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Shalimar awoke from her drug induced sleep to the sun shining on her face and wicked bad headache in her head As soon as he shook off the last effects of the drugs she shot up in bed and remembered the events from the previous night. "Brennan" she said out loud before bolting off her bed, out of her room and down the hall to Brennan's room
Bursting through his door she found him lying on his bed with an ice pack over a black eye on of the men had inflicted on him
"Are you alright?" she asked slowly approaching his bed
"Yeah they just busted in here without saying a word, beat the crap out of me and then left" he paused removing the ice pack from his eye. "They didn't hurt you did they?" he asked concerned
"No" she lied "I heard them last night but they drugged me to keep me out of the way" Part of her explanation was true just not the part about her not being hurt
"Good" he mumbled before lying back down
She was about to say something when one of the men that beat him up the night before entered the room "Mr. Ortega has work he wants the both of you to do" he paused looking at his watch "You have 20 minutes before you need to be downstairs" then he left them alone
"Go get changed and I will meet you downstairs" he said as he rose to a sitting position on the bed
"Alright, are you sure you are ok?" she asked feeling guilty that he was in pain because of her. Sighing she rose from the bed and made her way back to her room to change.
Brennan noticed her demeanor and made a mental note to ask her about it later. He had the sinking suspicion that she was lying about what really happened to her last night but he knew from past experience with her not to push her.
After changing out the god awful negligee Shalimar made her way downstairs and was nearly there when she ran into Ortega. Feeling like the air had been sucked out of the room she tried to avoid eye contact as she attempted to walk past him.
She was almost past him when he reached out and grabbed her arm "you will come to my room again tonight and if we have another incident like we did last night your friend will have more to worry about than a black eye" he whispered in her ear before releasing her arm
He released her arm just as Brennan came around the corner but he didn't need to witness the incident to realize something was going on with them. And he didn't like the sly smile Ortega had on his face when he saw him come around the corner.
"The two of you will train to fight in matches that I expect both of you to win because I didn't buy you to lose" he said pulling out the governor controller "and should you try anything" he pressed the button and the two of them fell to the ground in pain. Letting go of the button he watched them relax "now that we have that out of the way take them to the gym" he told one of his men and then walked away.
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After working for several hours in the gym and grabbing lunch Brennan and Shalimar went for a walk around the grounds to get a better look at their host's abode and to see if they could find any clues as to where they were.
Walking the perimeter of the garden Brennan decided to finally ask her about what went on between her and Ortega before he rounded the corner this morning "hey this morning just before I came around the corner what did Ortega say to you?"
Swallowing she replied without missing a beat "nothing"
He stopped walking and placed a hard on her forearm signaling for her to do the same "I saw the sly smile on his face Shal and I don't like the way he looks at you. If he did or said anything I want to know"
"Why so you can get beat up again?" Oops she knew messed up as soon as it came out of her mouth.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing it is just he obviously has it in for you so there is no need to provoke him more. Plus I can take care of myself"
"I know you can I just worry about you that's all"
"I know you do and I am sorry for snapping at you"
Putting his arm around her shoulder and pulling her into a semi hug he replied "its ok I forgive you" she laughed and smacked him playfully on the arm before continuing through the garden. Looking around he smirked and followed her but he still had an uneasy feeling about their conversation.
Little did they both know that Ortega had been watching them from the balcony of his room. He smirked as he thought about how enjoyable his time with Shalimar was going to be and how much he was going to enjoy watching Brennan squirm knowing he was getting something that the elemental wanted so desperately for himself.
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Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter..I tried not to be so evil but it is just in my nature!!! Please R&R before you leave.
Shalimar awoke from her drug induced sleep to the sun shining on her face and wicked bad headache in her head As soon as he shook off the last effects of the drugs she shot up in bed and remembered the events from the previous night. "Brennan" she said out loud before bolting off her bed, out of her room and down the hall to Brennan's room
Bursting through his door she found him lying on his bed with an ice pack over a black eye on of the men had inflicted on him
"Are you alright?" she asked slowly approaching his bed
"Yeah they just busted in here without saying a word, beat the crap out of me and then left" he paused removing the ice pack from his eye. "They didn't hurt you did they?" he asked concerned
"No" she lied "I heard them last night but they drugged me to keep me out of the way" Part of her explanation was true just not the part about her not being hurt
"Good" he mumbled before lying back down
She was about to say something when one of the men that beat him up the night before entered the room "Mr. Ortega has work he wants the both of you to do" he paused looking at his watch "You have 20 minutes before you need to be downstairs" then he left them alone
"Go get changed and I will meet you downstairs" he said as he rose to a sitting position on the bed
"Alright, are you sure you are ok?" she asked feeling guilty that he was in pain because of her. Sighing she rose from the bed and made her way back to her room to change.
Brennan noticed her demeanor and made a mental note to ask her about it later. He had the sinking suspicion that she was lying about what really happened to her last night but he knew from past experience with her not to push her.
After changing out the god awful negligee Shalimar made her way downstairs and was nearly there when she ran into Ortega. Feeling like the air had been sucked out of the room she tried to avoid eye contact as she attempted to walk past him.
She was almost past him when he reached out and grabbed her arm "you will come to my room again tonight and if we have another incident like we did last night your friend will have more to worry about than a black eye" he whispered in her ear before releasing her arm
He released her arm just as Brennan came around the corner but he didn't need to witness the incident to realize something was going on with them. And he didn't like the sly smile Ortega had on his face when he saw him come around the corner.
"The two of you will train to fight in matches that I expect both of you to win because I didn't buy you to lose" he said pulling out the governor controller "and should you try anything" he pressed the button and the two of them fell to the ground in pain. Letting go of the button he watched them relax "now that we have that out of the way take them to the gym" he told one of his men and then walked away.
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After working for several hours in the gym and grabbing lunch Brennan and Shalimar went for a walk around the grounds to get a better look at their host's abode and to see if they could find any clues as to where they were.
Walking the perimeter of the garden Brennan decided to finally ask her about what went on between her and Ortega before he rounded the corner this morning "hey this morning just before I came around the corner what did Ortega say to you?"
Swallowing she replied without missing a beat "nothing"
He stopped walking and placed a hard on her forearm signaling for her to do the same "I saw the sly smile on his face Shal and I don't like the way he looks at you. If he did or said anything I want to know"
"Why so you can get beat up again?" Oops she knew messed up as soon as it came out of her mouth.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing it is just he obviously has it in for you so there is no need to provoke him more. Plus I can take care of myself"
"I know you can I just worry about you that's all"
"I know you do and I am sorry for snapping at you"
Putting his arm around her shoulder and pulling her into a semi hug he replied "its ok I forgive you" she laughed and smacked him playfully on the arm before continuing through the garden. Looking around he smirked and followed her but he still had an uneasy feeling about their conversation.
Little did they both know that Ortega had been watching them from the balcony of his room. He smirked as he thought about how enjoyable his time with Shalimar was going to be and how much he was going to enjoy watching Brennan squirm knowing he was getting something that the elemental wanted so desperately for himself.
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Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter..I tried not to be so evil but it is just in my nature!!! Please R&R before you leave.