Caleb
I stood in front of the massive iron gates of Cheshire Enterprises just as the morning sun began to rise, its golden rays stretching across the sky like a cruel contrast to the pit of despair settled deep in my chest.
My suit was wrinkled from a sleepless night, my eyes red from exhaustion, but I didn’t care. I wasn’t here to impress anyone.
I was here to beg.
And I had never begged before, but I was willing to try.
I was willing to do that just to save my whole life from going down the drain.
The guards spotted me from afar. I recognized one of them, Gavin, a senior enforcer in Erick’s security detail.
He stiffened the moment I approached.
“I need to see Alpha Erick,” I said, my voice low, tired, but firm.
Gavin didn’t move. He just looked at me with cold, unreadable eyes
