The Orc Warrioress at the Elf Lord's Court

Iahir nae Cirlahir is the sort of elf lord who treats court as a game of winks and coarse double meanings, and Gathren ap Nalreg is supposed to be his strumpet.

The orc warrioress agreed to the disguise for one reason: to help him assassinate the isolationist, racist High King who is ruining the country by cutting off trade and driving the orcs back to their homeland.

Keeping the lie intact means enduring his attention, and sometimes his touch, while she insists that his tall, lithe, golden looks do not move her.

She fights better than he does, and the danger around them also includes riddles with dragons and a single shared bed.

After the king is gone, she means never to see Iahir again, and she certainly does not intend to save his life three times.