Page 10 of King of Pride

“What happened?”

“He hit her.”

The words came out through clenched teeth.

Maverick went completely still.

Zoe’s voice shook with fury as she repeated, “Ivan slapped Rose.”

The words had barely left her mouth when Maverick’s expression changed.

His eyes went completely dark.

Zoe had never seen that look on his face before. He had always been protective of her, but the moment she saw his expression go blank, she expected anger to follow.

Instead, there was something far more unsettling.

A deadly calm settled over his features, burning in his eyes.

Before Zoe could say anything else, Maverick suddenly turned away and stormed off.

Zoe stood there in shock, watching him walk away.

For a moment, she couldn’t believe what had just happened.

Then her body stiffened, and she shouted after him, “Are you seriously not going to help? How can you be like this? All I’m asking for is one little thing. How can you not care?!”

Maverick kept walking, leaving Zoe standing there with anger coursing through her veins. She was already furious over what had happened to Rose, and now Maverick wasn’t even willing to help.

She had expected him to at least offer to do something.

Instead, he had simply stormed away without giving her an answer.

That was enough to make her anger flare even hotter.

Zoe’s hands tightened into fists as her expression hardened. She turned around and stormed toward the side of the room.

She grabbed her purse from one of the tables where she had left it and pulled out her phone. She immediately opened her contacts and began scrolling through the names.

It didn’t take long to find the contact she was looking for.

Blaire Lane.

She tapped the name and immediately called.

The phone rang several times before anyone answered.

Zoe called again.

This time, Blaire picked up.

“Zoe?”

“Are we meeting today?”

“I’m coming. I’m so sorry we couldn’t meet at the last party, but—”

Before Blaire could finish, Zoe interrupted her.