28. Mila

Chapter twenty-eight

Mila

I jerk awake to someone banging on my hotel door, peering over at my bedside clock.

3 am.

What the fuck… who is waking me up?

"Wakey, wakey, I know you're in there, queenie…"

My stomach bottoms out when I recognize the voice.

It's the Alpha from before, and it looks like he's come back for round two.

I don't think he got the message before.

What part of 'no' is so hard to understand?

I can smell three of them in total. It appears he has brought back up.

So, I search for my knife beneath my pillow, pointing it at the door. Then I circle the room, creeping closer to the window. I try the lock, but it doesn't open.

Some security system they have here, and they're getting a poor review from me…

"Come on, open up. My balls are missing you…"

His balls? The ones I grabbed and squeezed?

Yeah, right. He's just pissed that a little doe-eyed Beta got the better of him, and now he has bought some friends.

That's okay. I can fight them all.

The door kicks in, almost coming off its hinges. I should ring the panic button by the bed, but I'm already across the room.

A shame I didn't have the sense to click it before. But that's okay.

If I have to fight dirty, I will.

Finally, the door bashes in, and the three Alphas storm into the hotel room. Someone screams down the hall, and let's hope they call the police.

The same Alpha from before, fuck boy, sneers at me, and it's a shame I never did get his name…

I smile. "Come back for your shirt?"

He growls, backing me up to the wall. I point my knife as all three of them surround me.

My breaths come quickly, and if I don't act soon, I will die.

These Alphas are going to kill me.

"You fucking Beta bitch. You think you can just come into our town and do us dirty like that? All I wanted was to give you a good time, and look at how you repaid my kindness."

My arm shakes as I hold my knife steady. "Don't come any closer…"

Hopefully, he's as stupid as he looks and doesn't use his bark over me.

It was why I had to act before. The man was going to force me to sleep with him.

He views me as nothing more than a Beta, and let's keep it that way.

He smirks, showing me his crooked teeth again. "Grab her."

I swoop out of the way before the Alpha can get his arms around me. I slip between his legs, swiping my knife behind his knees.

The Alpha yelps, falling to the ground, and now he can no longer move his legs.

The other rushes in, grabbing for my air, but I sliver out from beneath him too, stabbing the back of his heels.

He tumbles to the floor, becoming as immobile as his friend.

I have to be quick here, aiming for their weak spots.

Now my friend from earlier is the only one I have to defeat.

I'm aware of a commotion outside. Several people have gathered outside my hotel room, and hopefully, help is on its way.

The police will arrive and arrest these bastards.

My intention is not to kill them. I will not go down for murder.

But I still need to protect myself somehow.

The Alpha growls, yanking me by the hair. He drags me across the room.

Two men step into the room to come to my aid. "Get off her, asshole!"

He snaps his teeth at them. They back off, and some help they are.

It's every Beta for herself out here.

I struggle in his hold, and he barks down my ear. "Stop moving."

I stop. My arms drop to my sides, and I no longer fight.

Fear grips me, and all I can think about is my father.

Will my death be the final thing that kills him? Will he lose his house, his care, if I die here tonight?

Tears drip down my cheeks. The people have vanished from the hallway, and now it's just me and my friend.

The bastards.

The Alpha lifts me up and throws me down onto the bed. Then he starts unbuckling his belt, and I just lay there, gritting my teeth.

I dropped my knife somewhere on the floor.

The other Alphas are already stirring.

"It's payback time, little Beta. You should have just stayed in your own city. We don't want your kind here…"

Fuck. How I wish Zeus would strike him down right now with one of his lightning bolts.

People like him deserve to die.

"Time to get even—"

A fist collides with his face, and I look up, meeting the deranged blue eyes of Lachlan.

There's a knife in his hand, and he brings it down on the Alpha.

Screams fill the room. Blood splatters my face, but all I can do is lie there.

They came to my rescue…

Barret's face swivels up before me, and now he lifts me in his arms, his soft purr soothing me. "It's okay. We're here. We're going to take you home…"

Home?

Lachlan keeps stabbing the guy, cackling like a maniac the whole time, and it looks as if a homicide ended up taking place in this humble little hotel room after all.

Let's hope we vanish before the police arrive.

"Lachlan, enough. He's dead," Barret snaps.

The other Alpha stops, whirling around to look at me.

His face is a mask of gore. The only thing I recognize about him now are his piercing blue eyes.

"Snowdrop… you're safe…" he whispers when he sees me.

Snowdrop?

Barret grimaces, peering around the room. He kicks someone out of the way from beneath his feet, carrying me toward the door.

"Grab her things. We're going back home. Oliver is expecting her."

Oliver asked for me?

Finally, the tears escape. Barret whispers and purrs, and his voice bleeds into my ears, sending me to sleep.

"It's okay. You're safe now. We've got you."

My eyes close, and then I finally fall asleep in his arms, dreaming of nothing but Oliver.

I can't wait to see him again.