Like a bee to honey
Irene found new reasons to be impressed by the Kalquorian band when she entered the club, and not just because they were all wearing very small, very tight black shorts. Sherv had joined Rusp in drumming…pounding, she amended…and he was nearly as good as his Nobek bandmate, who was nothing short of phenomenal. Sweat flew off the pair as beat out complicated rhythms that put Irene in mind of tribal sounds. Near them, Jemi’s trasbu snarled and growled in perfect accompaniment to the primal tempo, accentuating what the pair did rather than stealing the limelight. The Kalquorian audience gathered close to the stage stomped and clapped and grunted along, and the ovation was thunderous at the song’s end.
Irene found a table near the back, where the shadows were deepest. Even so, Sherv, Rusp, and Jemi seemed to catch sight of her at once in her Odeergin disguise. She thrilled as their handsome faces beamed delighted grins.
The show continued for another hour, and she was glad she’d managed to catch the final half, far more than what she’d seen the night before. It solidified her opinion that though what they played had no resemblance to opera, they were talented. Sherv made the best possible use of his voice’s limited range, and she wondered how he’d sound if his vocal cords were healed.
She rose as soon as the band took their bows. Sherv caught her eye and jerked his head, his smile hopeful.
Irene nodded and headed backstage.
Releasing Summer 2023
Where we first met Irene: Clan Companions: Matthew is on sale!
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His past demons have returned, and only a Kalquorian clan can save him.
Matthew Larsen should be happy.
Reunited with the Nobek he fell in love with years ago, welcomed into a clan
determined to give him a better life, he has everything he never imagined
possible. However, he’s haunted by the hellish past and certainty it will
reclaim him.
Nobek
Kom spent years searching for Matt. Their reunion and his clanmates’ acceptance
of the troubled Earther seemed to be all that stood in the way of the perfect
future. His Earther love isn’t so easily rescued, however. Even a warrior can’t
protect someone against his nightmares.
Dramok Avir and Imdiko Masok are devoted to the beautiful Earther Kom brought home. Loving such a gentle soul isn’t a problem. Saving him from monsters, real and imagined, is another matter when Matt’s worst fears come true and the terrors of the past rise once again to drag him into the abyss.
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