Khael's POV
I do not know what I was expecting but my empty studio apartment made me feel cold and empty inside. I stared at my phone and I instinctively searched for a number.
Han, I stared at it quietly after finding it.
He was in everything I did for a few days and suddenly he was gone like he was never there. In his absence, I feel a little lost and lonely. Why?
A painful twist in my heart made me weak and the tiredness from working hours without rest also made it worse.
The card Zach gave me was inside my pants pocket and I brought it out.
Although just a small square paper, it gives me hope and a promise for a better future.
I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life like this. Without proper ambition or aim.
I dropped my phone and hopped into the shower. After about thirty minutes of water running down my head, I made my decision.
I will get Rowan away from Dad and leave this city. Although it pains me to leave but after getting beaten to pulp here I suddenly hate it here.
The purplish bruises on my chest and stomach area now look darker, it was no longer as painful as it was this morning.
The lump on my forehead has totally vanished and I look almost back to normal. Except I wasn't feeling normal. I was extremely exhausted.
The following morning I woke up extremely late, a call came into my phone as I slowly opened my eyes.
Even without checking it I knew it was Zach. We have made plans to have breakfast together and that made me drag myself to the bathroom.
To my surprise he was waiting outside my house when I got outside.
"Good morning, hope you had a great night?" He asked in a very jovial tone and I almost groaned at his friendliness. I'm not just used to it.
"Yes, Good morning Zach". I greeted and he gestured towards his car.
Now in the morning, I got a better look at his features. He was in fact more good looking than I thought, although not the type that would make my inside bubble with excitement like Han's presence does.
He has a cool charm of someone that wouldn't harm others. The first I ever come across here. It has always been either lust or despise nothing in between.
"I know we planned to have breakfast together somewhere but there is a show going on in a place about an hour drive away from here by 10:am, would you like to attend?" He asked.
"It's just a fashion show, like a small runway and I want you to see what it would be like working with us. It's what I came here for anyway". He explained further as he noticed I was getting disinterested in the idea of doing that.
I was quite impatient actually, I'm at a tight corner right now and I do not think I have the luxury to watch any shows.
"Khael, I promise this would be worth your time". He said in a convincing voice and looked at me eagerly as if worried I might turn him down.
"Fine, let's go". I murmured and walked towards the passenger side of the car and he hurried to the other side to get in too.
His excitement was so obvious on his face that it made me relax a little.
He might not be a bad person like everyone around here.
We got to the show and it was in a building not very big and a few people were walking inside the moment we arrived.
A lot of them were dressed so well that it made me look down at my T-shirt and washed pants.
I never really care about my outfit except it's for work, I had always had fun wearing different types of provocative clothes when I still worked at the other club.
But here I no longer care about my clothes and try to wear as dull clothes as possible to avoid being harrassed by horny Alphas and that still does little different.
"Hey Zach!, I never knew you would really come here". A man with a wide smile and with a weird looking jacket greeted Zach, he smelled like a beta and I suspected he was one.
His eyes went from Zach to mine and he paused for a second to take in my appearance, his eyes lingering on my body and that made me frown.
He was no different from those Alphas that would throw money at me on stage to get my attention like a bunch of annoying teenagers.
"This one here is a beauty, is he yours?" He asked Zach with a glint in his eyes.
Zach became embarrassed and tried to explain but I interrupted him.
"Does that make any difference?" I asked, taking both of them by surprise.
They must have assumed I was timid because I stayed silent and probably innocent too but that's a deadly mistake.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The man said with an awkward chuckle.
"I've never had one talk back at me like this before". He said to Zach and Zach chuckled lightly at him.
"Let's go inside". Zach nodded at me. We left the man and continued into the building and Zach walked close to me to say what appeared to have bothered him about the way I talked.
"He is a nice person but can't quite keep his thoughts to himself. You were too harsh on him". He said and I didn't say anything in return.
All I want to do is leave here and return to work at night.
I have about five days left to get the money Dad asked for to give Rowan back to me.
Just thinking about it made my inside boil with anger, how can a father treat his own son like a commodity?
The space we walked into was like a very huge hall with a pathway in the middle which I figured to be the runway.
People were filling the seats surrounding the runway, everyone was dressed neatly and no one reeks of alcohol or cigarettes. It's like I have stepped into a different world entirely.
No one made unnecessary noise and everyone was speaking in hushed tones or light voices.
It's almost magical, I feel at peace.
The show started and my eyes widened as the first model walked on the stage, he was obviously an Omega with the way he looked.
"He looks so good". I exclaimed and someone chuckled beside me.