Chapter 3 #3
available, and he was qualified to do everything. Bindi was only
trained in setting up systems. Did she even want to do the other
things Tyne offered?
Being a personal bodyguard could be
interesting, but Bindi wasn’t strong enough. She had shown she
could and would use weapons as equalizers when needed. Going on
investigations was exciting but again, dangerous. Maybe not more
dangerous than setting up systems in Wilde had been. He’d ask her,
but that would give away that he knew she was leaving.
“It’s getting late, and I
need to be my best. I think everyone has a newbie to train and I’ve
not done that before.” Bindi confided.
“It shouldn’t be hard. They
are already trained. It’s getting familiar with the people and the
area they need help with.”
“That shouldn’t be hard at
all, but I’m still learning about the places here.”
“They just need the basics.
It’s not like we don’t have a list of hotels and eating places.”
Duroc pointed out.
“Maybe someone needs to
come up with a guide.”
“That would be a lot of
work, and no one has anytime here.”
“You’re right. Also, what
would you say about Mad’s? Good food but crazy owner?” Bindi
suggested.
“Warning to all single
males. The owner is a shark, beware?”
They both broke into laughter. As funny
as it sounded, it was the truth. The problem was that people being
as they were, many would go just to see what it was all about. For
many, Mad’s would be their first stop.
“I’m going to walk
home.”
“Let me escort you there.”
Duroc suggested.
“No. It’s not far and I’ve
been here long enough to be recognized by locals.”
“There are dangers that
aren’t local.”
She pulled a stun gun out of her
pocket. “See? I’m fine.”
Duroc walked her to the door and gave
her the sweetest kiss before he opened it and let her leave. “Be
careful.”
As soon as she was gone, he called
Joey. “Joey.”
“Hey, Joey. Bindi just left
my place, and she wouldn’t let be me escort her.”
Joey cussed. “I’ll have Naqi send
someone after her.”
The line went dead. He’d wait a few
minutes then call to see if Bindi had made it. It was his hope Joey
would chew his mate out. She wouldn’t listen to him, but maybe Joey
could get through to her. It wasn’t long and his phone
rang.
“Hello?”
“It’s Joey. She was
attacked but Naqi and the guys got there in time to prevent
anything serious from happening.”
“Oh, goddess. Why won’t
that woman listen to me?”
“She’s stubborn and wants
to be independent.” Joey explained. “This attack will remind her
that in situations like this, she shouldn’t go it
alone.”
“I hope so. Things like
this happen everywhere.”
“They had ten males. She
had no chance because they know she had a stun gun. The pepper
spray wasn’t enough to deal with all of them.”
“I hope she realizes what a
bad choice she made.” Duroc observed.
“Be nice to her. While they
didn’t get down to business, they did tell her what they had
planned for her. It scared her to death.”
“I wish I could kill them
all.”
“They got knocked around
pretty good.” Joey offered.
He tried to calm himself so Bindi
wouldn’t get too upset. Leaving his apartment, he hurried to Joey’s
because he needed to see for himself that Bindi was alright. When
he got there, Bindi had just arrived. Holding his arms open, Bindi
rushed into them. Duroc pulled her in closer to give her comfort.
These assholes had thrown her for a loop.
“I just need to take a
shower and go to sleep.” Bindi insisted.
“Okay. Let me take care of
you.”
Bindi nodded and he led her back to the
room she usually used. While she was in the shower, he got out
something for her to wear and placed it on the counter in her
bathroom. All he could do right now was waiting wait for her to be
done.
The door opened and she came out
wearing the gown he’d gotten out for her. His mate looked sad. She
fell into his arms where he sat on the bed. Duroc took it for an
invitation and kicked off his shoes and fell back on the bed
wrapped around his woman. Eventually, they fell asleep. He woke in
the morning with enough time to eat breakfast here, go home and
shower and dress, and head back to the office.
Rita was giving out assignments and
matching everyone up with a partner. Bindi got a new guy that was a
good fighter. This pleased him because he was worried about her.
His partner was a human woman This woman seemed alright, and he
would do his best to help her adjust.
“I’m Duroc.”
“I’m Lizzy.”
“If you’re ready. Let’s
load up and hit the road.” He said. After he had the truck loaded,
he said goodbye to Bindi and hit the road with his new
partner.
“Have you been here long?”
Lizzy asked.
“Only a few months. But
I’ve been with Tyne over a year.”
“Do you like it
here?”
“Tyne put in nice housing
which helped. The locals are great and there are things to do, but
it can be dangerous out in the snow and on the ice.” Duroc
admitted.
“I heard there were some
crazies attacking people.”
“There are but it’s slowed
lately. Just be careful and you should be fine.”
“Will we be partners
permanently?”
“Probably not. Rita has
been switching partners out often.”
“Good to know.”
After the first day, he decided Lizzy
was a good worker. Not overly outgoing, she was still friendly.
Duroc wanted to know how Bindi was doing with her new partner. As
soon as they got in, he intended to check on her. Lizzy followed
him into the office.
“Bindi make it in yet?” He
asked.
“She made it in just before
you did. I believe she was going to Joey’s.” Rita
replied.
As soon as Rita was done with them, he
hurried out to go to Joey’s. “I was expecting you.” Joey admitted.
“Bindi is taking a showershower, and she should be back out here
soon. Have a seat and tell me how things are going.”
“We have newbies to train
right now.”
“I heard that. Bindi thinks
hers is a good guy and has been well trained.”
“Mine is too. Rita
shouldn’t have any trouble with them.” Duroc assessed.
“Here she comes. You
alright, Bindi?”
“Yeah. Hey Duroc. How did
your day go?”
“Lizzy seems to be alright.
How about you?”
“Dennis is a good guy.
Maybe Rita got lucky with her newbies.” Bindi supposed.
“Rita said tomorrow we’ll
be completely caught up. Tyne’s considering adding
investigations.”
“You were right about that.
I don’t know much about investigations.”
“Several of these newbies
have already been trained in it.” Duroc explained.
“You think it is
hard?”
“Not if you are trained
well.”
“You’ve done this before?”
Bindi asked.
“I went through the
training with Tyne.”
“He never even offered it
to me.”
“It’s not something that is
just offered. I requested it and had to pay for it. If I work an
investigation successfully, I’ll get some of my money
back.”
“Why is that?” Bindi
asked.
“He’s had bad luck with
people who go through investigation training just to quit and go
work somewhere else. That’s what he told me.”
“I guess that’s
understandable.”
“Tyne is a businessman. He
needs to make money.” Duroc pointed out.
“I get it. Was it worth
paying for?”
“It is if you need it to
open or run a business.”
They talked a bit more and eventually
he went to his place. The rest of the week went well, and Lizzy was
doing a good job. She’d learned about some of the local places and
how to use the list which was full of good information. The week
had finished and tomorrow it was time to go to HQ with the others
that were also going.