Chapter 2
His Love
Duroc is sure that Bindi is his one.
He’s tried to do better especially since he knows what she went
through when the haters attacked her home. She seems human although
these days it is hard to tell. Since he won’t be the alpha that
doesn’t really matter.
“Hey Duroc, want to grab
your list? Why are you looking so glum?” Rita asked.
“I had hoped we would
switch partners by now. We used to rotate so we would get to know
everyone we worked with.”
“You having partner
issues?”
“It’s not that so much as
just wanting to get to know the others. My life might depend on
them someday and I’d like to know how much help I can count
on.”
She shot him a look of disbelief. “I’ll
switch Tammy and Mollie.” Rita grinned. He’d never realized she was
impish before.
His voice dropped. “Is it true Bindi
might be going to HQ?” Duroc asked.
“I honestly don’t know.
Tyne will decide and he may send someone and that’s when she’ll
leave. That may be when I actually know.”
“He doesn’t really do that
to you, does he?”
“Yes, but it’s still the
best job either of us ever had.” Rita insisted.
“Alright, just hand me my
list.” It was obvious she was unable to help him.
Ray came in before he left and greeted
him. He was paired with a mated wolf, but Duroc didn’t think he
knew about it yet. Eventually, they might figure things out. What
would Tyne do then? Maybe he should just worry about his own
problems? They were serious enough.
He could see Bindi and Grant loading
up. They were laughing and talking like they’d known each other
forever. “You’re wasting your time.” Tammy said as she walked up.
“I don’t know why you’d want her anyway.”
“Don’t worry about me. You
have your own issues to worry about.” Duroc said as she salivated
over Grant. Three months of working as a team and he still didn’t
like her or feel any attachment to her. This girl was not a team
player. He suspected she’d come here to get married and had her
eyes set on Grant.
While it was true he wanted Bindi, at
least he could concentrate on his work. Tammy didn’t come anywhere
near to holding up her end. She was here hunting a groom and not to
work. It’s why their team did the fewest jobs of any team. They
were told she’d been fully trained but someone must have been
slacking on that job. Tyne would have never been happy with the
amount of work she did.
Duroc wasn’t happy with it either.
Maybe it was time to talk to Tyne. He needed to know what Bindi was
up to. If she was going to HQ, so was he. Maybe he’d get to see her
more. Moe would help with that since she was a hopeless romantic.
With her on his side, maybe he could win this battle for
love.
“What do you mean by that?
I’m just fine.” Tammy insisted.
“Whatever. Let’s leave and
try to get some work done today.”
“Fine.” She was pissed but
at least she was quiet.
The house when they arrived, was a
plain two bedroom. These were transplants from back east. At least
they would handle the cold months well. “I’m glad to see you. We’ve
heard there are some nuts running around attacking people.” The
male who answered the door said. “I’m Craig.”
“My name is Grant. Yeah,
we’ve had a bit of trouble. Those guys are nuts. They are also
violent. According to them they hate werewolves and witches, but so
far, they hurt and killed people they’ve admitted are just
human.”
“They can’t find their
legendary creatures, so they kill humans instead?”
“Exactly, they are fruit
loops.” Grant agreed. “This is my partner, Tammy.”
“Nice to meet you.” Craig
said.
“Same here.” Tammy
said.
“We’d best get out our gear
and get your system set in.” Duroc waved to Tammy hoping she’d try
to help more but she stood around until he glared at her then she
dragged ass to the truck.
He loaded up and carried his gear where
it was needed. Setting things where they were needed, he went back
to set the control box in place. Tammy was still at the truck
messing around. He worked fast to get the job done. It was nearly
there when she came back.
“Doesn’t look like you even
needed me.” Tammy observed.
“You’re right, I
don’t.”
Now she was quiet but at the rest of
the jobs, she tried a little. Duroc wouldn’t work with that woman
again. At least they had no problems today. They got back and he
went to his place and called Moe.
“Wolf Security and
Investigations, how may I help you?” Moe asked.
“Moe, I’m about to explode.
I’ve had all of Tammy I can take. It’s not even that she doesn’t
seem to know what to do. It’s that she won’t do it.”
“I didn’t like her, but we
seemed short. We have some new ones nearly trained. Mollie
alright?”
“She works with someone
else, so I don’t know. Everyone likes her better than Tammy.” Duroc
admitted.
“Maybe she’ll work
out.”
“You can give her more
time, but Tammy needs to go.”
“I hear you. You’ll be
short for about two weeks before we send a replacement.” Moe
admitted.
“What about Bindi? Is she
coming back to HQ?”
“She doesn’t want that
advertised.”
“I want back there too.”
Duroc said.
