Chapter 17

Alpha Atticus POV

“How’s the stalking going?” I look over my shoulder and see my Beta approaching the security console. The fucker sports a smug smile after hours of being with his mates. Surely he left them exhausted.

“If you come in here to make me feel less of a man for not taking my mate with me, I will not hesitate to send you to the dungeon for the night, Beta.” His smile erases from his clean face immediately.

He cleared his throat and muted “Sorry, Alpha.” Then he shows his neck in obedience to me. Much better. We may have been brought up together like brothers, his father was my father’s Beta as well, we are all here more like family but I’m his Alpha not a playmate.I returned my eyes to the screens in front of me. As head of security for the Prince I have remote access to the cctv palace’s surveillance systems.

I said I would take a few days off to think thoroughly about my mate's situation but could not stay away from the fact that I left her alone at the mercy of Philip