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I knew the sound of arguing enough to know it was happening. My eyes snapped open and I was met with a grey ceiling.
"In your bed! You have her in your bed!" it's a woman
"Keep your fucking voice down!" Dorghu.
"She was in hospital clothes, right? She obviously came from that crazy shit that just happened in town. You need to take her to a hospital." The woman replied.
"She ain't going back to that hospital!" Dorghu demanded.
"I'm not letting my son stay under the same roof as that woman." she said.
"You're not taking my son anywhere." I hear him reply. I look around and notice the thick blanket I was under and lifted the blanket to see I was in shorts and a tank top. I was achy, but managed to get up. My feet met carpeted floor and I looked around to see I was in a large room.
"You have no idea who she is. As far as I know you're just under her siren spell." This woman snapped. I slowly crept near the door and without hesitation I opened it. I was looking into a small living room with a TV and dining table and in the back was a kitchen. Dorghu was standing across from an orc woman with Mikey looking down confused. This woman was smaller than Dorghu wearing a blue dress and heals. She looks at me and scoffs some and looks back at Dorghu who looks at me.
"You're awake." he replied softly and this woman just raises he hands in annoyance.
"I didn't mean to start an argument." I replied and Dorghu raised his hand and shook his head dismissively.
"No. It's not your fault. O, this is Stella, Mikey's mom." He introduced. I nodded and looked at Mikey who just gave a casual smile and nod in my direction.
"It's absolute maham down there," Stella snapped, "people are dead and already words gotten around that her and that elf fed are the only two who have managed to actually walk away with little to no bruises. Dorghu orcs are dead!"
"I know that. What do you want me to do? The police are handling it!" he snapped.
"And while they handle it we need to stick to our own. That's what everyone is going to do after this. No one will trust anyone outside their species." she warned and I winced some. "And here this siren bats her eye lashes and you swoop in like superman to save her. She can NOT stay here. What if whoever shot up down town comes into the neighborhood?"
I sighed at the thought and nodded.
"She's right. I shouldn't have come here." I admitted and Stella nodded in agreement and raised her hand at me.
"See." She said and Dorghu just shook his head and pointed at me.
"You're not going anywhere. Get back in bed." he said and as he spoke, Stella's eyes widenened and she growled.
"You're choosing her kind over your own?" she asked. Dorghu looked at her with a frown.
"It was her kind that got our son released from the feds when we thought we wouldn't see him again." he said. She tapped her heal on the ground in further annoyance.
"That was then. This is now, Dorghu something bad is coming worse than what happened downtown. Don't let it come into our neighborhood, our community." she said and I just stared at the three and Dorghu inhaled slowly glancing over at me. I wouldn't be upset if he asked me to leave. I do remember we were fighting earlier. Dorghu's eyes were so indecisive but in seconds they hardened and he looked at his son.
"Mikey, go with your mom." he said lowly and Stella's mouth dropped in shock at his answer. Mikey stepped closer to us.
"Dad, no. I want to stay and fight." he said and Dorghu shook his head before speaking in orcish to him and Mikey sucked his fangs and looked away with a groan before nodding. Stella placed her hand on Mikey's back and led him quickly out the door. She slammed it shut and I heard Dorghu sigh. I shook my head at him.
"Why did you do that? You chose me over your family." I said and he raised his hand at me.
"I don't want to hear it from you right now so get back in the bed. We'll talk in a moment." he said and I just sighed and turned away and moved back into the bed. I crawled into it and noticed my phone was on a small glass nightstand by the bed. I grabbed it and made sure to send a text to my family to let them know I left the hospital and was safe. I texted Nick and told him where I was at. Last was Kandomere. I didn't send him anything. He stormed out and didn't leave an escort like he had said and left me stranded, so that I was not going to ignore. I sat the phone down and just breathed evenly. Dorghu entered, his leather jacket now off and I sat up some but he motioned for me to lie back down. "How are you feeling?" I shook my head.
"Slow. Taking a siren's blast doesn't hurt me but it does make me feel like uneasy for a minute." I said and he nodded sitting on the end of the bed and I moved back so he could sit more.
"O, what happened?" he asked and now the screaming reentered my mind and I shook my head.
"First we were eating ice cream, and that's when we heard it. Everyone did. That one gun shot that erupted the crowd. Everyone was running and screaming. Bodies hit the ground, there was so much blood." I whispered and shook my head. "Kandomere, the elf I was with got shot but then the shooter missed me."
Dorghu leaned more up the bed and looked at me carefully.
"Did you see the shooter?" he asked. I shrugged some.
