A DANCE WITH MAKHEL

They are friends, and he is a generous gifter, or so she thinks.
He is the tribe chief, a mighty, strong orc leader, and she is half orc, half human, but that does not deter him in the slightest.
Under the mountain, finding a mate and a partner was considered a big deal, and she, like everyone else, was eager to find herself one, unaware of the orc leader who had proclaimed her his, even if, when asked, all he did was grunt a 'we are friends' as his hands tightened on her waist.
That was until they ended up in a private hot bath pool alone, and, well, safe to say keeping hands away from each other was proving rather difficult, and yet Borba did not let that deter her from still accepting woos and courting requests from other orcs, something that seemed to make the cool-headed Mikhel lose his temper and restraint fast.