Chapter 10●You Claim Me

When Selena woke up her ears were ringing and her head was throbbing. She opened her eyes to see two blue ones. Liara was standing over her watching her intently. Selena tried to move and Liara pushed her back down.

"Lena you need to stay still. When you fell you hit your head, you have a large cut on the back of your head that Dr Chakwas is going to come wrap. I would do it but I dont have the materials."

Selena nodded but wished she hadn't when she grimaced.

"Wheres Garrus?"She asked half aware.

"Hes sitting on the couch downstairs."

Selena just then realized they were in the bedroom.

"Wheres Cass?"

Liara reached behind her to grab a data pad.

"He left after he heard you were okay. He told me to give you this."

Liara said handing her the data pad. Selena blinked a few times to focus her eyes.

'Selena,

I decided to leave so you and your mate could be in peace. Im sorry. Ive been such an ass. Thank you for what time I have been with you. It was a honor.

Cass'

Selena couldnt help but feel the distance between them now.

"I need Garrus."

"Of course."

A few moments later Garrus came up.

"Garrus."

She reached out for him and he closed the space quickly. He took her hand and hugged her.

"How are you feeling? What happened?"

She looked down at Garrus' feet.

"I'm alright. I'm really not sure. I got dizzy and then collapsed."

She felt horrible for lying but she couldnt tell him why although in the back of her head she had a feeling he knew. She needed to know.

"Garrus...I..."

"Lena."

"Garrus I need to know why you were fighting for me? Why were you...asserting your dominance?"

She knew that sounded cheezy but she had no other way to explain it. His demeanor instantly changed.

"Garrus I dont want to make you angry but I have to know."

He seemed to calm himself down.

"He...h..."

"Garrus?"

"He marked you."

She looked at him strange. She knew about the marking where they bite for dominance but he hadn't bitten her.

"What do you mean? He didn't bite me."

He sighed and pulled a chair over to sit down, never letting go of her hand.

"Theres different types of marking. Theres the marking with a bite and the theres a mark with pheromones. We put our foreheads against our mates forehead to release pheromones. We claim them."

"So he's 'claimed' me?"

"Yes. Do you have...feelings for him?"

"I...I...don't know. All I know is that I love you. No matter what, I love you."

She squeezed his hand reassuringly.

"I love you."

He relaxed.

"I...love you too."

She could see Liara smiling out of the corner of her eye.

Now she had to resolve the problem of Cass. This was going to be a long week.