“Hey, boss.” He smiled, keeping his body language nonthreatening. “Sorry to wake you.”
“It’s not morning bell,” Beauty bit out, his primal side annoyed with the other male’s presence so near to his mate. She was out of sight, yes, but she was still unmarked and therefore vulnerable. “What do you want?”
“Ah, well, yeah… I wanted to catch you before morning bell,” the Karthician leaned one shoulder against the bars by the door. Beauty growled in warning, but then he caught the flicker of the guard"s gaze upward.
Realization filled Beauty. The guard was blocking the view of the camera in this corridor. He didn’t allow surprise to flow over his features, a small quirk of his eyebrow asking, "You?’"
"You?’Of all the guards he hadn’t expected the amiable, helpful guard to be the one on the i
