Chapter 85

Valen POV

Caught in traffic on the way to the council chambers, I tried to ring Everly repeatedly. Her anger was all-consuming, and I was now worried she would do something reckless. The traffic backed up only added to my anxiety. When her fury became too much through the bond, I found myself becoming angered by it.

Honking my horn, I tried to see around the cars ahead to see what was holding up traffic. Only then do I notice the police lights flashing and realize it was a damn accident. How, it is a straight stretch of road? How did someone take out the only damn traffic light pole on the center median strip? I shake my head, annoyed.

Drumming my fingers impatiently on the steering wheel, I try to call her again, but no answer. Yet her anger slowly simmered down as I felt her start to become overwhelmed. Her emotions all over the place made me feel manic. I had been waiting for ten minutes, and we hadn’t moved an inch. However, when I felt through the bond she was moving further away, my heart raced, wondering where she was going? Her anger had returned full force, maybe even angrier, and my heart raced and thumped wildly in my chest as panic set in.

Sticking my head out the window, I see the tow truck start hauling the wrecked vehicle away. Surprisingly, the buffoon driver survived but was clearly intoxicated as he stumbled over his feet when I noticed Officer Derrick dragging him into his wagon’s back. Yes! He is one of my guys!

Sticking my fingers in my mouth, I whistled to grab his attention. He looks up the line of cars backed up, and I open the mind-link.

“Clear the other side of the road. I need to get my mate,” I tell him. He nods, jumping in his car before turning the sirens on and pushing into the oncoming traffic while workers tried to remove the busted light pole. Leaving his sirens on, I pulled into oncoming traffic that had moved to the shoulder of the road before coming up behind him.