tte

s, tossing them onto the laminate desk a

I would crawl back

encrypted cloud drives, and deleted the local cache.

ndline suddenly screamed w

s line to call Chloe an hour ago to get the server bypass codes; she must ha

el

junior drafter from my team, came through the line. "Victor is losing h

ed. "The bidding hasn't officia

doors audible in her background. "Their core structural framework is an exact carbon copy of your blueprint! Victor called an em

g my voice utterly level. "Tha

a Pack Law violation, your guild lic

I said quietly. "I'

n hadn't just sold the blueprint for pocket money; she had sol

i

t chimed on t

ext message from an unsave

atching carriage house for the estate. A high-ranking female needs a pr

owry? For an Alpha she hadn't even secured, paid for wi

flew acros

r to pay it. She got a g

blocked the number, and

el mattress, staring up at th

rey

ver the wet gravel as I pulled through the wroug

snapped to attention under the torrential r

who rushed forward with a large umbrella. My boots echoed against th

were still

e of pristine, untouched snow-was burned into my olfactory receptors. The moment my eyes had met hers

i

with pure terror and fl

walking up the sweeping mahogany staircase tow

cent of aged parchment, cedar smoke,

nd an antique oak desk. His silver hair was neatly combed, his weat

Adolphus said without lo

t casually. "Ran into an interesting stray on the lower boulevard. W

ain pen, looking at me over

voice deep and raspy. "Several minor firms in the lower district are

bsidian signet ring on my finger. "None of those boutique studios have the

One of my oldest comrades from the northern campaigns passed away years ago, leaving

ying the old Alpha's s

orking as a senior drafter at a third-rate firm called Stone Architecture. Word reached my int

used on the o

ne

er saved my flank in the Silver Ridge ambush thirty years ago. I will not see his flesh and blood devou

" I said, rising

out of the study,

The wild violet scent

hat belonged to me, they were about to learn what h