Chapter 21. I Want Names

Maddox

Back in my office, my mind is on Isla, even as Seth goes over all of the information I will need for the meetings I have later. I know I should pay attention to him, but I can’t.

She hadn’t seemed angry at me, and I couldn’t understand why.

Most women would be shocked that a strange man had burst into their room with plans to ravish them, but not Isla.

Not that she’d seemed too eager to have me claim her the night before, either. She was clearly nervous last night, but perhaps there was a chance she found herself responding to me, despite the fact that we hardly knew one another….

“Alpha?” Seth says, clearing his throat. “You’re not listening to a word I’m saying are you?”

I chuckle. “I’m trying to,” I tell him. “But you’re boring me to tears. How’s the maid we locked up? Did you do as I said with her?”

“Put her in the nicest jail cell we had available and make sure she has everything she needs? Yes, I did. But Alpha Jordan is asking