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"I'll be even more dangerous than him if you don't let me stay with my male."
"Your male?" Darcy eyes go wide.
"Yes.Mine!" I don't know when I became so possessive of Mordox, but I am, and I’m ready to fight to stay with him until he's back on his feet. "There is no way in hell I'm leaving him here alone."
The girls crowd around me. I back up until my butt hits the edge of Mordox's bed and gather his much larger hand in mine. I hold onto him with both hands, afraid they might try and force me to leave.
"Who are you and what have you done with Zoe?" Romy grins but there's an underlying seriousness about her tone.
"That must be some good dick," Tasha mumbles, my face heating up over her comment.
Stacy swats at Tasha. "Oh my god, shush."
"That's easy for you to say," Tasha huffs. "You're getting boned on a regular basis. Meanwhile, your mate is cock blocking me at every opportunity."
"Drax doesn't completely trust Slye yet," Stacy whispers. "He's only trying to look out for you. He feels it's his responsibility to keep us all safe."
"Well, Drax doesn't need to keep me safe," I firmly state. "I have Mordox."
"Zoe, I can see you like him, but what do you really know about him?" Stacy narrows concerned eyes on me.
"About as much as you knew about Drax before you decided to trust him," I volley back.
"Fair." Stacy shrugs.
"How can you cave so easily?" Darcy chides Stacy.
"Oh come on, Darcy," I butt in. "It's obvious you're with Rooke. How long was it before you started trusting him?"
"Not long," Tasha puffs. "They were an item before they ever got back here."
"Fine." Darcy releases an exasperated breath. "You win, but this doesn't mean I'm okay with you being in here with a dangerous criminal. I'm still going to worry about you and check on you often."
"Agreed. I can live with that."
The girls all hug me goodbye with a promise to return with the food and water I requested for me and Tris. As they leave the room, I can't help but feel comforted by their support despite their reservations. I'm so lucky to have found them.
When the door closes behind them, I take a deep breath and look down at Mordox. He may be dangerous, but he isn't to me, and he's also mine, and I'm determined to make sure he's safe until he wakes up.
I jerk as the lock clunks into place. I hadn't expected to become a prisoner. My heart sinks, but I swallow down the hurt, knowing it's Mordox they don't trust, not me.
Still, my vision wavers from the hot press of tears. "Looks like it's just us. Me, you, and Tris. One happy little family."
I gulp, realizing what I just voiced. I smooth Mordox's hair from his face, taking note of all the blood and dirt caked on his body. I scan the room for something to use to clean him up. There's what Mordox had called a sanitate system on the far side of the room.
Tris leaps down from where she was perched on the top of the cabinet, returning to her favorite place on my shoulder.
"Looks like there's a sponge bath in Mordox's near future," I tell her, leaning my head to the side, smoothing my cheek against her soft fur. "From the waist up only." I gulp, not sure if I'm ready to see what he's got going on below the waist. "We'll wait until the girls come back with what they promised for privacy's sake."
Tris hops down and sniffs Mordox. Her mournful coo is enough to flood my eyes with tears.
"He'll be okay, Tris," I hope. "Mordox is too strong to die."
CHAPTERNINE
Mordox
"Zoe!"I shout, panic lacing my voice as I fight to protect her from the nightmarish creatures that swarm around us. Our breaths come out in ragged gasps, the humid air suffocating us, while the shadows of the forest seem to close in, threatening to swallow us whole.
