Obsidian(66)
“You’re not at Medical.”
“I walked outside to talk to Moon. He was in your yard.”
“I thought you were going back to your room.”
Displeasure tightened his features. “No.”
“Okay.” She took a few steps closer, watching him closely, trying to figure out what that meant.
“I told him I’m staying with you.” He glanced away from her to her bed. “It’s too soft.” He stared at the floor. “We should sleep there.”
We. Her pulse jumped. “You want to spend the night with me?”
“Your living space is bigger.” He stood, looking tall and impressive, also determined. “You will sleep on the floor with me.” One hand lifted to press against his chest. “I will cushion you.”
Her mind shifted gears, happy he wanted to be with her. “The pillow-top comes off. The mattress under it is probably closer to what you have in your room.” Not that she’d mind finding a reason to sleep sprawled over him if he chose the floor. She just didn’t see how he could be comfortable lying on the carpet.
Obsidian turned, gripped the sheets, and stripped them. He touched the thick padding covering the mattress and grunted softly. It was pulled off and tossed into a corner. He bent forward, giving her the perfect opportunity to admire his beefy ass, outlined in the sweatpants while he shoved down on the top of the bed to test it.
“Good. Firmer.” He straightened. “Remove the towels and lie down with me.”
“Don’t you want sheets?”
“I just want you.” His gaze drifted over her from head to foot. “Bare on the bed.”
She glanced at the front of his pants, the stiff outline of his cock showing. “Oh.” It was a reminder that Species males were highly sexual and he was ready for round two.
“Are you sore?” He stepped closer. “Was I too rough?”
“No.”
His chin jutted out a bit. “I want you.”
She had no problem with that, really pleased he was in her bedroom with no plans to leave. She stepped closer to him. The doorbell rang.
“Ignore it.”
She wished she could. “The officers have a key to my house. They will come in if we don’t see what they want.”
His hands fisted. “Why do they have access to your living space?”
“I’m an employee. It’s just the way it is.”
“Not anymore. No male is allowed here but me.” He turned and stormed out of the room.
“Shit!”
He had looked furious. She spun, rushed to her closet, and yanked her robe from the hook on the door of the walk-in. It went over her towel, she didn’t take the time to ditch it and rushed after him while she tied the belt firmly around her waist.
Chapter Fourteen
Obsidian had already opened the front door by the time Alli ran into the living room. Jericho was outlined in the doorway by the porch light. He glared grimly at the one who blocked his access.
“You need to return to Medical.”
“It’s fine.” She identified Moon’s voice but he was out of sight, somewhere behind the other officer. “Just guard him here. I told you this isn’t a big issue.”
Jericho growled. “Stay out of this. You’ve done enough damage.”
“He wanted to see her and they needed to work a few things out.” Moon gripped the officer by his shoulder, forcibly turning him to face him. “Don’t be a dick because I took him out of there without asking first. I was with him the entire time. Well, close by anyway. They needed some privacy but I sat on the steps right here.”
Alli walked to stand behind Obsidian, peering around him to see the porch. Moon and Jericho glowered at each other. The bigger officer put his hands on his hips.
“Orders are that he remains at Medical.”
“He wanted to straighten things out with the doctor. Give him a break.” Moon mimicked the primate Species’ stance. “He’ll be more comfortable living here. It’s where he wants to be. Ask him. He just said he’s not leaving her side. That’s why I called you instead of jogging back to give you the news. I was standing guard until you could take over.”
“We follow orders to prevent there being chaos in our society.”
“Fuck? Really?” Moon shook his head, frowning. “What is it going to hurt if he’s here or there? He can still have around-the-clock protection until someone decides he’s completely stable. He wants the doctor and he’s obviously learned that not all of humans are evil shits.” Moon twisted his head to get a meaningful look at Obsidian. “Tell him you don’t have the urge to go hurt anyone.”