My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian (Sera and Fenris) novel Chapter 376

Sera

I didn't move. "How did she get out at all?" I asked plainly, looking at him. "You were supposed to be stationed right outside her door the entire time. How did she get past you?"

He shifted his weight, his shoulders rolling down as he glanced at his comrade, then back at me. He parted his lips, but the words stalled in his throat.

"Luna, I—"

His eyes darted to the floor before he forced himself to meet my gaze once more. "I just took a break. I knew it would be a minute, maybe two, and I was sure there would be no—"

"Quit lying, Dagen… You went out to drink with the others in the great hall." The other guard snapped at me.

He shot his fellow a look with real anger in it for having said that, then turned back to me.

"Forgive me, Luna. It was only meant to be a few minutes. I never imagined she could get free of a locked cage in that time. I genuinely didn't think this could happen."

He glanced down at the rogue and shook his head. "I'm sorry."

"Why, if you needed to step away at all, didn't you have the sense to find someone to take your place first?" I asked. "Why did you leave her unguarded?"

I looked around at the size of the crowd still gathered, the attention the whole scene had drawn, and then back at Dagen.

"How exactly do you expect me to explain this scene to the crowd, Dagen?" I asked coldly. "Tell me, since I have no idea what I'm supposed to say when a rogue, a prisoner, breaks free in broad daylight."

"Do you have any idea what this will look like?"

Dagen sighed, "I'm sorry, Luna."

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