AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Did you start a background check on her?”
“Of course,” she replied. “But so far, we’ve come up empty. Petyr said she slunk into the VIP area with Carlo Ryan.”
“That waste of space?” I grunted. “Any chance he’s in on it?”
Sage shrugged. “I doubt it. This wasn’t a high-end robbery, Atlas. She was just trying to grab what she could.”
The story made less sense with each passing second. No one just wandered into one of my casinos and tried to make a smash and grab. I was determined to get some answers before I put her down.
The metal doors opened, allowing us inside, and in seconds, we found ourselves on the basement level. It was purposely dank and dark there, cages running floor to ceiling, for instances just like this, although it had been a long while since we’d housed a prisoner in one of the cells. My reputation had long since preceded me; my delivery of swift and relentless justice unyielding. The cells weren’t used as often as they once were.
Petyr and Virgil stood guard outside the last cell. As I neared, my gait slowed, my heart rate picking up. Her seductive yet terrified scent overwhelmed me even before I laid eyes on her.
Damn it. She had to be a wolf, too. I hate killing my own kind.
“Step aside,”I ordered the guards. I didn’t need to tell them twice, the dragons allowing me to proceed, but once again, I stopped, stunned by the sight of the incredibly beautiful blonde bound to the chair inside.
Her huge, doe-like eyes widened at the sight of me, tears brimming over the thick of her black lashes. Fear radiated through her pores, wafting over her to strike me in waves.
“I didn’t do anything. I came into the VIP room properly. Ask Mac. He let me in with Mr. Ryan,” she began in a rush of breath. “I didn’t break in or anything.”
“Mac?” I echoed, cocking my head with mild bemusement.
She nodded toward Petyr.
“Mac,” she repeated. “He let me in. Ask him. I was just minding my own business, and with no warning, I was dragged out of the casino like a prisoner. This is discrimination—”
“You stole chips off my tables,” I growled, refusing to be swayed by her incessant babbling, despite the overwhelming pull I felt toward her.
She balked, blinking back tears until several fell down her peachy cheeks.
“T-that was a misunderstanding,” she choked. “I thought I could use them…”
The lie was so blatant, I almost laughed, but her desperation made me reconsider why she was there. Maybe she hadn’t been sent by someone, after all. Gauging by her shabby blue jeans and terrible cover story, perhaps she was just someone looking to eat.
But her well-being was not my responsibility.
I ground my teeth and eyed Sage, who turned away. She didn’t need to hear my thoughts to know what I was thinking. I could find a much better use for this sexy, babbling blonde than death. I strode toward her, towering before her, and she cringed as I leaned forward.
“What is your name?”
“B-Bianca. Barrett. Bianca Barrett.”
A small smirk touched my lips, and I crouched down, my face inches from hers. Her she-wolf pheromones were driving me wild, those huge, innocent eyes drawing me in.
“Tell me, Little Doe Eyes, do you know who I am?”
She visibly swallowed and nodded, darting her eyes away but eventually resting them back on my face, tongue jutting out as her breath quickened. The sight of her wet lips made my cock punch up in my pants.
“Everyone knows who you are, Atlas,” she squeaked.
“And you thought it would be a good idea to come to my casino and steal?”
“I didn’t have a choice!” she cried passionately. “My sister and I are out of options!”
I fell back on my haunches and peered at her speculatively, listening for any falsehoods in her tone. But the combination of her poor attire and naked desolation told me that this was not a woman who had planned too far into the future.
“What’s wrong with your sister?” I asked warily.
