WIP Wednesday - Clan Beginnings: Clan and Command

 

“Are you saying you don’t want an Imdiko?”

Korkla scowled at nothing in particular. “I’m unsure about an arranged Imdiko. You and I…we’re partners in every sense. Friends, lovers, all that. Now we have an unknown man being dumped on us. How do we bring in a stranger? How will the dynamics change?”

Raxstad picked up a poker and jabbed the waking flames. “One of us might adore him, and he’ll drive the other crazy. Or we’ll both decide to dump him off a cliff.”

“You and I had the chance to grow up together, in a sense. He’s already a grown man, with his own habits. I mean, it might work out. It does for most other clans. It would have been better for us to find someone we know is compatible, though.”

“Yeah. Though if we’d hoped for someone close to our age, we should have been working on it already.” Raxstad attempted a joke. “Poor us, given an Imdiko when so many other clans go without.”

Korkla stared into the fire, his thoughts a whirl. “I feel sorry for this Govi too.”

“Hey, I’m not so bad to be stuck with. You’re coping okay.”

“Goof. I mean, he’s shoved in with a couple of guys who have a history he isn’t a part of. He’ll feel he’s the odd man out, especially since we’re unsure we’ll want him.”

Raxstad stood. “Maybe he’ll enjoy these deep, sentimental conversations with you. Definitely not my scene, examining the emotional shit.”

An arranged clanship. A threat to their lives. Does love have a chance?

Initially unsure about their impending arranged union, Dramok Korkla and Nobek Raxstad have grown to care for each other. They’re impatient to begin their life together when their parents spring a surprise on them: a third clanmate, someone they’ve never met, has been chosen to join them.

Imdiko Govi has delayed being promised to a clan for several reasons: his burgeoning psychology career and a past arranged clanship that went horribly wrong. However, his parents are certain they’ve found the perfect Dramok and Nobek for him and won’t take no for an answer.

The trio is reluctant to give the arranged relationship a chance, but sparks soon fly. Love seems assured, but trouble is waiting in the wings. Govi is crushed when he fails a patient, sending him into a tailspin that threatens his newfound relationship. Worse, as a member of the Royal House staff, Korkla soon finds himself in the path of a murderous foe. An attack on Raxstad threatens to destroy the clan before it begins.

Love on Kalquor is wonderful, if the trio survives to enjoy it.

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