Hollyn spun around, surprised to see Thian Grand leaning against the door frame, arms crossed, looking like a muscular superhero with his blonde hair pulled back in a small bun at the back of his head and his green eyes glowing with amusement.
“I’m over this! I haven’t done anything more than chores for days. I’m here to learn. Why isn’t she teaching me what I came here to learn? And for fuck’s sake, who cleans a bathroom with these supplies?” Hollyn swept her hand toward the pitiful basic cleaning items.
“Have you spoken to Yumia?”
Hollyn shook her head. “Not really. I accused her of being underhanded.”
Thian’s eyes grew sharp. “Was she?”
Doubt crept in a little bit. Everything she asked Hollyn to do felt like a waste of time. Why was she wasting Hollyn’s time?
“I’m not sure, but I know I’m over all the to-do list bullshit.”
“That sounds like a conversation that needs to be had.”
Hollyn dropped her gaze back to the bottle and box under the sink. “I will be having that conversation. After I finish the bathroom.”
She reached for the cleaning items and turned to see Thian’s reaction, but the doorway was empty. He was gone.
8
Kai glanced around the large, dim room once more. The music blared loudly, some raucous noise with a thumping beat. People, mostly men with a few beautiful women mixed in, milled about from table to table and to the bar and back. Everyone wore wide smiles and laughed at muffled words as they tipped back a purple liquid-filled glass, the drink of choice for the entire group.
At the back of his mind, Kai knew he was supposed to be doing something right now, something important, but he couldn’t seem to remember what it was. A wave of frustration hit him but faded as a hand pushed his own drink toward his lips, and the cool liquid slipped down his throat.
“Aren’t you having a good time?”
Kai swiveled his neck toward the female voice and noticed a beautiful woman snuggled up beside him. He hadn’t even known she was there, but he got the sense that they’d been like this for a while. His arm was draped over the couch and behind her long, chocolate hair. Her curvy body was leaning into his, pushing her breasts into his torso. Her bright, purple eyes reminded him of something, and as he turned his focus back to the beverage sheheld in front of him, he noted the liquid was the same color as her eyes.
He nodded drunkenly as he fell into a stupor, once again looking around the busy room. Where were his brothers? They had dropped him here at this VIP area and disappeared through a nearby door. Poly had given him such a pitying look—at least he thought he had. It was hard to say since the big guy only had the one eye. He couldn’t even remember how long ago that was. He’d thought they’d get a drink or two here and continue the tour of Atlantis, but he wasn’t sure when they would return.
She placed the drink on the table in front of them and grabbed his hand, pulling him to a standing position. She draped her arms over his shoulders and around his neck and began to move her hips to the music.
“Dance with me, Son of Poseidon!”
Son of Poseidon.Yes, he was that. He knew that now, but it didn’t feel right hearing the words from this woman’s mouth. She said it like it was his entire identity, but he knew better. He was Kai Iona, son of Michael and Tessa Iona, pilot, owner of Otis, his dog, and boyfriend to…partner of…special friend to…who? Why couldn’t he remember the name of someone so important to him? His frustration began to build again, and the female with her hands stroking his neck began to irritate him.
He set her away from himself, and she pouted as she dipped to retrieve the drink from the table. She lifted the glass toward his mouth, but he knocked it away and heard it shatter as it hit the ground.
“I need to get out of here!” Kai stepped toward the door where he’d seen Triton and Poly disappear, but as he jerked it open, confusion hit his brain. Instead of a portal to another room, it was completely closed off by a brick wall.
What the fuck?Kai turned and scanned the room, looking for an exit sign, but there wasn’t a single sign hanging from theceiling. He dropped his focus to the female picking up glass from the floor, and he reached for her, lifting her to her feet.
She gave him a dazzling smile. “Did you finally come to your senses?”
Kai sneered at her. “More than you know.” He pulled her toward the brick wall behind the door and asked, “What the hell is this?”
She stared at him stupidly and shrugged.Infuriating!
Kai growled loudly, and the woman jumped next to him. “You are going to show me the exit out of here, and you’re going to do it right now.”
Her gaze darted nervously toward the ceiling, and Kai followed the direction of her anxious looks. For the first time, he noticed the camera protruding from the ceiling. He felt like a fool. He’d been drugged and left to rot in a place where his father had known he’d be trapped.
He faced the camera and shouted, “The game’s over! It’s time to let me out of here!”
The people near him shied away, staring at him like he’d gone crazy. The woman who’d been drugging him slid up beside him and said, “Okay. Fine. Follow me, and I’ll show you how to get out.”
Kai gritted his teeth as he turned his gaze toward his captor. He didn’t trust her to truly help him escape, but right now, he didn’t have any other choice. “Lead the way, but if you don’t take me to a way out of here, I’ll make sure you regret ever meeting me.”
