need.

But it was really him that needed the help.

Locke was psychotic, always with an evil glint in his eye.

His history was unknown, scattered with violence and torment.

As his wolf slowly took over, it only got worse.

Until Locke couldn't hold back anymore.

Now he's rabid.

Too strong to be chained, Locke roams the forest as a rabid wolf.

His MC was too fearful to take their former president down.

Luckily for them, Locke's mate shows up.

Emm isn't the calm, delicate Luna they were looking for.

She's a bounty hunter with her own demons.

Emm's here for the fight, and the money.

She'll find the target, but taking him out is a different story.