Chapter 68

Richard’s POV:

It was 9.30pm, and I had to admit, a part of me was incredibly distracted, still thinking about the plan that Devin and I had made. Less than three hours until midnight, until when I would enact that plan and take revenge for Leon or one of his Rogues attacking my pack members.

Yet, I had been able to push the thoughts of attacking the Rogues in the dead of night out of my head, because Arielle was with me. I had put my all into all of this, the entire date.

And now I was facing an interrogation from my own mate.

The silence that reigned in the courtyard was now a tense one, unlike the previous atmosphere of romance that Arielle and I had shared before.

I still had not said anything in response to her question about Devin and his attack, so she turned away from me, scoffing. Her hair was a haloed red in the golden lights of the candles behind her.

“You haven’t said anything yet, Richard,” she broke through my mired thoughts with her voice. She sounded a little off, as i