Please Note the Rating Change. Erotic Scenes ahead.

Nick did his best to keep his face from revealing too much when he walked into the precinct bullpen and saw several mellifers.

It meant that a hexenbiest had been poisoned. One of Adalind's coworkers. And that meant that soon Renard would call him and Hank in to meet Adalind.

But proving that the timeline had shifted certain things, Adalind called Nick and asked if she could stay with him.

"Not much can kill a hexenbiest, but the poison from a mellifer can. And the queen can make swarms of bees attack. Several of my ancestors were killed like that." Adalind told him when she was sitting down on his couch. "They might think they're protecting you." Adalind said. "If they think I'm still working for Renard and planning to hurt you."

"Even if you were trying to kill me, I still could not let you die. Everyone would be highly suspicious if I failed to protect a witness." Nick said.

"I know it sounds crazy and that we haven't known each other that long, but I just feel safer with you. Could I maybe stay here and sleep next to you until you catch the one behind this?"

Grimm

Adalind wore only a t-shirt and underwear as she slipped into bed. It was certainly a more revealing attire than what she had worn the first time they had slept in the same bed in the original timeline.

"You don't mind, do you?"

Of course he didn't mind. But a part of him wondered at what she was up to.

It didn't take long to find out. Once she slid under the covers, she shifted several times until she was nearly pressed against Nick.

"If you're having trouble sleeping, I know a way for us both to relax."

Her hand moved under his shirt. They both moved to press their lips together. He wrapped his arms around her, his hands needing to feel as much of her as they could.

"I don't do one night stands, Adalind. Once I have you, I'm keeping you." Nick emphasized his point by sliding his hand up her thigh and squeezing her ass.

Her hand slid down his body to brush her fingers along his groin.

Nick's alarm rang. He groaned in frustration at being pulled from such a pleasant dream.

He looked over at a sleeping Adalind clad in a blue flannel nightgown and sighed in frustration.

It had been literal months since he had sex. He had chosen not to be intimate with Juliet because he knew it would have been wrong. It would have felt like a betrayal.

Before traveling through time, ever since Adalind had returned to him from Black Claw, the two of them had made love every night. Even with other people staying in their home, they always found a way to be together.

Nick could easily admit that Adalind had spoiled him. She was an insatiable temptress that always made her desires very clear. She loved to give and receive affection. And Nick had felt like he was in Heaven every time they touched.

He really hoped to win her heart soon before he embarrassed himself.

Grimm

Renard was the Prince of Portland and half zauberbiest, so it made sense that there would be a lot of pressure on him to protect the hexenbiest being targeted. Of course he was going to put his best men on the case.

Renard thought there might be some animosity between Burkhardt and Adalind. After all, he had sent her there to kill Nick's aunt. And she must have failed because Marie Kessler had succumbed a week later to her illness. Renard had assumed that Burkhardt had caught Adalind and stopped her. It's what Adalind had told him. That the male grimm had prevented her from injecting the poison into the female grimm. That was the last time Sean had spoken with Adalind. He had not seen or heard a word from her since.

But the only person Nick's angry stare was directed towards was Captain Sean Renard.

When Adalind was in the room with them, Nick seemed to make it a point to stand between Sean and Adalind. At times even blocking the captain's view of the blonde.

Grimm

Adalind had chosen not to tell Renard that Nick had revealed to her some things she had already suspected.

Like the fact that he had been sleeping with her mother. And that he has only pretended to care for her in order to use her for his own selfish goals.

Nick and Adalind had talked it over and agreed that the best strategy was to keep Renard in the dark about what Nick knew as long as possible.

Grimm

Nick noticed Adalind's behavior was very different from the other timeline. She didn't play up being scared and vulnerable for Hank. Instead, she mostly stayed by Nick.

She was obviously scared, but she didn't try to be the damsel in distress. She also didn't try to pretend to be the big bag witch who feared nothing. Since she didn't have to be on her guard around Nick. She knew he would protect her. And she revealed that trust easily.

Whenever Adalind was in the room with him, she tended to gravitate toward Nick. She was never more than a few inches away from him at any given moment.

Of course, Hank noticed and was inclined to say something.

"I think the lawyer had a little crush on you. Maybe when this is all over you should think about asking her out."

Hank had been concerned for Nick since he noticed that months had passed since Nick and Juliet had broken up and yet he had shown no interest in getting back in the dating pool.

He didn't know that Nick knew who he was meant to be with and had no interest in wasting his time.

Nick noticed Hank's relief when the younger detective admitted, "I plan to when I know she's safe and we're not needed to protect her anymore."

In truth, Nick hoped he would prove to Adalind that he was a different kind of grimm who didn't judge species and would happily accept and love all that she was.

Grimm

The mellischwuler, Melissa Wincroft, queen bee, leader of the group of bee wesen intent on killing the hexenbiest of Portland, still found a way to get to Adalind.

Hexenbiests were supernaturally strong, but millifer queens were just as strong. The two women fought, each trying to gain the upper hand, and both ended up woging.

Nick struggled to get to Adalind but was hindered by the swarms of bees blocking his way.

His heart stopped when he saw Adalind slip and fall back. The heel of her designer shoe getting caught and making her lose her balance.

Hoping to reason with WIncroft before she took advantage of Adalind's mistake, Nick shouted, "You need to stop. She's done nothing to you. I know you're angry about losing your family business but it's not the lawyers fault. The women were just doing their job. Following the direction of their leader the way your people follow yours."

"They're hexenbiests! They are your enemies as well! They are a danger to you! All beist need to be exterminated! If we don't kill them they will attack you!"

"You can't just attack someone because you think they might be a danger to you. You're letting age old bigotry rule your actions. We all need to get above that."

Unfortunately, the queen could not be reasoned with. And Nick had no choice but to pull the trigger of his gun and shoot Wincroft in order to save Adalind.

Clearly shaken, and back to her pretty form, Adalind threw herself into Nick's arms. She ran her fingers through his hair, nuzzling his neck, seeking comfort.

He sighed contentedly as he held her tight, cherishing the moment, more than happy to provide it to her.

"You still saved me." She said in awe. "You saw my full hexenbiest form and you still chose to protect me."

"You being a hexenbiest is no reason to hurt you. Like I told Wincroft, we can't let bigotry rule us."

"So you wouldn't mind calling a hexenbiest your friend?"

Nick could hear what Adalind was really saying.

Friends was a good starting point and could lead the way to them becoming much closer.

"Well, I'm friends with a blutbad. If Monroe has the patience to deal with me, I'm sure you do too."