A Mate for Gideon(71)

“No. I’m sure that they…wait a minute…here they are now. They just pulled up and are waiting to be let in.”

“Keep them there. I need to question them.” Gideon couldn’t help but to growl. Low and deep.

“Um…yes, sir…what should I say?” Gideon could hear the hesitancy in his voice.

“I don’t give a fuck, just as long as you keep them there.” He didn’t wait for a reply. Zane was already getting into the vehicle. Thank fuck the male had chosen the passenger seat. Gideon needed to do something. Driving would give him something to focus on. He needed to try and stay calm. This had been expected. Jenna would follow the plan. She would be just fine.

In under three minutes, they pulled up to the front entrance. Three males from his security team stood next to one of the SUVs.

Gideon exited the vehicle and strode over to the waiting males who instantly stood to attention. Their backs pulled a little straighter, they gazes dropping to their boots as Zane moved in next to him.

“Is it true that you took a human female off this property?” Gideon couldn’t help but to growl. He directed the question to one of the team leaders.

“It’s true.” Jake nodded.

Gideon sucked in a deep breath through his nose. “Where did you take her?”

“Brant’s orders were to drop her off at the bus station. Wait a minute…” The male’s eyes narrowed on Gideon. “She was telling the truth…you’re in love with her. No fucking way.”

“She told you that?” Gideon swallowed hard.

Jake nodded. “She said that the two of you were involved…she begged me to call you but I didn’t believe her.”

Gideon clenched his jaw. “You should’ve called me,” he managed to grind out.

One of the other males elbowed Jake. “You shouldn’t have said that shit to her.”

“What shit?” Gideon growled, feeling his blood begin to fucking boil.

Jake shrugged. “I didn’t know. I thought she was talking bullshit. She didn’t believe me anyway.”

“What did you say to her?” Gideon took a step towards the male.

“It doesn’t matter,” Zane said. “We need to get to the bus station.”

Zane was right but Gideon needed to know. “I’m only going to ask you one more time, what the hell did you say to my female?”

“Fuck…I didn’t know she was your female…” The male spluttered. Gideon could hear how elevated his heart rate was. “I said…I s-said that you didn’t love her, that you were in a meeting and obviously didn’t care that she was being kicked out otherwise you would’ve been there.”

Gideon snarled as rage swept through him like a blazing fire. He punched the male who flew backwards. He tried to lift his head and Gideon noticed with satisfaction that his nose was crooked and bloody, he’s eye already starting to puff up. Thankfully the male stayed on his back. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know,” he croaked out.

“Let’s go,” Zane said, more forcefully this time.

Gideon nodded. “Open up.” He gestured to the guard at the gate.

"Do it!” Zane boomed, his hard stare on the guard, who nodded quickly, scrambling to do as commanded. They headed for the vehicle. Gideon slid into the driver’s seat, pushing down on the accelerator before Zane had even shut his door.

As soon as they were clear, Gideon floored it.

Zane growled, then he reached for a seatbelt and clipped himself in.

“We’ll head for the bus station first,” Gideon said, his voice surprisingly calm. “We had agreed that she would go back to the small bed-and-breakfast where she hid out before. If she’s not at the station, we will go there.”

“Your female will be fine.”

“She had better be.” His chest squeezed so tight that he could barely breathe. “You need to know, that if anything happens to her, Brant is fucking…”

“Hey,” Zane growled. “Brant is your king. He thought that he was acting in your best interests. He didn’t want to see you step out of line and get into trouble.” He paused. “You can’t go around hitting males like that.” When Gideon glanced in Zane’s direction, he saw that the male was smiling.

Although he could see the humor in the situation, Gideon was unable to smile back. Until he held his female in his arms again, Gideon would not be able to smile again.

“Ahhh love,” his king sighed. “It will drive a male crazy. Make him do things completely out of character.”

He yanked the steering wheel to the right, the tires squealed. His seatbelt bit into his shoulder. Zane growled but didn’t complain otherwise. Another hard left and they were in town. Gideon weaved his way through the traffic. Going as fast as he dared. It wasn’t long before he was pulling into the bus station.