Page 31 of Controller's Obsession

The goat started moving closer to Merihem, who had worked himself up into a right rage and was now yelling at a policeman.Can I lick his horns again?

No, you can’t,Peni said hotly, remembering what happened last time his goat did that.No thinking about sex. Think about the answers we need. We have to save our mate.

But then you and he could do sexy body rubbing, yes? The hero always gets the sex when he saves the day.

Let’s worry about saving him first, shall we?Peni felt his goat’s body slump as the animal fell to his side, letting out a pained bleat.Good acting skills. Data would’ve been proud of you.

Chapter Seventeen

Merihem

With his heart lodged somewhere at the back of his throat, Merihem’s demon darted past the police officer and scooped up their blissful one. “Peni. Peni, what’s wrong? What happened?”his growl was sinister as the officer approached, appearing like he was about to reach out and touch.

“Do you need the paramedics to come back?”

The goat lifted its head immediately and licked the side of the demon’s cheek, heading up towards his horns. The fright turned to something equally unhelpful, but it helped their heart to shift back to where it belonged. “No… no, we’re fine. We’re leaving,” he answered, spying Scott and the driver pulling up.

We need to have a little chat with our goat because something is off.

Off? Our blissful one fainted!Their demon side sounded totally affronted.

No one recovers from a faint like that.

“—can’t leave the scene of an accident till I have all the details,” the officer blustered, red-faced.

They tuned back in. “Scott, give this officer details of where to find me,” he informed the demon, approaching them.

They didn’t wait for a reply, and Merihem, for once, was glad for Scott’s efficient nature when he pulled out a card as they stalked off.

In the back of the car more suited to his size, Merihem didn’t give his demon a chance to do anything, forcing their shift. Holding onto Peni, he stroked a hand over his back. “Can you tell me what that was all about? Did you really faint?” In hindsight, despite what his demon had seen, Merihem wasn’t exactly sure the goat had fainted for real.

There were several bleats before Merihem chuckled, and Scott got into the back of the car.

“Where to?” Scott asked, altering the cuff of his suit jacket as he crossed his legs.

“Take us to Dakata’s house.”

Scott gave the instructions to the driver, and Merihem tried to coax Peni to shift.

By the time they’d got to Dakata’s the only conversation he’d had was with a rather giddy goat who’d attempted to climb his chest. Scott had watched them, not revealing any of his thoughts. “I need you to follow up with George, the cab driver. Go to the hospital and pay any bills for his care. See that they look after him.”

His blond hair never moved as Scott nodded. “Of course.”

Merihem got out of the car, forgetting he was naked, as a woman walked past and gasped. His little goat started bleating and kicking his hooves in the woman’s direction when she stopped to stare. Merihem grinned at his possessive little goat's actions.“That told her,” he murmured in the goat’s ear and got a lick to his face.

He returned his attention to the open door and Scott, hugging his goat closer to him. “I’ll not be in the office for the rest of the week. Can you email me everything you want me to look at and courier over anything requiring signing?” He wasn’t going to be leaving Peni, he might have healed, but Merihem wasn’t taking any chances until he knew what had caused the accident.

“Of course.”

A demon of few words, Merihem didn’t prolong the conversation when he wanted to find out what was wrong with their blissful one. Something was fishy, and he was more concerned about that than where the driver of the other car who had caused the accident had vanished to.

Inside the house, in his bedroom after translocating, he placed the goat down and turned around, knowing how shy Peni was. “I won’t look, so you can shift and get dressed.”

There was muttering a second later and Merihem held back his humor.

“Why couldn’t I have gotten a less dramatic goat? Why? Did you need to be so…”

“Cute,” Merihem supplied helpfully when Peni appeared at a loss.

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