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I wiped at my hands with one of the towels, then went to Brian and tied his feet up with my tie I quickly worked my shoes off, removed my socks and used one to tie his hands behind his back I ripped one of the smaller towels in half and stuffed thehim so he wouldn’t be able to cry out when he woke up I wanted to kill the man but I wouldn’t do it in front of Aleks and I couldn’t risk sending him in the hallway by himself to wait fornow that I kneho he was The second I had Aleks safe, I’d find Brian and I’dhe’d made Aleks feel and then some

And I’d enjoy every moment

I put the pillowcase over Brian’s head and dragged his body to the other side of the bed so that if soht away My hope was that since I had the code for the door, Tuxedo Man would just assume the room was still in use And hopefully Aleks, Luca, and I would be long gone before the

“Do I have any blood on my face?” I asked Aleks

Aleks was standing frozen by the door, his eyes on the spot where I’d placed Brian’s body

“Aleks,” I said gently as I went to stand in front of him I stroked his face He’d asked ured that request had flown out theat this point

“What?” he asked

“Do I have any blood on my face?” I asked I had the last towel in my hand to use to clean off whatever obvious blood reh that no one would notice the blood on my suit jacket or the dots of it on et Luca

Aleks finally seemed to snap out of his daze when he looked at me He took the towel from me and carefully wiped at my forehead, then my nose “Are you okay?” he asked

I wanted to laugh at that

On the one hand I wasn’t okay… not even close

But on the other, beating the shit out of Brian had felt really good