MAEVE POV
Xaden burst out of the banquet hall doors like a man on a mission, dragging me behind him with Burke following closely behind.
“Wait right here—” Xaden barked the order to his beta once the three of us were alone in the hallway, pointing his finger firmly at him. “Do not move from this spot or allow anyone to come this way.”
Burke stumbled to a stop, obvious bafflement written all over his face, but he readily obeyed. “As you wish,” he said, standing guard just beyond the doors.
All these harsh movements dizzied me. Why did he bring all of us out here?
His anger was unmistakable, but… maybe it wasn’t directed at Nicholas like I’d thought.
Could it have been something I did? Had I done something wrong by allowing Nicholas to sit with me while he was away mingling
