She trespassed."

The redhead's gaze flew to the woman on the floor and then back. His body relaxed slightly. He frowned as he met Argernon's look. "Did you have to damage her so much, ArgisArgernon? I understand your anger, but she's female. This is unacceptable."

Argernon sighed. "I hit my head. I was stunned. It was my bound who fought her."

The man's look flew to Casey. Shock hit his features. "Present her for inspection."

Argernon growled. "She's bare. That is why I have her here to cover her body from sight."

The man nodded, examining the room. He walked to the dresser to get a shirt. He walked back to Argernon. He put the shirt on Argernon's shoulder, draping it there. He turned to nod at the other men. Two of them took a step closer to Bara, guarding her, but they turned their backs to Casey and Argernon. Argernon lowered Casey to the floor to help put the shirt on her, tugging it down her body while staring into her eyes.

"Am I in trouble? She had a knife." Fear crept through her. She didn't know their laws.

"Are they going to arrest me?"

Argernon shook his head. "Just do as he says. I'm here, Casey."

She was shaking as she stepped around Argernon. The four large Zorn officers turned slowly to study Casey. The redhead was obviously in charge. His gaze went down her quickly with a frown. He addressed Argernon.

"May I, with respect?"

Argernon jerked his head. "Yes. Hold still, Casey. He is checking you for injures or markings to support that you were in a fight."

She tensed as the big man approached her. He stared down at her. She saw he was still unconvinced that she'd fought Bara, by his disbelieving look. He hesitated a few seconds before slowly lowering to his knees. They were almost eye to eye. He held out both of his hands with his palms out.

"Please put your hands in mine."

She was shaking, but she put them in his gentle hold. He stared at her hands. She had blood on them. Her right knuckles were damaged where she'd hit Bara a few times. The man released her hands. He visually scanned her from her toes up to her forehead. He was still frowning.

"Do you have any other injures?"

"I don't think so. I took her by surprise. She didn't expect me to tackle her. She probably expected me to run away, instead of at her."

The redhead's eyebrows arched up. "You leapt at her?"

"I threw myself into her as hard as I could, to knock her down."

The man cleared his throat, looking astonished. "Explain how she was injured please."

Casey sighed. "I slammed my knee into her crotch. It hurts regardless of what sex you are. I...uh...punched her in the face until she dropped the knife, and slammed her head into the floor, because I knew if she got up before I disabled her, that she'd kick my ass. She's a lot bigger than I am. I only had surprise on my side."

"Crotch?"

"Um, her..." Casey turned, looking at Argernon for help. "What do you call it?"

Argernon bit back a laugh. "She hit Bara's sex with her knee."

"Thanks." Casey met the redhead's eyes. "That's what I did. She wanted to kill me. She threatened to kill Argernon. He already had a head injury when we came here and then he hit his head again when he rolled us off the bed. It knocked him out when we hit the floor, managing to avoid Bara stabbing us on the bed. He needs medical help." Her glance went to Bara who was still whimpering, curled in a ball on the floor. "And so does Bara. I might have broken her nose. I felt something crunch."

The redhead climbed to his feet, staring down at Casey. He looked at Argernon. "I heard human females were weak. She's little. Her bones are so small and..." He shook his head.

"Amazing."

Hands touched Casey. Argernon pulled her back into his arms, curling his naked body around her back to hold her close. She looked up at him. He was grinning at the redheaded officer.

"She is smaller, but fierce. There is a lot more to human women than you would think."

The redhead grinned back. "I will remove the intruder from your home." His grin died.

"She tried to kill you. Do you want to press full charges, ArgisArgernon?"

Argernon's grin died. "I do. She poses a threat to my bound. I won't have that. She knew how to sneak into my home to attack us in our bed. Make sure it doesn't happen again."

The man nodded. "Do you need medical?"

"I'm fine."

Casey frowned, looking up at Argernon. "You need to see a doctor."

He sighed. "I am fine."

She shook her head. "Fine. I'll wait until you fall down, and then a doctor can look at you when you're passed out cold. Of all the stubborn, stupid things men do."

He chuckled as the redhead gasped in astonishment. Casey frowned up at the redheaded man wondering why he looked that way. His gaze was darting from Argernon to Casey and back.

He looked confused.

Argernon laughed. "They are very willful. It is very amusing. She is a pleasure in all things. I could not resist her."

The redhead backed away slowly. He nodded, but he looked uncertain. "I would train her better, ArgisArgernon. Otherwise she might rub off on our women. They would all try to tell us what to do."

Argernon looked at Casey with a sparkle in his eye. "You would be surprised at how pleasurable it is to follow a woman's orders in the bedroom."

She grinned at him. He had really liked her telling him what to do when she'd seduced him. She tore her gaze from his as the men lifted a still-crying Bara from the floor. Two of them carried her out. The other man crawled under the bed to retrieve the knife and all of them left. An older woman rushed into the room next.