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“A couple of days tops,” he said, repeating the information he’d given Cian. “He’ll be good as new, I promise.”
“You better hope so,” Demitrius responded threateningly as he eased onto the edge of Oscar’s bed and took his small, pale hand. Just before they exited the room, however, Cian was pretty sure he heard a mumbled word of gratitude.
* * * *
While his recovery had been swift thanks to the drug Destin had given him, along with his own magic that governed all paranormals, it apparently wasn’t quick enough for Cian. Zavion had awoken with a headache that first morning after the antidote was administered, and he’d been weak for a few days afterward.
Other than that, and the occasional bouts of nausea that had
plagued him those first couple of days, he’d healed with no complications. Cian, however, was having a hard time letting go of his anxiety, and he practically jumped out of his skin every time Zavion so much as cleared his throat.
It was sweet in the beginning, and he appreciated how Cian doted on him, but he’d been out of the hospital for over a week and really just wanted things to go back to normal.
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“What are you doin’?”
“Cooking,” Zavion responded with a bright smile, ignoring the warning edge to his lover’s tone . “I don’t know how to make much, but I can make a mean grilled cheese sandwich. Do you want one?”
“You need to be restin’. I’ll do that.” Cian crossed the kitchen of
the dorm and tried to take the spatula from his hand, but Zavion
danced out of his reach.
“Stop it. I’m a hundred percent better, and I don’t need you to do everything for me. I appreciate that you want to take care of me, but I’m not a child, and I don’t need it. Now, sit down and let me make
you lunch.”
“I just worry about ya, a ghrá.” His arms encircled Zavion’s waist
from behind, and Cian nuzzled against his nape. “I almost lost you.”
Zavion had been unconscious for most of it, but he understood
that it must have been hell for his lover. When Logan told him that he’d stopped breathing and had technically died, it had been scary as fuck. Watching the pain play through Cian’s eyes as though he was reliving it all over again had nearly broken his heart, though.
“But you saved me,” he said in a soft, calm tone. It was true. He wouldn’t be alive if not for his mate’s determination to keep his heart beating. “You didn’t give up on me.”
“How could I?” Cian asked, his voice thick with emotions while
his arms tightened around Zavion’s midsection. “My heart doesn’t beat unless yours does.”
Gods, the man was going to make him melt into a big pile of goo right there in the kitchen. Turning to face his lover, Zavion curled his arms around Cian’s neck and pulled the big shifter into a tender kiss. “I couldn’t live without you, either.”
“Good, because I love you, and I’m never lettin’ ya go.”
Zavion opened his mouth to respond but snapped it closed just as quickly. Surely he hadn’t heard that correctly. “I’m sorry. Can you say that again?”
“I’m not lettin’ ya go,” Cian repeated with a knowing smirk.
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“No, not that. The first part.”
Cian pressed their lips together again, dipping his tongue into Zavion’s mouth in a kiss that curled his toes. “I love you, Zavion Dobbs. Ya might as well get used to it.”
“Yeah,” Zavion said dazedly as he tried to make his head stop spinning and his swelling cock behave. “I think I can live with that.” Some of the fog cleared, and a bright smile stretched his lips from ear to ear. “I love you, too, Cian. I loved you before you even decided you wanted me.”
“Ah, that’s where you’re wrong, darlin’. I’ve always wanted ya. From the moment I met ya, I wanted nothin’ else. I was just too much of a fool to do anything about it, but no more. From this moment, I’ll spend every day showin’ ya just how much you mean to me.”
“Stop that.” Zavion sniffled and wiped roughly at his misty eyes. “You’re going to make me burn the sandwiches.” He pulled away from his mate’s searching hands and turned back to the stove. “So, what’s been going on with Dr. Woods?” It was hard to carry on a casual conversation when he was so deliriously happy, but he was kind of curious about what the Enforcers had found.
“Destin has been cooperative. Unfortunately, he wasn’t entrusted with much information. The Enforcers boxed up all kinds of equipment, computers, and paperwork, though. Cole and Jackson are goin’ through it, but there’s a lot.”
“What about Bridgemont?”
“Technically, it’s a human facility,” Cian answered with a disgruntled sigh. “We have no jurisdiction there.”
Zavion placed the sandwiches on two plates and cut them in half. “They just get away with it? That’s not fair!”
“No, it’s not,” Cian agreed. “We’re lookin’ for a way around the law, but right now, we’ve got nothin’.” He picked at the toasted bread on his plate without much interest. “Thanks, Zavion.”
Settling into the chair across from his mate, Zavion wished there was something he could do to bring that smile back to Cian’s
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handsome face. Unfortunately, bad shit just kept piling up no matter how hard they tried to combat it. “What about Xander?”
Cian scrubbed at his face wearily as he slumped back in his seat. “Still no feelin’ or mobility in his right arm. He’s a right mean bastard these days, too.”
“Mean? Shouldn’t he just be happy to be alive?”
“You’d think so, but you’d be wrong. Braxton says he barely leaves his room, and he won’t talk
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