Chapter 144

• “I was just looking for my mate. Have you seen him?” I asked with a sigh. I wasn’t above playing the damsel in distress if the situation called for it.
• “Alpha Franco comes and goes as he pleases,” the other guard answered hesitantly. “It isn’t our business to question his whereabouts.”
• “Of course,” I said, widening my eyes to display my innocence. “It’s just that he didn’t leave any food in the cabin, and I just wasn’t sure where I should go…”