The Lycan King grabbed the phone without bothering to say thank you to his Beta.
“Gideon.” Hearing the voice of his beloved calmed him down.
“Ria.” He breathed out her name, so happy to hear her that he probably sounded desperate at that moment. He did not care one iota. “Are you all right? Did he do anything to you? I am going to kill him! I swear if one hair from your head—”
“I am fine,” she assured him, “really. No one touched me. Everything is going smoothly here. With the exception of Brayden stealing my phone.”
“Goddess Riannon.” He exhaled loudly, rubbing his forehead in exasperation. “For a second there I was afraid that he forced you—”
“No,” she stopped him, “Braden is a lot of things, but I don’t think he is capable of that. I am fine. Trust me on this.”
“I still want to ki
