Page 35 of I Dated a Holiday Hero
“I am the most serious I have ever been. I am yours to the end of time, Kiki.” He smiled and brushed her hair off her shoulder.
“It’s okay if you don’t mean it. I know the defenders get around. All those fans and all.” She gave him an out.
He kissed her seriously. “It is only you from now until we both cock up our toes.”
She had smiled shyly and kissed him back. “That sounds really nice.”
Then the last memory he had of her. Triumphant from a successful mission, he sought her and found her in an alleyway. She was carved up and covered with blood. He got her to the hospital, and they struggled to stop the bleeding. He moaned and struck the walls as no one could tell him who or what had done this.
His team found him rampaging in the hospital and brought him down. The next thing he knew, there were hands on his head, and his mind was cold. When he woke, she was gone, and he couldn’t remember or find her.
Worro touched her with his mind, and he exhaled. She was safe and heading home.
Sgoth sat with him. “She’s a little messed up. Did you know that she kills without remorse?”
Worro frowned. “Kiki? No. She’s the most sensitive of souls. She’s delicate and sweet.”
Hever barged in and looked at her with his new eyes. The fascination he had felt now filled him with shame.
“Where is she? Is she okay?”
Sgoth nodded. “She’s headed home with her family.”
Hever slumped. “Oh, good.”
“She was taken to blackmail you into something.”
“What?”
“She didn’t ask for many details. She just got slashing and biting.”
“Oh, the werewolf form. Got it. Yeah, that one isn’t chatty.”
Worro asked her, “Did you know?”
“What?”
“That she and I were lovers?”
Hever shook her head. “She’s not an omega.”
“Maybe not, but she could take the knot after very little practice.”
“Oh, so you can be one of her patrons. She is signing up for the BDC now that she’s free to get her own place again.”
“What?”
“While she had to use the image generator, her parents wanted to keep her close.”
He paused. “She’s not stationary. She’s heading for the coast. Fast.”
Hever looked at him. “You still care for her.”
“Of course. She is my one.” He swallowed. “But, when we were separated, she saw me with others, and I think it hurt her.”
“Wait, so she thought you two were exclusive, and she caught you catting around, but you couldn’t recognize it? Yeah, you are doomed.”
Worro wanted to wail in despair, but instead, he asked Sgoth, “Am I cleared to travel?”
