Nico Ross does not come looking for love.
Cocky and confident in ripped jeans and an old T-shirt, he arrives full of ambitious ideas and one aim he believes only an orc can fulfill.
To Cyrus P. Cartwright, that meeting feels like the answer he has wanted for years: a lonely orc with a big heart, still asking how long true love is supposed to take.
Closeness only makes the divide sharper, with Cyrus sure he is more than a short, sweet human can handle and Nico insisting his infatuation will never become love.
People and monsters can change, yet the choice Nico must make about their relationship is one he and Cyrus will carry for the rest of their lives.
