“Why?” Nathan’s tone escaped rather flatly, he wasn’t
much for being questioned in the moment, especially after he had just killed
that thing. Not to mention there was
dealing with the other corpse that was lying in the lobby. Burning it would probably be the best option,
but the smell would attract unwanted attention.
Deciding it would be best to simply allow someone in the place to deal
with, Nathan found himself more intrigued by Zephyr’s current insistence to
leave the brothel pretty much defenseless if someone else came along. “Are you worried that I won’t be enough to
protect Tesla? She’s more than enough to
defend herself when she has the drop on someone and can kick your ass as well
as mine. There isn’t much of a reason
for you to come at all, so give me a reason.”
Nathan
could see the look of indignation and loss in Zephyr’s eyes when he had been
asked to explain himself, the yor’zvin fidgeting for a moment before his hands
went down to his sides in minor defeat.
Tesla was gazing at him as well, in fact, everyone in the room was
looking at him. While the alien with no
mouth started to rub at the carapace that covered his face, he soon found
himself at a loss for words and Nathan was growing impatient with him. “Damn it Zephyr, you’re a worry not some
virgin teenager trying to work up the courage to ask a girl out. Spit it out!”
As the
alien’s black eyes opened wider, his fist would slam into the nearby wall
before he glared down at his current student.
“Don’t you give me orders you little brat. You’re taking my wife somewhere dangerous and
expect me to stand idly by while you leave to do God knows what? Tesla may be in command of me, but you sure
as fuck aren’t and seeing you trying to handle her like a piece of meat is
starting to piss me off you little shit.”
Zephyr’s little rampage got very little response from Nathan, though
Tesla’s face had turned red with anger before she grabbed the man by his arm
and dragged him into a nearby room.
Nathan didn’t hear the argument, though he could hear the tone in Tesla’s
voice and the rage it was producing was not something he wanted any part.
When all
was said and done, Tesla came back out, leaving Zephyr behind in the room
before she folded her arms under her breasts with a small huff. “The man I married had a bit more fire than
that. It would have taken me almost two
hours to get something through his thick skull when we started. Now it’s only a matter of minutes.” Fuming for a moment, Tesla pushed past Nathan
and out towards the car with a swagger that told him that she had already
forgotten about her previous peril and was back to wanting to be in
charge.
“She’s
lucky she’s attractive or I would have shot her.” Nathan breathe out from under his breath
before he soon followed suit.
