Love And War

10

"Ruk, listen to me." He said resting his hand on my shoulder. "I know you're doing your job but please let me go, it will prevent  a war between my kind and yours." He begged.

"I do that, I lose my tusks and honour." I told him softly.

"But I can take you with me!" He exclaimed. I shrugged his hand off and turned around.

"I will not betray my clan!" I say stamping my feet on the ground. An Orc comes charging at me, pushes me to the ground and repeatedly kicks me in the stomach.

"Stop talking to the human!" He growls and then punches me in the face breaking one of my tusks off.  I cry in pain and push myself off the ground, and push him back I attempt to punch him but only injure my wrist. He then grips my throat and holds me off the ground, I attempt to kick out but it's futile. Grommash comes rushing over and pulls me away from his arms, I collapse onto the ground panting trying to get my breath back.

I look to Lothar and he looks panicked. "Don't touch her again!" Grommash growled.

"Come Ruk, let Durotan see to you." He said and led me back into camp. I sat down and Durotan rushed to me.

"Oh Ruk I'm so sorry this happened to you!" He exclaimed resting a large hand on my cheek.

"You mean that my honour has been taken from me." I said looking down. He looks at me with pity

"Ruk, you should know that Skullblade doesn't like humans, you only riled him but he shouldn't have broken your tusk." He said kissing my head softly. He began to dab my wounds. "You now stay with me." He said. "Im not risking losing you." He added pulling me closer. I looked back at the human who's head was held low, he looked sad. It was strange our clan turning on one another but I knew it was because of the human, everyone was a bit skittish around him. Even his new guard.

I spent the rest of the day sleeping off my beating, Grommash and Durotan not so far from me. "It probably was safer for her to go back to Orgrimmar." Durotan began.

"You could be right." Grommash answered. I was glad my back was to them, they wouldn't see my reaction.  "Durotan you should have kept her in your clan, I know she was weak but when we found her she was almost dead, it took her weeks of recovering but she had plenty of potential." He said.

"It was the choice of my father, not mine. I would have fought for her but being the chieftains son it wouldn't have been right. I can never forget the face she gave me. . . Grommash she was broken." He said. I pulled my legs up a little more towards my chest and pulled the pelt around my shoulders.

"Perhaps we should discuss this another time so we don't wake Ruk." Grommash said, unaware I had heard everything.