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bathroom. There he undressed
her and lowered her into an ice cold bath, thankful that he made
them put a bath in his quarters.
    As an Aquadratic, he had to submerge himself
from time to time. A bathtub came in handy if his ship wasn’t near
a planet with water.
    Emily grunted and snapped awake as the cold
water touched her bruised skin. “Zor?” she questioned as he placed
his hand on her head. Her entire face was warm from the beating she
took. It killed her trying to speak, her entire face was sore. She
tried to open her eyes but was disoriented. “Zor, where am I? I’m
late for my shift.”
    “Emily, I can’t let you work like this,” he
said gently, pushing her back into the cold bath as she tried to
climb out of it.
    “Zor, I’m in trouble, Jeremy lost me in a
bet. I have no clue why they even allowed him to do that,” she
pleaded.
    “It was me, Emily,” Zor answered as he
grabbed a towel and handed it to her.
    “You made a bet on me?” she asked both
shocked and angry as she yanked the towel out of his hand and
stood, covering herself with it before he could get a glimpse of
the body that he had been dying to see. “I have to get to work.”
She needed to earn extra tips so she could afford a room of her
own. There was no way she would stay with Jeremy or allow herself
to become Zor’s slave.
    She stepped out of the tub and saw her
bloodied clothes on the floor. She placed her hand on her forehead
and sat on the large bed. “I hope you realize I am not an item that
you can take control of at someone else’s say so.”
    “I had to get you away from him, Emily, look
at what he was doing to you,” he said. “I can’t stand by and watch
him hurt you anymore,” he added as he held up a mirror for her to
look at her face.
    She gasped at the sight of herself. She
started to cry uncontrollably. Zor walked over and sat next to her,
pulling her onto his lap. He rocked her back and forth as he gently
played with her beautiful hair. Once her hysterical sobs ended, Zor
laid her down on the bed and moved her hair out of her face.
    “I’m going to go talk to Henry about you
having the night off. You can return to work tomorrow. I’ll also
turn in your clothes for washing. That’s what the other waitresses
usually do anyway,” Zor said.
    She nodded her acceptance and Zor left the
room carrying her bloody clothes. He was going to drop off her
things and talk to Henry for her. Then he planned on stopping by
her old room and having a little chat with good ole Jeremy.
    “Everything alright, Captain?” Henry asked,
immediately seeing how pissed off he was.
    “Emily isn’t capable of working today, can
you wash these up for her and have them sent back to my room?” he
questioned as he handed him the clothes.
    “What happened to her?” Henry asked, seeing
the blood as he took the clothing.
    “Take a guess.” Zor seethed.
    “The boyfriend?” Henry asked with
suspicion.
    Zor nodded his head. “Can you send one of the
waitresses to my quarters with some fresh clothes for her and have
them help her to the infirmary?” Zor questioned. He probably should
have done that to begin with. What if she was more injured than
he thought? “I’m going to go find out what happened.”
    Just as he turned to leave, Zor saw Jeremy
walk into the bar out of the corner of his eye. The rage took over
and the next thing he remembered was holding Jeremy up against the
wall by his throat.
    “What the fuck did you do to her?” he
yelled.
    “Bitch refused to cover my debt. I got her to
you didn’t I?” Jeremy returned.
    Zor balled his fist and pulled back his arm
quickly, burying his fist into the human’s face. “I should kill you
on the spot,” Zor said through clenched teeth as he tightened his
grip on the man’s throat.
    Henry and a few of the bar patrons went over
and grabbed hold of Zor making him put the sorry excuse for a human
down. Two men grabbed Jeremy’s arms as he tried to swing back at
Zor.
    “Take him