Freeing Starr✔️

Chapter 20 ~ Confrontation

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Nadia asked cautiously as I led her back into the room, "I don't want you to fight with Zion on my behalf."

I waved away her concern, "I'm fighting with Zion on MY behalf. You don't have to worry about a thing. I'll try to keep him away from this room as long as possible for you to heal up properly."

She nodded her head and sat down at the edge of her new bed, "when will he be coming back?"

I glanced at my phone, "later this afternoon. Since I changed the door locks, you can easily unlock it from the inside but just to be clear, you should not leave this room under ANY circumstances, do you hear? No matter what you hear, cover your ears and pray that Zion doesn't come to you."

Her body shivered in fear as she hugged herself and obediently nodded.

"Thank you... I enjoyed these two days together with you. You're so pretty, strong and selfless. It's no wonder Zion chose you as his mate. I'm not even mad."

I smiled tightly and headed towards the door, "don't forget to lock it once I step out."

Then I left the room and closed the door silently behind me.

I exhaled sharply and ran a hand down my face. I had a headache.

I went into the kitchen to clean up and make myself something to eat.

The front door opened and Niah's familiar scent wafted into the kitchen before she did.

"Hey, what you been up to?" She came and sat on one of the stools.

I flashed her a smile and shrugged, "just taking these few days to myself to relax. Someone promised to come hang out with me yesterday but never showed."

She chuckled sheepishly, "my bad. I had something to take care of but I'm here now no? Let's go watch a movie or something."

I shot her a confused glance, "on what? We don't have a TV yet."

She rolled her eyes, "with the laptop of course. It's girl time. Let's go Netflix and chill on your bed... if it's clean."

I laughed and shook my head, "of course it is. Let's go."

I led her into my room and spent the rest of the morning and afternoon chilling and binging romance movies with her. We talked about anything and everything we could think of, cracking jokes and sharing smiles.

It was honestly a good time. Except my heart was in knots the whole time as I anticipated Zion's arrival.

It was a little after six when we heard the front door open.

Niah and I looked at each other.

"Why are you looking at me? Go greet your mate!" She joked, pushing me off the bed.

I fell on the floor with an oomph and shot a glare in her direction before getting up and walking out of the room.

My heart shuddered nervously when I met Zion in the hallway staring at the door at the end.

"Hey," I muttered, fiddling with my fingers behind my back.

Zion's gaze snapped to mine calmly and I flashed him a tight smile, "How was it? Did you get in contact with the dealer?"

He stared at my expression intensely before responding, "Did T'niah tell you that?"

I nodded and pointed over my shoulder, "she's in our room as we speak. We were watching movies, waiting for you to come back."

He grunted in reply then moved pass me and into our bedroom.

"Well look at you, Mr. Prideful Alpha. You're back earlier than expected and you don't reek of blood." I heard Niah say as I entered the bedroom behind Zion.