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Despite all his dreams of independence away from his clan and the freedom to be himself without constant derision and censor, Tori didn’t want to be alone He’d spent his entire life surrounded by people he knew They ht not want him, but there was no question he was a part of the clan He had a place, a job

It was a shitty place and a horrible job, but he’d still belonged

The a anywhere, and he had no purpose It was terrifying and empty

But the Burkhard Clan was the proly beautiful, if it was real It all sounded too good to be true, and Tori was used to a lifetime of disappointment

Except there was Cameron

Just the existence of Cameron proved at least some of it had to be true

The Burkhard Clan, right now at least, proay Their own king had taken a husband And Warin had mentioned Caon Double proof that a same-sex relationship wasn’t frowned upon by the clan

And then there was the fact Cae Positions of leadership within the Taavi Clan had been held by fe as Tori could remember If a male attained any kind of power in their clan, it was solely because he was e

Growing up, there had only been eight other es were never allowed drea civic leaders No, they were all quickly sorted into those ere good with ically inclined were groo es

Those eren’t good at ic were quickly informed it was unlikely they would marry And if they did, they’d have to choose from the hue with their clearly inferior genes If they e with a female human, then maybe they wouldn’t be a total outcast in their clan

And then there was Tori