Free Eve Vaughn by The Zoo Page B

if all went well, they’d soon both be safely on Tabehr. Before he left, however, he would

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    settle the score with Zavian. His conscience wouldn’t allow him to leave things as they were, with the uncertain future of the animals and his fellow zookeepers. It was the least he could do.
    He’d been keeping a log of Zavian’s activities and only needed to get it into the right hands.
    Who would have thought one tiny Human female would turn his world around?
    A smile touched his lips as he slid back into bed, pulling her warm body against his. He inhaled deeply, taking in her feminine scent. The air was permeated with their sex and his cocks grew hard once again. As much as Dar wanted to wake her and bury himself deep within her tight holes once again, he knew she needed the rest. Having studied her sleep patterns during her captivity, he knew she hadn’t received the rest she truly needed. Besides, he’d be on night duty for a while and they’d have more chances to make love.
    He dropped a kiss on her skin where her neck and shoulder connected. He vowed he’d always keep her safe, no matter what, even if it meant laying his own life on the line.
     

Chapter Eight
    Holly refused to be thwarted this time. She wanted answers and wouldn’t leave this godforsaken clinic until she had them. There was no way she could sit back and pretend her friend wasn’t missing and this conspiracy seemed to be getting bigger the more she learned.
    Besides, the realization that anyone over a certain age residing in her city was missing, Holly also noticed everyone was healthy. Riding the train home one day, she felt a bit of a headache coming on. She often got migraines in times of stress and there was nothing more worrisome than wondering what had happened to your best friend.
    She’d been holding her head in her hands when the passenger sitting next to her suggested she go to the wellness center to be checked out because of the amazing cures the Cyrellians were developing for something so simple as head pains.
    This was the first time Holly had heard anything like it, and it got her to thinking. It had been quite a long time since she’d witnessed anyone so much as coughing. At her job, no one ever called out sick and everyone seemed to be in the best of health. The odds of that being possible seemed slim. If her suspicions had been aroused before, there were definitely sirens going off in her head now.
    What’s more, why was she the only one asking questions? Could it be that something happened to those who dared to investigate what was going on? Discreetly she began making inquiries about this so called wellness center and soon found it to be the same place Bella was to have had her operation. This was no mere coincidence.
    Something was definitely going on.
    If they wouldn’t see her when she wanted to find out what was happening then she’d have to come up with a reason for being there, which brought her here to the waiting room of the clinic, waiting for someone to call her in to see the doctor. Holly

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    had lied about having strange symptoms in order for them to schedule an immediate appointment.
    Sydney would probably think she was nuts for coming here. She fidgeted nervously in her seat, unable to keep still. What would she find out, if anything? Would they try something on her?
    But the fact remained, Bella had now been missing for over a month. Not even Sydney could deny that something wasn’t on the up and up, though she was still cautious in admitting the Cyrellians had anything to do with the disappearance. Holly wanted to shake that woman and make her see sense.
    As she waited, Holly got the distinct impression she was being watched. Her already paranoid senses were on high alert, but she steeled herself to remain calm. She didn’t see any cameras lurking in the nooks or crannies of the room, but that didn’t mean there weren’t any.
    She couldn’t shake that feeling of being watched. There were