FORTY-FOUR

ARIA

“I already told you I do not know where he is,” I resisted the urge to scream at the head of security whose eyes were scrutinizing me like a common criminal. If he’d done his job well, I wouldn’t need to answer these questions, and if my mate had the slightest bit of trust in me, then I shouldn’t be reduced to this.

“So how did you manage to break him out of the cell?” he asked for the umpteenth time. I rolled my eyes, my fingers curling into fists, and my teeth biting my tongue to prevent me from saying something I would eventually regret. This man, named Gavin, is pretty stupid to be the head of security in Dark Wolf.

“Are you deaf-“ My words stuck in my throat when I hear the lock turn, and I resist the urge to back into a corner when Slade walks in. He’s wearing a deep frown, his hair in disarray all over his face, but what broke my heart was the fact that his eyes didn’t meet mine.

He crossed the room to shake hands with Gavin, keeping a good distance between us, his eyes