Slade
Piper reclined in the chair on the opposite side of my desk with a self-satisfied grin on her face. I was beginning to regret sending Zeke to handle the attacks on Silver Crescent. He had always had a way with Piper, and I could have used him as a buffer just now. Delphine had come to my office only moments earlier to tell me that Chastity wasn't in her rooms when her meals were delivered, and nobody had any idea where she had gone. According to Delphine, she had been put on orders to rest the day before by the royal physician.
"I could have told you this would happen," Piper said. "If you had listened to me and not f****d that trollop, Janet, you would know where your mate is right now."
"I'm not in the mood, Piper," I growled. "She's most likely somewhere on the grounds anyway.
