Nickolas's POV My gaze locked onto Silas. He stood rigid, his eyes flicking between Lydia and me, sharp and searching. “What did you say happened to Nyra?” he asked again, stepping further into the room. “Why are you here so early?” I shot back, ignoring his question. As far as I knew, it was supposed to take him two weeks to return. So what the hell happened? “I’ve completed the mission you assigned to me,” he said, extending a file toward me. “This is the result.” I took it and flipped it open, scanning the contents quickly, my eyes moving over every line. I checked everything out. It's true. Still… something didn’t sit right. How could he have completed it so fast? I had spent years trying to secure a collaboration with the Alpha of the Red Moon Pack. The man was difficult, s

