The retraction went off without a hitch. With artis now in my custody, I waited on Alan. There was no need to torture artis, with him having no information we really wanted, no I was going to torture him just for the pleasure of it. The man touched my mate, injured her, and now he was going to pay. I peer down at my watch, it was just about time for Alan to arrive, I waited impatiently, until he finally does. "Took you long enough" I say arms crossed. "My prince" Alan simply greets with a smile "I was a little busy." "Too busy for your prince?" I say with a raised eye brow. "They were going to clean me out! You know those boys can be ruthless in card games." He says "So you weren't busy" I say now testy. "Ow I like that anger. Don't worry my prince you'll soon have an outlet for

