Derek
Derek woke before dawn, the same way he had every morning since he’d grown up enough to understand what Alpha meant — and that he would, one day, be his pack’s leader.
The house was silent, the air felt cold, and the weight in his chest familiar. He dressed without thinking, movements efficient, controlled, automatic. There was too much to do. Too much to fix. Too much to protect. And today was the day to get to the bottom of things and restore order within the company that ensured his pack’s livelihood — and in his pack, since he was at it.
The breakthrough discovery, the small thread that would unravel all of it, had started the moment Derek asked Josephine to do something and she, of course, did the exact opposite.
Gods knew what she did in his office while alone for no mo
