Page 260 of The Protective Gryphen

He was gone.

Did something happen?

That was odd.

Pulling out his phone, he checked to see if the man had texted him but there was nothing.

Now, he was getting alarmed. There was no way Gryphen would leave him alone. Maybe he got bored since Ian had to wait for the stationary to be stamped.

Instead of staying there, he went to the window and looked inside the store he’d just come out of, and the man wasn’t in there.

Immediately, his heart started pounding in his chest, as he scanned the crowd.

Suddenly, he felt so alone.

While he knew he was safe, and Will was nowhere near them, he didn’t like the feeling of not knowing where Gryphen was.

He searched for him, and began wandering away.

The whole time he scanned the crowds, Gryphen wasn’t anywhere on the street, and he didn’t see him behind him.

What the hell?

As he rounded a corner and into an alley, there were two guys leaning there against the wall. As soon as he walked past them, Ian knew he was going to have trouble.

And it was a dead end.

When he turned around, the men were blocking his escape.

Oh, God.

The panic kicked up, and his body went into fight or flight, and fight wasn’t an option for him anymore.

“Oh, Laddie, there’s the man that was kissing that other guy in the middle of the street like he owned it. It looks like we have some boys who favor the arsehole over the pussy,” he said.

Ian came to a dead stop, and tried to figure a way out of there.

When he went to turn, thinking he could bang on a door or something, they moved, blocking him off. In that moment, he panicked as his heart began racing in his chest.

“Someone is a bit glaikit to be wandering around alone after acting like a man whore in the street.”

Ian really wished he stayed by the stationary shop. He could take one of them, but both?

There was no way.

As the men moved closer, Ian backed up, putting some space between him.

“Maybe we should give him some dick to see if he likes it,” the other said.

In that moment, Ian wanted to cry.

He couldn’t function.

The idea that they would hurt him like Will hurt him made him forget how to protect himself.

“What do you say, Laddie? Want to suck me off so we can have some fun with ya?” the one man asked, pulling out a knife to use in case he said no.

Oh, Jesus.

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