lin

ce for coffee. Brushed steel and white Corian surfaces gleamed under harsh fluorescent lights, t

utching the physical "Henderson Pack Alliance" file agains

owl* this morning?"

ed in, their eyes glued to a smartphone. They

onight," the taller one said, leaning against the counter. "About time. I don't know how much

er. An Alpha like Jase was never going to actually complete the M

s of the entire Davenport Pack, I had never been an equal. I was just an object to be used and disc

urge of anger. I blindly reached for my mu

is

om the machine, splashing direct

as wolfless, I didn't have the rapid healing of a normal wolf. The skin instant

in

ly treated me like a person, rushed into the breakroom. She grabbed a stack o

. I reached into my blazer pocket with my good hand and pulled out

envelope, then up

eadying. "Make sure it's processed and tim

n Jase finds out you did this right before his big an

point," I

eavy, oppressive scent of Jase's metallic c

r and ducked into the emergency stairwell. The heavy metal doo

crete and stale dust. I pressed my back against the wa

all, flanked by two Beta sub

t made the Betas lower their heads. "I don't care if she's clearing out her desk. Tell Ade

one of the B

s expensive cuffs. "She works for me until I say otherwise. She will br

, leaving a suffocatin

on. He wanted to parade me in front of the ent

ell, my phone buzzed. A secure

are you? I'm

to the safety of my penthouse. But the blood of a former Alpha ran in my veins, and

ith a Pack emergenc

bay, at least for tonight. I looked down at my left hand. T

oom tonight, hand over the file, and look Jase Dave