“Ches.” I already knew his name from my list.
“My name is Grant. So, how would you like to proceed? You can stay in my room and clean up, or take some time to relax.”
Or I can stay here all night and let me get to know you better, mate.
I nodded, and my shoulders relaxed. “I’ll use your restroom and clean up. I need to get back to work. I bet I’m behind on things.”
“Okay. Whatever you need. Please, use anything you need to.”
Inside the bathroom, I washed up and straightened my clothing. The drugs were fizzling out by the second. I used the alpha’s body wash instead of the hotel’s hand soap. It smelled like him. This room was filled with his scent and if it wasn’t for my work, I would ask to stay and not to sleep. I wondered how long I’d been tied up and realized it couldn’t have been long, or someone would have come looking for me.
When I emerged, he was waiting. “Do you mind if I make a cup of coffee? I’m still a little out of it.” He stood, but I waved my hands. “I’ve got it.”
“Are you sure you’re okay to go back to work?” My wolf picked up on his level of concern. Over a stranger. It was endearing.
“No, I’m not. I think I’m going to call my manager and tell him I have a stomach bug or something. No one wants a stomach issue running amok through the staff. It’s an easy excuse.”
“That’s true. Can I walk you to your room? At least make sure you get to the other building?”
“You can walk me, but only to the other building. I don’t want anyone suspicious, Mr…Grant. Thank you. For saving me. For taking care of me. I don’t want to think about what might’ve happened if you hadn’t.”
Chapter Six
Grant
After I left the omega, I marched back over to the other villa to have a word with the alphas who had dared to try to harm him. Since Ches refused to let me speak to his manager, the resort would have no way to protect him, and as long as those assholes were on the property, neither Ches nor any other omega was safe.
The door was closed, now, and locked, but after I knocked firmly, they opened it. The two alphas stood there, staring at me, faces swollen and looking generally beaten up. I derived great satisfaction from the fact, but it wasn’t the full story.
I pushed inside and closed the door behind me. “You’re still here.”
“Y-yes,” said the alpha I’d punched first.
“How did you get here? Drive? Chopper?”
“Helicopter.”
“Then make sure you take it out of here first thing in the morning. If I don’t see you leaving, I will have the police here by the end of the day tomorrow.”
They spluttered and argued, but I held my ground. And, in the end, they agreed to leave, but still insisted that they’d just been having fun and Ches had agreed to the game.
I’d have preferred to report them now, but the farther they got away from Ches, the better. If he was adamant that it not be reported, it would be my word against his and the alphas’. With their promise secured and a mental promise to myself that somehow, some way, they’d pay, I went back to my villa and tried to settle in. But my mind wouldn’t slow down. If I closed my eyes, I saw him in front of me. Bound, eyes pleading…
Hours later, while I sat on the pool patio again, I heard footsteps approaching. Standing, I walked to the gate and opened it to find Ches standing outside.
“Hi, Grant.” He was studying the ground at his feet. “May I come in for a few minutes?”
“Of course.” I stood aside and waved him in. “Why aren’t you in bed?”
He shrugged. “I can’t sleep and I wanted to thank you for rescuing me.”
“You already did, but I’m glad to see you looking so well. Do you think if we hang out a while you might get sleepy?” Taking a seat, I gestured to the other one. “Sit down. What can I get you to drink?”
“Oh, nothing. I’m fine.”
I pushed back to stand. “Do you want me to feel like a bad host?” I picked up my glass. “I’m getting a refill anyway.”
“Okay, water?”
