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We drove in silence back to my place, Kandomere's arm never unraveled itself from my body until the car parked on the side of my home. Nick's police cruiser was in the driveway. So he was finally home. I tensed and moved from Kandomere and opened the door quickly. Just as I stepped outside, Nick was coming out.
"Jesus. You're okay." he said with relief running up to me. I jogged up to him and jumped into his arms, my eyes shutting and tears falling down my cheeks. I was so glad he was here.
"I'm glad you're safe." I whispered and sniffled leaning back and he caressed my face smelling me.
"You smell stressed." he commented. "Have you seen a doctor?"
"She has." Kandomere replied moving up beside me and giving Nick a hard glance. "She is going to be under my protection until this is over."
"Your protection why?" Nick asked.
"That is classified information." Kandomere stated. Nick looked at me.
"A certain species we know started shooting at us and may be because of me." I said. Kandomere looked at me sharply and I shrugged.
"What I don't work for you." I stated before looking up at Nick and placing my hands on his cheeks protectively. "I don't want anything to happen to you if I truly am the cause of all this… I would never forgive myself. So I will be going with Kandomere and when this is settled, depending on if I am still with this elf, I may or may not be back."
Nick shook his head.
"I don't like this." he said lowly before looking at Kandomere. "Was it an elf who did this?" Kandomere inhaled some.
"That is classified." he pressed with more annoyance. Nick walked over to him, his glare deep just like Dorghu and he stared down at him.
"Was it an elf who did this?" he asked lowly and more threateningly and I moved between them.
"Boys, we don't have time for this." I said looking at both of them. Kandomere glared.
"You know I am getting really sick and tired of orcs and their shitty attitudes." Kandomere said and I clapped my hands twice gaining their attention.
"Enough." I snapped. "I am going to get some clothes. I have a lot in case I am gone long. Someone needs to help me." I said nothing else and moved toward the house. There was a mass murderer out in L.A. and he needed to be caught and I don't have time for bickering. All I keep seeing is that dead siren in my mind, her body stacked above all the others and right now we needed revenge. I forced the door open and moved down the hall and into my room. Behind me, I could hear feet moving behind me. After an hour of packing, I was carrying a suit case out and behind me were Kandomere and Nick carrying a few more of my suit cases, Nick carrying more to show up Kandomere. They put the cases in the trunk and now I looked at Nick and gave a tired smile.
"I will let you know anything that could help both the LAPD and Homeland catch this guy." I said. Kandomere opened the back door for me and waited. Nick just shook his head.
"Just stay safe." he said. I nodded.
"You too. There is going to be a lot of tension between the species. But remember you're a great cop, and an even better orc." I said deeply and he smiled slowly and embraced me again. I really hoped he was safe out there. We slowly separated and I moved to get into the car. We got buckled into and began to drive off.
"You're like an orc magnet." Kandomere stated. There was no real emotion in his tone, I noticed. He was staring out the window glancing down at my knees as a way to look at me. I turned to him and looked at him.
"Kandomere," I said softly and he looked at me directly now, "You're down in my world now. Now I don't know if the same values apply to elves, but for every other creature that isn't a human, family is all we have. We value ourselves over our riches and possessions. We are fighting for survival. You are not." I began to move my hand around as if it were stirring and invisible pot. "We all know the hatred that is thrown at us orcs and sirens alike. Sure everyone kills everyone, but in the end, we know how to respect each other. It's not my great ass or my awesome body or even my hypnotizing voice that attracts others to me, it my character and the fact I am not ignorant to the horrible things that happen to me or anyone else in the city." His eyes softened at my words and he looked down some seeming to be in deep thought.
"You're right. I don't have to ever think about anyone here. I never had to for the longest time. And then I met you, and you're right, I am down in your world, a world that will never be combined with mine." he said. I just flexed a brow in agreement and just looked ahead not sure what to make of this conversation and I felt his hand atop of mine. Our eyes met again and he smiled. "But they can have their worlds, we'll create our own." I smiled gently at his words thinking that I liked the sound of that. I slid over to him and nuzzled up into him and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Play your piano for me tonight?" I whispered.
