Several things happened at the same time. I was left speechless as soon as I saw his face, my heartbeat sounded like guns blazing, and then a familiar growl inside my head made me panic since my wolf had immediately reacted at the presence of my mate. So I did the only thing that I could do, and that was to run. With Zenith on my arms, running and getting away from Darren felt like I was climbing up a tall staircase. I was also holding my breath while he called my name repeatedly as I ran away from him. I only stopped when I reached the second floor of the atrium where Marcus' office was located.
Zenith was already asking me why we were running, but I didn't talk until I was able to reach for the door of the office and get inside. I even locked the door as soon as we got in, and that was
