Captured by the Orc

An orc bounty hunter with a reputation for bringing in his targets. A human diplomat who was never supposed to matter.

Lila I was supposed to negotiate peace. Instead, I ended up abducted by a seven-foot-tall orc bounty hunter with scars, bad manners, and enough weapons to start a war. Garoth claims I'm nothing more than a job. A payment. A complication he'd rather avoid. So why does he glare at anyone who gets too close? Why does he sleep outside my cabin door? And why do I feel safer with the terrifying alien who kidnapped me than I ever did among my own people?

Garoth Capturing the human female should have been simple. Deliver her. Collect my credits. Forget she ever existed. But Lila is stubborn, clever, and entirely too brave for her own good. Somewhere between dodging assassins, outrunning enemies, and listening to her argue with my crew, I stop seeing her as cargo. Now she's under my protection. Anyone who threatens her answers to me. Because no one touches what's mine.

As danger closes in, a battle-hardened orc and the woman he never meant to keep must decide whether trust is worth the risk... and whether two enemies from opposite sides of the galaxy can build something worth fighting for.