"Anything you want." he whispered. After the horrible day was over, the TVs were still filled with talk from today. News app were still blowing up and the radio was now talking about what the government was going to do to stop this act of terrorism. Today kept playing in my mind numerous times. Even after we got my brief cases into Kandomere's home. I was in a pale blue night gown following beside Kandomere down his dim lit halls. He was explaining to me what the Inferni were.
"They are a group of rogue elves. A cult really, who serve the dark lord and… there has been rumors they want to bring back the dark lord. I have been hunting them for years, following their crimes. I am always so close then they disappear into thin air." he explained as we entered his massive den, his piano sitting in the middle of the room.
"So a member of this group was responsible? Why, what does doing that do?" I asked and Kandomere shook his head.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling it involves the sirens more than the orcs. Maybe the orc gang was a rouse to steer us away from their true intentions." he said. The sirens? I shook my head and followed him to his piano chair.
"Maybe they are aiming to make a weapon out of us." I said and he looked at me curiously.
"You think so?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Elves did. Thousands of years ago, elves told the humans and other species that together our voices could shake the earth and destroy many in order to get everyone to turn from us and they were not wrong. When in great pain, our shrieks can do major damage, like that mother in the city. That Inferni member shot her little girl that's enough to send any siren any a fit of rage. We could truly be a threat if we wanted to band together." I explained and Kandomere looked down in thought before looking up at the keys.
"Let me take your mind from this tonight." he said softly raising his hands and placing them gently on the keys. He began to play a familiar song and I now felt flushed knowing what it was.
"I was the one who had it all." he started to sing which made my eyes widen and my body exhale breathing life into me. He was actually singing, "I was the master of my fate." He motioned his head at me and I quickly caught on. I couldn't believe he was playing it let alone he learned the song so he could sing it with me.
"I never needed anybody in my life. I learned the truth too late." I sang gently and almost shyly for I had never sang with another man who was not my family, and he smiled and kept playing.
"I'll never shake away the pain. I close my eyes, but you're still there." he sang and I smiled more.
"I let you steal into my melancholy heart. It's more than I can bare." I said, and I felt the music grow stronger rising in me. It was like the soundtrack was playing all around me.
"Now I know, you'll never leave me." We sang together. "Even as you run away. You will still torment me, calm me, hurt me move me come what may. Wasting in our lonely towers, waiting by an open door."
"I'll fool myself you'll walk right in. And be with me for evermore." he sang continuing to play more motioning that I could sing next. Now I was smiling wide, my body filled with joy to be singing with someone else. His eyes were so happy, so bright even in this dim room.
"I rage against the trials of love." I sang motioning his turn.
"I curse the fading of the light. Though you've already flown so far beyond my reach…" he sang off.
"You're never out of sight!" I finished and the music raged again. I leaned over a bit and rested my shoulders against his.
"Now we know you'll never leave me. Even as you fade from view."
"You will still inspire me," He sang.
"Be a part of everything I do!" I finished.
"Wasting in our lonely towers, waiting by an open door." we continued.
"I'll fool myself you'll walk right in." he said now more softly and this time he stopped playing and turned to me and I moved closer to him, the music still lingering in my mind.
"And as the long long nights begin." I said harmonized moving to sit upon his lap, his arms resting on my hips.
"I'll think of all that might have been." he said and I joined him once more in unison, my hands slowly caressing his cheeks, my eyes once again filled with happiness to be in his arms yet again.
"Waiting here for evermore." We finished gently and softly before we leaned into each other and let our lips combine passionately. My father always told me you knew you had your mate when you both could sing a duet and find the right words to keep your song flowing.
Author's Notes
Here is a new update guys and to answer some questions, there will be a Dorghu X OC soon because I love me some Brad William Henke. Like i had some ideas for Orange is the New Black's Desi Piscatella x oc and to make him straight for the fics, but it was just a thought. And I thought about other duets Kandomere and O could have sang together, but Kandomere knew this song meant more to O then others so he thought this would be a good apologetic song for her to know they could sing it together. Happy reading!