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He headed for the cockpit, determined to concentrate on piloting and not on going back to rip Lili’s attacker to bloody shreds.
Though he couldn’t absolutely promise he wouldn’t do it in the future.
8
LILI
When Lili opened her eyes, two anxious male faces were peering down at her. One face was bearded and the other was clean shaved, but both of them were extremely handsome—though the bearded one was much more rugged-looking.
The one without a beard had pale gray eyes and silver hair and the one with a beard had black hair and dark eyes that might have been either black or a really deep purple. And both of them had golden-purple skin.
Lili frowned. She didn’t know any purple people—did she? But if that was true, then why did these two faces look so familiar to her?
Suddenly everything came flooding back—the man from the hotel bar chasing her…running to the two big Kindred for help…talking for over an hour and then going to the bathroom, only to be attacked again…Dark and Light bursting in and then…
“Oh my God, you burned his junk off!” she gasped, looking up at Dark. “Like, with a laser beam that shot out of your eye!”
“Out of my scope, actually. He tapped the left side of his head, where the black scope had retracted, though she could still see it gleaming in his dark hair.
“Lilibet, are you feeling all right?” Light asked her, looking concerned. “I wrapped your arm—I think it’s broken.”
“Broken?” Lili looked down at her right wrist and saw that it was wrapped in some kind of compression bandage. It ached dully but as long as she didn’t move it, it didn’t give her any more sharp stabs of pain.
Looking at her wrapped wrist, she couldn’t help remembering the attacker’s fingers squeezing it as he dragged her towards him. She could still feel his hot breath panting in her face with the putrid smell of stale beer and raw onions…
“Lilibet?” Light’s voice was more anxious than ever.
“Brother, look—her eyes are leaking!” Dark sounded upset as well.
“That’s what the humans call “crying”. They only do it in extreme distress.” Light stroked Lili’s hair gently, his pale eyes worried. “Please, Lilibet—tell us what we can do. We hate to see you in distress!”
Lili put her unhurt hand to her face and sure enough, her fingertips came away wet. She was crying, she realized. The attack in the alley had been scary but she had gotten away pretty quickly. But the attack in the bathroom was so much worse. It had gone on longer and had nearly been successful.
“I thought…I thought he was going to…going it…” she began but her words turned into sobs. Big, ugly ones that wracked her whole body and hurt coming out.
“Gods—what can we do for her?” Dark looked worried—and blurry—through her streaming eyes.
“We have to comfort her. Think of what we saw on the Mother Ship,” Light told him. “Remember when we were observing human actions and we watched that mother comfort her child after he fell in the play area? His eyes were leaking too.”
“But Lili’s not a child,” Dark protested. “I mean, she’s small enough, but she’s a grown female—right?”
“That doesn’t matter,” Light insisted. “We have to hold her between us and make her feel safe and protected, the same way that mother held her child. That’s what Lilibet needs now—to feel safe and cared for.”
Lili wasn’t sure if she needed that or not, but a moment later she found herself sandwiched between two huge, muscular bodies with one long arm around her waist and the other across her shoulders.
“It’s all right, Lilibet,” Light murmured in her ear. “Everything is all right now. That male will never hurt you again.”
“He’ll never fucking hurt anyone again,” Deep growled. “I cut off his male parts and fucking burned them to ashes! But I should have ripped his head off!” His eyes were beginning to glow an ominous red again, Lili saw as she looked up at the Dark Twin. She felt a twinge of fear and shrank away from him as her tears dried up abruptly.
“Stop it, Dark—control yourself! Control The Fury!” Light admonished his brother. “We’re supposed to be comforting Lilibet and you’re frightening her instead.”
“Forgive me!” Dark closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. When he opened them, they were back to their normal dark purple color. “I’m fucking sorry if I scared you,” he said to Lili. “It’s just, thinking of that male?—”
“Then don’t think of him,” Light ordered. He looked down at Lili. “Are you all right? Is there anything else we can do to make you feel comfortable and comforted?”
“We aren’t very fucking good at emotions, but we’re trying,” Dark added earnestly.
Lili wasn’t sure what to say. It was such a surreal position to be in—held between the two big male bodies—and yet she found herself oddly touched. These two had never experienced emotions at all until a few days ago and yet they were doing their best to calm her own turbulent emotions and make her feel better. And oddly enough, it seemed to be working. Sniffing, she swiped at her eyes.
