Ravaged by the Orc Outlaw

Stellan Vargas is the scarred berserker the Ironfang Brotherhood unleashes when negotiations fail, a massive orc whose rages keep even his brothers at a distance.

He has long accepted that he is too dangerous to love and stays away from anyone he might hurt.

When the Bloodtusk war breaks open, Esmerelda Odom is caught in the fighting, and Stellan finds her bleeding in the wreckage.

Something in him gives way, and he is ready to destroy whatever stands between her and safety, even if that means becoming the monster he has always feared.

Esme should flee—he begs her to—but she sees the beast and reaches for him anyway.