TWENTY-FOUR

Lucius pov

“Eden climbed out of the window and now she’s chilling at the old man’s place,” Titus announced as he slumped on the chair across from me.

I raised my gaze from the paperwork and watched him. For a brief moment, it sounded like he just told me that my mate escaped the hospital and was hiding in the grandfather’s housing.

Since the shit-eating grin didn’t disappear from his lips, I knew I didn’t hear things and he meant every word.

“And you are here, taking your sweet time, not following her and ensuring she’s safe because?” I raised an eyebrow as I questioned him.

Although my first instinct was to storm out of here and go after her, Xabat held me back. He reminded me of the look on her face the last time we saw her.

It didn’t matter how passionate Eden was about denying her fear, we knew she feared us. We could sense how tense she became whenever we were near and smell the scent of her fear. So, yeah, I think it was pretty fucking safe to say she was terrified of me an