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“It seems that innocent little omega over there that you seem to want to protect, is engaged.”
Now that had both of our attention. We looked up at him. My eyes narrowed at the downright cocky look on his face.
“To who?”
“To the son of one of his business partners, it seems. Come winter, our omega is going to be married off and out of our hair forever.”
A brick settled in my gut, and I clenched the pencil so hard in my hand that it snapped in half.
“Don’t go getting soft on me now,” Easton warned. “She’s not good for us. We don’t need a mate like that in our lives. We’ll let her go.”
“Are we sure that’s actually happening? Because if she was getting married to someone, why would she be here in these tiny-ass apartments and this little bitty town needing protection?” Jordan pointed out. I was relieved to see he wasn’t ready to throw in the towel either.
“Maybe her alpha is locking her away so she doesn’t cause him any trouble,” Easton offered.
That wasn’t true. I didn’t even know her well, but I knew damn well that with the fear we’d witnessed… there was no way we could let her get married.
What I did need to know was what we were truly protecting her from.
“We need more information,” I said, ignoring Easton now and looking at Jordan.
“I was thinking the same thing,” he said in a low rumble. It meant he was already making plans in his head. Good. “I need to go finish the wall panel.”
He picked up his phone, and a few moments later, my phone chimed in a group chat.
Jordan: This is Jordan, one of your security detail. I need to come put this wall panel in place.
He didn’t bother to wait for an answer, and she didn’t offer one, so instead, he was on his feet, straight into action. He paused at the doorway, turning around to glare at Easton.
“You can stay the fuck home. We don’t need you for this.”
“Good, I don’t want to be there,” he said as he kicked back, putting his feet up on the coffee table. But the reflection in the sliding glass doors to the balcony showed his face set in a scowl.
Jordan and I shared a look but said nothing as we walked to her door.
“Victoria?” I called out, knocking lightly.
She rushed to open the door, her eyes full of fury. My stomach dropped at the sight, though I was equally relieved to see the fear gone this time.
“Don’t call me that, and hurry up, I’m ready to be alone.”
Her fire would be good for Easton if he ever gave her a chance.
I let the door close behind me, and Jordan got to work on the panel.
“That’s Jordan,” I offered. “I’m Theo, obviously. You know Easton’s name now. What should we call you if it’s not Victoria?”
“Tori,” she said, studying me like she couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t being a dick like the others. I just didn’t have it in me.We weren’t close, and I didn’t think she’d want to be, but that didn’t mean we had to be assholes every minute of every day.
“We need to know what we’re protecting you from, Tori,” I said evenly.
Her shoulders sagged, almost like she was disappointed that the words even came out of my mouth.
“I’m not sure,” she said. “I’ve had some alpha hanging out at my door. There have been break-ins in the past when I lived in other cities, and I’m afraid it’s going to happen again.”
The curse of being rich, I guess.
‘You have more to steal,’ was my first thought, and then guilt bubbled up as soon as I had it. As much as Easton wanted to call her a socialite, the girl in front of me didn’t look anything like I’d expect. She wasn’t wearing expensive designer clothes, her apartment wasn’t even decorated to the hilt.
