He came in for a laceration. He didn't have to stay.
He stayed anyway.
Petra Vasquez has spent her career in the ER reading people — bodies don't lie, and neither do the small tells that give everyone away. She knows exactly what she's looking at when a firefighter from Engine 9 sits on the edge of a hospital bed and watches her like she's something he's been waiting to find.
She tells herself it's nothing. She's good at that.
Drav has spent years being the reliable one — steady, undemanding, the man who does his job and goes home and doesn't ask for anything he's not offered. He's made peace with that.
Then Petra hands him discharge papers and he realizes he's not ready to leave.
The Orc Who Stayed is a cozy-spicy orc romance with slow-burn tension, a hero who shows up without being asked, and a heroine who's about to find out what it feels like to be truly seen. Part of The Ashenvale Chronicles — interconnected standalones, no cliffhangers, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
He stayed anyway.
Petra Vasquez has spent her career in the ER reading people — bodies don't lie, and neither do the small tells that give everyone away. She knows exactly what she's looking at when a firefighter from Engine 9 sits on the edge of a hospital bed and watches her like she's something he's been waiting to find.
She tells herself it's nothing. She's good at that.
Drav has spent years being the reliable one — steady, undemanding, the man who does his job and goes home and doesn't ask for anything he's not offered. He's made peace with that.
Then Petra hands him discharge papers and he realizes he's not ready to leave.
The Orc Who Stayed is a cozy-spicy orc romance with slow-burn tension, a hero who shows up without being asked, and a heroine who's about to find out what it feels like to be truly seen. Part of The Ashenvale Chronicles — interconnected standalones, no cliffhangers, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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