When Asher woke from sleep, the smile that had lingered on his face vanished as if it had never existed. His eyes glinted dangerously as he rose from the bed and stalked toward the adjoining room, where he could already hear Roman and Jeremiah laughing over some joke.
The moment he stepped in, both men froze.
Roman was the first to sense the storm coming. He pointed dramatically and yelled, "Run for your life!"
Jeremiah, acting on instinct, took off immediately, but Asher was faster. He moved like lightning, blocking the doorway before his beta could escape.
"I expected him," Asher growled, jerking his chin toward Roman, "to lie to me. But you, my own beta, keeping vital information from me?"
Roman's eyes widened. "Wait—how did you—" then realization dawned, and his expression turned scandalized. "Don't tell me... Violet visited you!"
