To go to the lair of an alpha when in rut is to ask for death.
To go to an alpha's lair when in rut and they are spending it with their mate, is to ask for something far more gruesome and worse than good ol' death.
Zed is expecting death, because he has been told the risks of going to check on Travis, even if his rut must have broken last night by Liam.
When Liam left, he left Zed in charge. To make sure Travis was okay, he didn't break out, and he wasn't a danger to himself.
Throughout the night, he heard the howls and growls, and he could swear he heard another scream. But it was hard to tell because of the rain, and the terror that might have been going on the pothouse level.
No one wanted to go and check in on Travis. Everyone was deathly afraid of a normal Travis. No one wanted to even be seen by a feral Travis when in rut.
But here he is, against everything he knows and his instincts, approaching the door. He was given the code by Liam.
