Page 15 of Enzo

"The alcohol?"

"No, I'm limited to water and soft drinks. Cole says he needs someone who can make sure they're still good. That's my job. I heard you say you don't drink last night; maybe it can be part of your job now." He had that calculating look, the one she'd seen in Enzo's eyes yesterday.

"Nice try, kid. I serve the drinks, and you test the soft drinks. No changing jobs."

He gave her a crooked smile and led her up the stairs. They walked into the club; all eyes were on them. Several of the men looked at Ven and snarled.

They snarled. Deja would panic about it later because right now she was stepping in front of Ven and snarling back. A loud, threatening noise came from her. More accurately, it came from the voice in the cage, but she didn't fight it this time. The whole club held its breath as Enzo and Declyn walked out.

"What's the problem?" Declyn asked.

"The boy's in the company of a female," one of the males spoke up. "That's not allowed. First, you take him in instead of allowing him to die as nature intended, and now he breaks the rules and finds himself an Earth female. She's a bit old for him. I'll take her off his hands, or would you rather I just tear him limb from limb?" The male was addressing Declyn, although he made sure to include Enzo in the conversation by making eye contact.

Ven tried to step around her. "Try it and see what happens."

"Ven, don't say anything. I got this one." Deja put on her badass bitch persona.

Declyn and Enzo shook their heads at Ven, stopping him from making a move.

Deja glanced inside of herself to realize the voice in the cage was scary. She looked like an animal and was growling.

Open the door! We claim Ven like a son, and nobody's going to harm him.

She opened the door and went to face the fool who opened his mouth when he should have swallowed his tongue.

"Would you like to repeat any of what you just said? Or do you only threaten kids?"

"Kids? Do you know how old he is?" His voice was sarcastic.

"No, why don't you tell me?" Her sarcastic side said, waiting for an answer so she could pounce all over him.

There was a growl in the room, then he said, "Doesn't matter. The point is he ain't allowed to have a female. He wouldn't know what to do with one. I'll take care of you."

"I think it's time we all got to know each other. I'm Deja, the bartender in training. No one gets to have me. When I pick a male, it will be all on my own. And it won't be you." She stared down the man she was facing. "Ven is off limits. If you touch him, I will kick your ass, no questions asked."

"She's like a wild Fera," Declyn whispered. "And I think she just adopted Ven."

Enzo nodded and smiled. His female was fierce. They had been wrong. They could find mates among the mortals; they just needed to be picky. Good thing more of them had killer curves like her.

"As for Ven not being able to have a girlfriend, that rule no longer exists from this moment forward. He's as worthy of a girlfriend as the rest of you are, except maybe you."

He growled and took a step towards her. She placed her hand in her pocket while growling back at him and came up with her mace.

"Is that what they taught you, to hurt defenseless females?" Her voice was steady as she looked him in the eyes. They were green, and they were glowing with an inner fire. She waited for him to make a decision.

"Just trying to live by the law of the land," he grumbled and backed down. "Sorry, kid."

She took a look around the club and realized that these males were lonely. Yeah, maybe they wanted sex. Okay, who didn't want sex, but they were lonely for the sound of a female voice or even a hug or a touch on the arm. She was going to fix this; she just didn't know how.

"How many of you like plus-size women?" They just blinked at her.

"If you could have a woman with a body type like mine or a body type like hers." Deja pulled up a picture of a slender female on the web. Not model skinny but acceptable in the norms ofeveryday society and showed it to them. To a male, they picked Deja, even Ven picked her, but she already knew what he liked.

A smile touched her lips; she had an idea.

Chapter Seven

She turned around andran into Enzo. When did he get behind her?

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