Dominion: Zoë Martinique Investigation, Book 6 Read Online Free

back and looked at Mae.
He had a slight dreamy quality to his stare, but other than that he
seemed fine. "Nothing, Mae. We can come back later." He nodded to
the doctor and left the room.
    Mae gave Nick a wide berth as she
picked up her case and followed her partner.
    Doctor Bergeron gave a soft
chuckle as he stepped up to the bed. "I have been waiting on
someone to do that to that damn prick for three years. Ever since
he made constable, he's been a horse's ass." He smiled then. "Ms.
Martinique, you 'ave no visible bruising or marks on your body.
Luckily, the man they are looking for didn't get to joo. Or my
colleague Monsieur Lambert would be examining joo. But…" He checked the folder
he'd kept tucked into the crook of his arm. "Your blood is
dangerously anemic. Have you suffered any drastic blood loss
recently?"
    I shook my head, dismissing Daniel's
little version of a pop and drop with my veins. Usually I don't lie
very well. But I was mad beyond my own ability to control. "No. I'm
anemic."
    " Oui . You 'ave a pre-existing
condition. I would like for you to stay another twenty-four hours
so that we can stabilize—"
    "No." I shook my head and sat up as I
yanked the heart monitor off my finger and started to remove the
tape from my arm where the IV was held in place. "I want to leave.
Now."
    "Wait, wait, wait." The doctor reached
out and grabbed my wrist. "Please allow me to call a nurse so that
you can be properly discharged?"
    I agreed. I was pretty used to taking
tubes out of my arms, but I liked this Bergeron. After he left to
find a nurse, I pulled my knees up into my chest to and wrapped my
skinny-ass arms around them. I wasn't holding it together very
well.
    Nick sat down beside me again and held
me. All of me. He waited while I had myself a good old-fashioned
cry. At some point during my tirade, the nurse came in and shut the
machines off, removed the IV, and placed a Band-Aid over the little
hole.
    I'd had the ugly-cry so I knew I
looked bad. Swollen eyes, lips, face. I started
hiccupping.
    Great.
    Nick never asked me what it was I'd
seen, or why I was so upset. Not while I had my pity-party or even
while I dressed in the clothes he'd brought me, although he had
turned away to give me privacy. I didn't want him to leave. I
didn't want to be alone in that room.
    Finally, when I had on the jeans,
sweater, boots, and jacket—although sans underwear 'cause I just
didn't want any—I folded the bag up. "Nick…"
    He turned and gave me a slight bow. So
very…adorable. "Zoë." He came near and looked me up and down. "The
Old Man's getting good at picking sizes."
    "I didn't know you were calling
Mephistopheles that now." Old Man was the name Jason, the First
Born's host, usually called him.
    "Seems fitting, I think. I like Jason.
He was a good choice." He frowned. "What was it in that picture
that frightened you so badly, Zoë? You did recognize him, but you
and I know you were in that park because of Daniel, not the man in
that picture."
    " We were in that park because of a
trio of Powers that attacked us," I said in Daniel's defense. I'd
noted the slight hint of resentment in Nick's voice. Which was new.
"Daniel was wounded and lost blood. He had to heal."
    "Then it's true—he did drink from
you." Nick lowered his shoulders. "We thought Azrael was wrong. We
hoped he was."
    I knew what he was hinting at. I'd had
the same worry when he'd needed blood. Even Inanna had doubts at
the time. "Did it change him? Do you know for sure? I wasn't
sure…about him drinking from me. Mephistopheles had said once that
my blood was different, like Dags's—" I stopped. Damn it. Why was
it that saying his name was still so damn painful? I took in a
quick breath. "But I've fed Jason before with no side
effects."
    Nick seemed to understand. "True, but
the First Borns are pretty sure your blood's properties have been
altered since your physical stay in the Abysmal Plane. Jason's body
is already well advanced into the state of Revenant,