Bab 174: Your Wish, Is My Command

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"You're crazy, you know that, right?" Elodie whispered to a sleeping Malika. She could feel her mate's heartbeats slow down and she wanted to let her rest, after all, today had been a really long day on the battlefield for both of them.

Now that she was this close to Malika, Elodie wondered what was going on in Malika's head. She wondered if there was ever a definition of normal for her. She wondered if Malika would always put herself in harm's way for Hawi.

Granted, Elodie knew of Malika's job description, but a part of her couldn't help but pray that Malika would always be okay. She hated singing Malika hurt, and earlier today.

She had seen a pang of hurt in Malika's eyes, when Jer had started talking to Hawi indifferently.

"I know I can't talk you out of your job, but don't care me like that next time, Malika," Elodie said softly as she held her mate's hand.