"He was wearing all black and a mask." I said.
"What about body type? Were they large?" he questioned and I shook my head.
"I am certain it was not an orc." I replied and he nodded more.
"So do you know anything- what the feds are going to do?" he asked and I sighed more.
"Kandomere was called away. I think they had a lead but he did not tell me anything. He isn't too happy with me wanting to be here." I said and he snorted.
"So he left you by yourself, a victim to walk around town alone. Right now, looting is bound to happen since the cops are all down town. You're lucky I found you." he said and I just leaned against his pillow.
"Why did you even help me? Last time I checked we weren't really speaking." I said and he nodded looking down some at my legs. He moved his hand over them and paused for a moment before gently resting his palm over my hip.
"I am sorry, for what I said back there. I was angry and jealous. Not every day an orc is friends with others who aren't orcs, let alone a siren. I guess I felt protective of my siren friend." he said and I looked at him taken back by his words and I just sat up and leaned into him some.
"I'm just glad you weren't down there." I said and he chuckled dryly looking away.
"Nah I was here sulking because I thought the relationship we had was over." he said and I just laughed some before sighing happily.
"If I find out something I will let you know." I replied and he nodded.
"Thank you. I don't want you think I want to use you for your intel because you're fucking the fed elf. But if somehow if an orc ended up being the cause of all this, the search for the guilty will become a hunt on the innocent and I'll be damned if I let anyone hurt my people." he said and I nodded at his words.
"That's why you let me stay here and sent Mike away." I replied and he nodded.
"He'll be safe with his mom." he said and I nodded.
"Why aren't you two together?" I asked and he groaned some rubbing his face now.
"She liked the idea of me, and not who I was as an orc. She cared about titles and authority. She just changed." he explained and I looked down some feeling bad for asking. "Hey you hungry? I can make us some food." My head snapped up and I nodded.
"Yes please." I replied.
Normal POV
Kandomere felt his head was going to explode. As he and Monte got into his car, he threw his arm brace out the window and immediately taking off with rows of black cars behind him. How could she just say that in front of him, just up and decide she was going to go into hiding with a bunch of pig-faced orcs and expect him to be okay with it? He was pissed, yet his kept pressing his hand to his pants pocket to see if his phone had vibrated. Was she trying to get under his skin by talking about her little orc friends in front of him?
"Petty." Monte mumbled. Kandomere's eyes flexed and he glanced at him in utter anger.
"What did you just say?" he asked.
"Pett-y." he enunciated now and Kandomere just shook his head confused.
"What, what is that word?" he asked in anger. Monte looked at Kandomere with disappointed.
"Petty: It means acting like a child using a situation as an excuse to be a dick." he said and Kandomere's feet hit the gas so hard, his team nearly collided within each other and Kandomere whipped his head at Monte, eyes flaring.
"You got something to say to me?" he asked not believing what he was hearing. Monte nodded.
"With all due respect sir, you and a whole town of people were shot and shot at. Your girl just took a direct hit from a siren attack to protect you and then she makes a choice to keep you safe, and you walk out on her. You're even so full of yourself, you didn't even leave a protection detail on her to escort or to wherever it was she was going!" he explained.
"She made her choice!" Kandomere snapped.
"Bullshit, that doesn't matter. The town is bound to go to hell and knowing how noble and stubborn she is, she most likely left the hospital by now which means she is out there, alone. Let me tell you something boss, I may have been in three marriages, but you don't ever walk out on your loved one during such a heinous time in all of our lives. You basically just ended the relationship right there." Monte snapped. Kandomere just stared at Monte for a long moment in thought of his words before looking down slowly. He was right, he hated to admit. He just opened the door for other males to take his love.
"If I hide myself in the orc communities, it will take an orc army for anyone to get to me. Monte, you and Kandomere can track down the shooter, and I will stay with my friends until we are sure of this hunch that they were trying to get my attention."
It was a perfect plan, but Kandomere's selfishness got the better of him and he stormed out before he could hear anything else. He didn't realize how dangerous of a situation he put O in. If she wasn't with the orcs now, then then the shooter could already have found her, if she was in his sights. Where would she be now? Not at her parents, not at her roommate. Her orc friend, the one that some of the orcs seem to answer to.
"Get me any information you can get on an orc named Dorghu. I want an address too. See if you can get a tracker on Odette's phone as well." he demanded before stepping on the gas. "Meanwhile, we look at the shooter and go from there." As much as he wanted to turn the car around and immediately go looking for O, Kandomere has a large obligation to find this son of a bitch.