her penthouse even though she said she could do

stood by the door while Selene collapse

o get anything for y

" She smiled, "I ca

politely, then

sag and it felt like all the weight she had been carrying, all the pa

controllably, and she sobb

e drain. Adding the years she crushed on him i

refused to go. She cried for many hours, dreading and regretting every seco

y were all gonna feel the wrat

stries stood at the heart of the c

orning sky while hundreds of employees moved through the buildi

or, and inside the largest conference

ast, pre

de his pocket. The city stretched beneath beautifully, but his attention wasn't on

en between his fingers while scrolling through the inf

wasn't

most nothing on its CEO. No interviews. No public a

th

from thin air five years ago and decided

he's fake," Ja

replied without looking

she's

ious

ting on the table despite the expensive furniture. He was turning a s

ry woman." Ja

t t

ne you

for a second,

se she tried

act

m, then the door opened and t

sn't too intimidated by the Blackwell triplets anymore. Mostly be

d, and the room instantly fell silent. Ev

hing their surprised expression, "

replied, his express

and walked ou

sed in their own imagination and disbelief. The room had

hunt. Just that in this case, they were unsu

d everyone instantly looked at it. The woman who

this morning, wasn't severe or trying too

ked into the room with the calm confidence of someone who kn

le matching tailored trousers fell cleanly to her ank

designer labels. No des

t p

e p

ade people anno

t waves and framed a face beautiful enough to s

was her eyes. They were the most peculiar shade of amber they'd ever s

noticed everything, and

, the world around t

Elliot's easy smile disappeared completely

force that surged through their vei

o that odd feeling, and their aw

kin too, and her wolf shifted restlessly f

weird f

it almost

lf from pouncing on Vivian

the conference table, before she stopped and offered the men a

ecovered first, his ey

did his

wasn't beating too fast. With one look, she could tell

countless times. As much as she hated to admit it to herself, th

, so di

ndsome face was usually twisted into a smirk that promised trouble, but there was something much wilder beneath it, and although Elliot looked the most approachable, Selene knew that wa

in wolf energy. Her life would hav

toward the chair oppos

she did, Jayden finally leaned bac

openly, as if he was t

He said, "I have

sed an eye

pecting som

ched, then she tilted her he

laughed hearti

s neatly atop the tabl

hen Ajax asked the question every

midated, impressed and definitely not yielding. And f

said calmly, "i