~ ZEV ~
Neither of them spoke.
Zev could feel her tension, the argument she was having with herself. How she swung back and forth between wanting to pull him closer and wanting to push him away. But he knew she had needed to know. That this would lay between them. And if she'd taken him back and then found out…
Sex had always been important to her—and it was to the Chimera too, so when they were growing up he'd understood, perhaps better than her fully human friends. After all, historically any Chimera that had sex was bonded for life. Being careful about that choice was important. And the culture within his people hadn't changed. Most of the Chimera still lived with that "flaw" as Nick called it.
But looking at the pain on Sasha's face at the idea of him with those other females, Zev was starting to think maybe the Chimera had it right.
He clung to her hand, willing her to decide to forgive him. To take him. To see that his love for her was real.
