Blood Saved by Milly Taiden

Author:Milly Taiden [Taiden, Milly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Latin Goddess Press, Inc.
Published: 2023-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

ATLAS

For the fourth time in five minutes, Atlas’s phone rang. It was Jasper again. It wasn’t an emergency. They had a text code word for that. A call meant Jasper wasn’t sure how to handle something.

Probably Lilliane.

He sighed and pushed away from the table. “Boys, excuse me.”

Nero shook his head. “Sure. Not like we’re here to help you save your mate.”

“I helped you two with yours,” Atlas clapped back. “It’s only fair.” He called Atlas back, and the poor kid answered on the first ring. “What’s happening, Jas?”

“So, Lilliane tried to leave the cabin.”

“Okay … What does she need? Can’t you guys handle it?”

“No. She wants to talk to you. In person. She’s not letting up, Alpha. I feel bad.”

He sighed. Of course, Jasper would feel bad ignoring a command from the alpha mate. It didn’t matter that Atlas hadn’t mated Lilliane. The pack knew who she was to him, and they were already deferring to her.

It was good, in a way. It meant she would fit right in, just like he thought. But it was also inconvenient as hell when he was trying to finalize the plan that would set her free once and for all.

Then he could mate her if she let him.

“I need a few more hours,” Atlas said.

“She’s upset,” Jasper added awkwardly.

“Fuck. Okay. I’ll be there shortly.” He ended the call and went back inside Nero’s office. “I gotta go.”

Nero threw his head back with a laugh. “Mate causing trouble?”

“You’ve got no idea,” Atlas shot back over his shoulder on his way out again.

He drove a little too fast and pulled into his home barely fifteen minutes later. Lilliane wasn’t on the porch, but Jasper sat on the steps.

“She in there?” he asked.

Jasper nodded. “Sorry, Alpha.”

“No. You did good. This is on me. I shouldn’t have left. Learn from my mistakes, kid. Don’t leave your lady hanging.” Atlas opened the front door, and he was scarcely inside when Lilliane poked his arm.

“You! You left again! You left and left me with guards without telling me I have guards!” She poked him with more force each time.

“I’m trying to fix everything. That means being away from you. I already told you that you’re a distraction, Lilliane. I can’t be distracted and saving you at the same time.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “Save me. See, I think that’s the issue here. You’ve got some savior complex bullshit. I asked you to help me, not go full secret agent.”

“Lilliane,” he sighed. “What do you want?”

“I don’t know,” she admitted. “I’m confused.”

“Yeah. That’s why I’m keeping my distance. This whole situation is a mess, and I know I didn’t help it any with …” He broke off when she gave him a warning glare. She really hated it when he brought up how he’d taken her away over his shoulder. He couldn’t forget it, though. He would never forgive himself. “You’re confused, and I don’t want to complicate any of this for you.”

“Well, you’re doing a crap job.” She crossed her arms, and he couldn’t help but grin.

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