Epilogue

EPILOGUE

CLAIRE

Three Years Later..

I watch the sunrise from our balcony.

A cool, gentle breeze brushes past the silky nightgown I'm wearing. The sound of chirping birds fill the air as they greet the sun. In the faraway distance, the ocean's waves crash onto the beach.

This is our own little slice of paradise.

Gromnyr kisses my neck as he hugs me from behind. "You're up early," he says. "Come back to bed."

I turn around and face my beautiful orc husband. He's naked and damn if he doesn't look good in the glow of the morning sun. I run my hand down his body.

"We can't," I say. "Your crew is coming over later today, right? We need to prepare. There's breakfast, and then?—"

Gromnyr pulls me close and gives me a kiss. One kiss turns to many, and I can't resist him. I never want to. He's totally insatiable, even after I've given him twins. We make passionate love on the balcony, overlooking this gorgeous landscape.

After a quick shower I head down to the kitchen and start preparing breakfast. Gromnyr enters with our two daughters, easily carrying both of him.

Zeta is the spitting image of her father, complete with tusks and green skin. Her sister Etta looks more like me, with pale skin and blonde hair, but she's got Gromnyr's signature red eyes.

Despite looking more like me, Etta is the unruly one. A real troublemaker who has inherited her father's rebellious streak. Zeta is the calmer one, who is always studying the both of us. She's very curious, and I can already tell she shares my love for tinkering.

My orc husband places them at our table, and I greet them both with a kiss on their foreheads. Our girls are adorable, and sometimes it feels like my chest is simply going to burst with all the love inside of it.

So much has changed since I met Gromnyr. I used to be a simple spacer, and he was a pirate king. Now look at us! Two loving parents who spend all of their time doting on their children. When I was first sold to him, I never could have imagined my story turning out like this.

After escaping the Federation and rebuilding his ship's engine, we spent over six-months on his ship, raiding and traveling, until I started to show and Gromnyr decided he wanted to settle down somewhere peaceful with me.

A pirate ship might not be the best place to raise two daughters, after all. We decided on the beautiful, uninhabited planet where we conceived these two beautiful babies.

We have everything we need right here. I farm, Gromnyr hunts, and his crew visit every few months to bring us all sorts of supplies we can't make ourselves.

It's the perfect life. It's just me, our two beautiful girls, and the most brilliant, lovable and handsome orc in the universe who's deeply in love with me.

THE END!

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