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.

Releasing January 14. Pre-order now at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords. 

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Now Available for Pre-Order: Clan and Covenant

 

Releasing January 14. Pre-order now at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords. 

Now on sale in print. 

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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WIP Wednesday: Clan and Covenant

 

Reluctance

“You did what?”

At Govi’s near-shout, Dramok Gerhu’s brows drew together. Only slightly. Govi’s parents, including his Nobek father Twes, didn’t believe in losing their tempers.

His mother, who sat next to him on the lounger, answered. “We arranged an extremely advantageous clanship for you. You knew it would happen sooner or later. Why are you so upset?”

Why was he upset? After all the discussions they’d had about how he wanted to concentrate on his nascent career? Govi, usually as self-possessed as his parents, glared at the blank entertainment console that took up an entire wall of his parents’ common room.

“You said it could wait.” They’d promised. They knew how important his work was to him.

“So it shall.” His Imdiko father was perched cross-legged on a billowy seating mat on the other side of the unlit fire pit centered in the middle of the room. Dobnac’s reasonable tone did little to calm Govi. In fact, it riled the young man more, though he kept a firm grip on himself.

“Three years. The Dramok is only twenty-two, so you have ample time to finish your residency at the hospital, find the best opportunity to begin your career, and earn a promotion or two.” Matara Holrid rubbed his back. His mother’s smile was consoling, but Govi didn’t miss the firm resolve behind her expression.

“Along with a sufficient period to get to know your future clanmates beforehand,” Gerhu added. He rested on a seating cushion too, near Dobnac, where he could easily look Govi in the face.

They’d decided. Govi’s protestations had delayed the inevitable a few years, but in the end, his tactics had no effect on the decision.

 

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.

Releasing mid-January.