HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE

Lucius pov

“Where?” I growled the word as I stomped to him, grabbed his throat and squeezed it until I cut off his air supply.

I trusted this fool. I trusted him with the safety of my mate and this is how it came out? He ran like a bloody coward while our mate was taken by some mad lunatic and brought Goddess knew where?

Richard’s hands grabbed mine as he struggled to get out of my hold, but I had none of it. Whatever would happen next was out of my control - this time, I would allow Xabat take the fucking thing he loved almost as much as he loved our mates. Richard’s spine.

Titus rushed to my side and carefully placed his hand on my shoulder. “Xabat, babe, let him go. Trust me, we need him alive. It wasn’t his fault. Don’t make this harder than it already is. Listen to what the old man has to say, maybe he has ideas where that fuckhead took Eden. We need the old man.”

Honestly, I wouldn’t have released Richard. Ever. He had to pay for his carelessness and lack of attempts to save