The course For Redemption

Richard’s POV:

‘What happened, Richard? Is everything okay?’ Arielle replied to my request, and I unwittingly raised my brows at her tone.

I could practically tell the emotions that were flowing through her body; curiosity, and a little bit of anxiousness, undoubtedly.

I sighed out loud, still physically in my study.

Darren, who was seated on the couch, gave me a confused glance. I shook my head, concentrating instead on the feeling of the mate bond inside of me.

‘Nothing happened, but I need you to come to the study. There’s some things that I need to tell you,’ I added the last sentence as a by-the-way, hoping that my mate would get the hint.

She did, which was evidenced by the way that she responded immediately with, ‘I’m coming.’

But then she added by way of asking instead of a statement, ‘Can Ethan come with me too?’

I tensed, feeling my frustration rise at the mention of that Rogue friend of hers that had yet to even do anything to help our cause. He was, clearly to me, nothing