Free Zero by Sam Crescent Page A

me, Prue. Nothing is allowed to happen to you.” He took her hand, but she pulled away from him.
    “No, you don’t get to hide from me.”
    “I don’t want you with Steven.” He yelled the words at her so she wouldn’t have a doubt of what was going through his mind.
    “Why not?” She yelled back, never taking his shit.
    A nurse peered into the room ordering them to be silent. Going to the door, Zero closed it, giving them privacy, before going back to the bed.
    “I don’t want him near you. Please, do as I ask and don’t push me.”
    She stared at him, collapsing against the bed. “You’re going to drive me crazy with all of these demands.” Prue grabbed the remote by the side of the bed, turning on the television.
    “Is that a yes?”
    “Steven is young, sweet even. I’m not going to be fucking the first guy who looks my way. I’m not that desperate,” Prue said. “I know how to take care of my needs.”
    He tensed, thinking about her needs. “What?”
    His cock tightened. How did she take care of those needs?
    Crap. Now all he saw was her pussy. He didn’t know what she looked like down there, but he suddenly really wanted to know. Zero would be more than happy to be considered to help her with those needs.
    She’s not yours.
    Prue looked at him. “Are you a virgin?” she asked.
    “No.”
    “Then you know what needs I’m talking about. Geez, you don’t need to be a guy to need an orgasm or to get off.” She shook her head, flicking through the television. “I’m usually looking over the kids’ work now. How did the school take my absence?”
    She was talking about work? All he could think about was taking care of her needs. “They want you to get well before you even think about returning to work.”
    “Good. I’ve never taken a sick day yet. They should keep my job for me. I’d hate to start looking now. The whole economic climate doesn’t fill me with too much confidence on the job search.”
    “Have you ever thought about moving closer to me?” he asked.
    “How would I do that when you said it wasn’t safe for us to be close?” She turned to look at him. Her green eyes were so beautiful and wide.
    “Alan’s taken that out of our hands.”
    “Yeah, he has.”
    There was a game show on. He watched for several minutes, reaching out to take her hand.
    “I’ve missed you, Prue.”
    “I’ve missed you, too.” She rubbed at her temple, and he watched the movement. “Zero,” she said, glancing at him.
    “What, baby?”
    “Will you hold me?” She tapped the bed beside her.
    Smiling, he climbed on the bed, moving his arm underneath her head and drawing her close. “I’ll always hold you close to me.” They settled down together. He felt her heat, and his cock responded to her closeness.
    Down, boy.
    Her needs struck him once more. Would her pussy hair be the same as the hair on her head? Shit. Cravings yearned deep inside him. He wasn’t some immature teenager who couldn’t keep his dick in his pants.
    “He’s going to hurt us,” she said.
    “I know.”
    Zero knew there was not going to be a way to stop Alan once he started. None of them knew where he was. Whizz was working on locating him.
    Closing his eyes, he tried to stop the fear from working inside him. He hated feeling fear.
    “Your friends are nice. I would hate for them to be hurt.”
    He looked down at her. Her face was turned up to his. When did her lips get so plump and inviting?
    Shit, this was the last thing he needed, for his mind to be on her body rather than the danger they were all about to face.
    “We can’t leave. Otherwise I would do it.”
    “Why can’t we leave? When I’m out of the hospital we can just go.” Her hand lay on his chest. Did she know what her body was doing to him?
    “Alan will not stop, Prue. He’s going to take out our friends, and he’d do whatever he could to lure us back to him.”
    “I hate him, Zero.”
    He didn’t say anything. His feelings toward the bastard