on Group headqua

ly drip into her cup. The rich, bitter aroma filled the air around her, mi

n, making it look almost translucent. Her amber eyes were calm, still as glass. Every trace of sharpness buried beneath the mask of a "part-time actuarial analyst

ack. Cli

h a crisp, rhythmic sound, cutting thr

thern border, Chloe had used her gray-fox hybrid blood, docile and unassuming, to blend into the company

. To avoid trouble, Darcy had brushed her off with the story of being a "Packless rogue," a story that was close enough to the truth to

The look she gave Darcy was a messy tangle of fear, envy, and sel

ed late last nig

r wrist, her fingers cold and slightly damp. She low

th finding you. The more attention you draw, the easier you are to track! If you get exposed, I'll be

uine fear, though there was something calculating beneath the panic

he warmth seeped into her palm, grounding her. Her voice was soft a

re setting me up to take the fall for thirty million in bad deb

if to argue, her lips parting and closing like a fish gasping for air. But when she met Darcy's e

ized threats and moral guilt-tripping worked on Darcy, she would push harder, demanding more, taking everything she could. But

les stood out along her jawline. She didn't dare say another word. She let go of Darcy's slee

e lacking any real bite. She turned sharply on her heel and walked out of th

sip of her black coffee. The bitterne

k. Top-floo

presence, the tension so heavy it felt like a physical weight pressing down on everyone in the room. The representatives from the five P

f-satisfied smile. His hands were steady, his posture relaxed. He was cert

tation station. She didn't make eye contact with anyone. She just

mur in the room died instantly, replaced by th

o absorb the light around him. He radiated the cold, oppressive energy of a top-tier Al

look

r lip, a fresh wound, still beaded with blood. The mark he'd bitten into himself last night to hold back his beast. The cut was small, bare

gray, almost black pupils swept across the

or half a second. Just a flicker of recogniti

eat. His gaze dropped to her right hand resting on the keyboard, the back of her hand, where three faint scratches fr

y the two of them knew what had happened in that elevator. The tension between them

e. The single word landed like a hammer blow, drawing e

n-dollar merger has uncovered a thirty-million-dollar bad debt exposure. This is a serious verification error by our part-

bearing Darcy's electronic signature. The

e or not?!" The director's voice dripped with co

her microphone with a calm that bordered on detac

nature i

lit up with victory, his eyes gleaming with anticip

voice smooth and steady, h

ment on the s

silent. The directo

server log stream. The code scrolled across the massive d

e within half an hour after my signature, and the alteration permissions came from the director

t pale. "You're lying!

hout missing a beat. Her hands moved with pract

an offshore laundering channel, one commonly used by the northern territories. And the legal

m the five affiliated Packs exchanged sharp

olor. His hands gripped the armrests so hard his knuckles we

on the table edge, his cold gaze fixed on her as she closed the evidence loop on her own. There was no surprise in

y detail of the fraud, did Asher finally move. He straightened

legal for financial fraud an

director out of the room. His legs gave out beneath

gaze swept across the room, silenci

view the risk control for this merger. You repo

shock. Others showed clear dissatisfaction, mouths pressed into

ting br

e boardroom when Asher's chief aide approached her. He bo

on is waiting for you i