Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

"I understand."

I heard a beep as the masked man ended the call.

I couldn't see him, so I could only beg him anxiously.

"Sir, you heard him. It's a matter of life and death. You can do whatever you want to me by pretending to be Roman, but please allow me to save them first. I must see him tonight and give him the contract, or he will kill my friend!"

It was a long while before the man answered. I wished I could see him, wished I could get this awful blindfold off.

When he finally spoke, he asked, "What contract?"

There was no world in which I was actually going to tell him anything tangible. "It's just a project contract."

I heard the clicks of what sounded like him dialing a number on his phone, and then he said unhurriedly, "No worries. I can just call Roman back to go over the specifics."

Shit.

Double shit.

uncanny ability to sniff out half-truths. I

of breath-minus the part about my

lie to him that I could get the Westen City project for the Starke pack. My purpose was to hold him back in this way so that my friend could get mated smoothly, but he hasn't been easy to deal with.

spoke, the man was silent

it, damn it, damn it. I wished I could see him. Tears welled up in my eyes behind the blindfold. "Sir, I'm telling the truth. Please... let

you slept with

not! He's a monster. How

passed, though it was only a matter of seconds, and then I

freed, I immediately tore off the

still off,

looked like. All I cared about was getting him out of here so I

to leave, I could still deal with Roman according to my