“When?”
”I can come before or after
she does or even at the same time that she does.”
“That’s generous of you.
Lots of choices. We’ll send several replacements and rotate some
personnel. You’ll come here when those replacements come and so
will Bindi.” Moe explained.
“Thank you, Moe. This is so
important to me.”
“I understand.”
He had known Moe was the go to. Rita
was at the desk as he entered. “Did you do this?””
“Do what?” Duroc
asked.
“Tyne called Tammy and
she’s out of here. A ticket to anywhere in the US is what he
offered her. She asked for a few days to plan. Tyne agreed. But she
won’t be working here anymore.”
“Good. No one can possibly
deal with her.”
“What did she do?” Rita
asked.
“I finally decided to try
to get her to pull her weight. Tammy pouted and when she finally
got back into the house, I was nearly done. That was all I could
take. A call to Moe, and that was it.”
Duroc felt good to be working towards
his goal. The sad thing was that he didn’t know how Bindi would
react. What was sad was he knew little about her background. Who
were her parents? Did she want to mate someday? How did she feel
about children? What did she think about wolves?
Grant and Bindi came in. “Hello
everyone.” Grant and Bindi said together.
“Hi, Guys.” Rita and Duroc
replied.
“The whole crew should get
together sometime at one of our restaurants.” Rita
suggested.
“I vote for the Polar
Bear.” Duroc replied.
“Having trouble with crazy
Mad?” Grant asked.
“You too? I’m afraid she’s
going to try to take me on a table.”
Grant looked like he shivered. “That
woman is awful.”
“You’ll get no argument
here.” Duroc admitted.
The two wolves commiserated. Grant
wasn’t so bad after all.
“How about the Polar Bear?”
Rita asked.
“That place is fine.” Duroc
agreed.
“Yeah.” Grant said as well.
“When do you want to do this?”
“How about an hour from now
when everyone should be back?” Rita suggested.
There was a chorus of yeses. They were
going to have a party. If he behaved, maybe Bindi would see what a
great guy he could be. All he could do now was put a cap on his
temper and pull his alpha back so he wouldn’t try to take control.
A calm behavior would begin to win his mate. This was too important
to mess up.
Going back to his place, he got ready.
A hot shower first then he found a nice pair of jeans, a good shirt
and he was ready to go. Looking at the watch, he saw he still had
some time, but he would head that way and reserve the table for his
fellow workers. After ordering a mixed drink, he sipped at it as he
waited. Duroc planned to order the first round when everyone got
here.
Grant was next then Rita and Ray. Bindi
came and then one of the mated guys brought his mate. Mollie came
last. The others had been invited but were not expected. He ordered
a round of drinks. “Aren’t you catching the meal too?” Roy asked.
“Everyone usually takes a turn.”
Duroc went ahead and put it on his
bill, but no one had paid much here in the past. Did calling it a
party make that much difference? Apparently, it did. He’d ended up
next to Bindi and she didn’t seem to mind as much as she had
before. Leaning over, he whispered in her ear. “I’ve heard Tammy is
leaving.”
“Really?” She looked
excited. “That will make things easier on Rita.”
“Not to mention the rest of
us. I’m afraid she won’t leave without causing us
trouble.”
“That observation fits her
personality.”
“Believe me, I know. That
woman has been a big problem for me.” Duroc said.
“Will they replace
her?”
“Moe plans to rotate some
employees and send several here. I doubt we’ll know who until those
new employees arrive.”
“I guess we’ll wait and
see.” Bindi supposed.
Was it his imagination or did she look
guilty. He’d wanted her to tell him she was going to HQ, but he’d
not really expected it. Maybe they’d be on better terms in two
weeks when they both loaded on the plane. She’d not told him so she
couldn’t be mad at him. Right?
“Will you be working alone
since Tammy will be gone?”
“I don’t know. Rita will
set me up with a partner.” Duroc admitted. Was she worried about
him or afraid she’d be paired with him? If only he knew.
The food came and everyone started
eating. There was a lot of joking and fun and the drinks helped
those not supernatural relax. Duroc wasn’t affected a bit nor were
most of them. Bindi was slightly drunk as was Mollie. When the
party was finished, he was making sure Bindi got home alright while
Grant escorted Millie Mollie home.
“I like you Duroc when
you’re not so mean and alpha.” Bindi said with a giggle.
“How much do you like
me?”
“A lot.”
“Like I could be your
boyfriend?” Duroc asked.
“Maybe.” She threw her arms
around his neck.
“Sweetheart, you’ve had too
much to drink. You need to go home and get some sleep.”
“Are you putting me to
bed?” Bindi asked.
“We’re not going to bed