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her.”
    “Bullshit!” Leto challenged.  A viscous growl sounded in the room before Shy heard Leto growl viciously, “ I want her blood!”
    Shy too moaned a fearful, “No!”
    Monroe crossed his arms over his broad chest.  “So you’ll vouch for her to keep her here, hoping she is Megalya and will be put to death?”
    “You just informed me that she is Megalya!”
    Monroe shook his head, “ We know she was in intern, we don’t know the extent of her role and neither do you.”
    “I vouch for her,” Leto reasserted.  “Her true colors will show.”
    “It’ll be your hide as well as hers if you’re right.”
    Leto’s arms were shaking more visibly now, the effect of the drugs still too potent in his system.  “If I can e nd the life of even one of them than it’s worth the sacrifice of my own.” 
    Monroe uncrossed his arms, “Fine.  You vouch for her.  She stays.  Clearly I don’t need to explain to you the repercussions if things…end badly.”  When Leto merely continued to scowl at the CEO, Monroe nodded to King, “Help him back to the infirmary.”
    King was halfway to Leto when Leto ground out, “I want her taken to a cell!”
    Monroe smirked at the other Walker.  “That’s not how it works Leto.  You’ve vouched for her, which means she’s welcome as a guest here until she proves to be disloyal.”
    Leto shook his head trying to force down the haziness that was quickly overtaking him.  “She’s already proven it!”
    “She’s admitted working with the Megalya,” Lilly interjected, earning her a sour look from Leto, “that doesn’t necessarily deem her as treacherous.  If anything she’s been open and honest.”
    King, not liking the look Leto was giving his angel, stepped in front of the Walker to block his view.  “Time to go.”
    Leto growled his disapproval, shaking off King’s hand as he turned and paced slowly down the hall using the wall for support.  “Put her in a cell Monroe,” he shouted from the hall, or I promise you, she’ll make you regret it.”
    When Leto was finally gone, Monroe closed the door and turned to find Shy being cradled in Lilly’s arms.  “It’s alright Shy.  His bark is worse than his bite.”
    Shy looked up with wide pain-filled eyes and whispered, “He wants my blood.”
    “Well, he won’t get it,” Monroe bit out tersely.
    All eyes turned back to the door when it was shoved ope n.  Terrified Leto had returned, Shy buried her face in Lilly’s shoulder.
    “Is she alright?”
    Instantly recognizing York’s voice, Shy looked up in relief.  The Walker was staring at her intently.
    “She’s fine.”  Monroe frowned and looked from York to Shy then back.  “Commander.”  He nodded toward Conn and Conn stalked to York’s side, gripped his arm and jerked the Walker behind him as both exited the room.
    “Where’s he going?” Shy asked.   She’d grown comfortable with the tall Walker and had hoped he’d stick around in case Leto returned.
    “Uhhh,” Lilly’s confused gaze flicked from Shy to Monroe then to the closed door.  “They’ve got work to do.”
    Shy could tell that her inquiry about York had Monroe, Aries, Lilly, and Jenny on edge.
    ***
    “What in the hell do you think you’re doing?” Conn challenged as he forced York into the elevator, followed him in, and jabbed a button.
    “ I was checking on her.”  York was angry.  He and his team had been stuck dealing with Leto while Conn, Aries, and Shy had preceded them back to StoneCrow.  The entire drive he couldn’t stop wondering how badly Shy had been injured.  After Marko, Bodi, and himself were finally able to pin Leto down, York had kicked in the bathroom door and had been slammed by the scent of Shy’s blood.  Enraged, he could barely keep himself from attacking Leto.  Shy was small and weak.  It made no sense that any man would attack her let alone her Walker mate. 
    “Something’s not right,” York bit out.  “Why did he attack