Unknown Pov
I sit in my office trying to plan and running different scenarios in my head on how to get closer to Nicole . My desk is a controlled chaos of documents, strategic plans, and the remnants of a long-forgotten cup of coffee. The soft ticking of the clock on the wall is the only sound in the room, until the door burst open with a force that made the papers tremble.
Athena, my beta, strides in, her eyes blazing with urgency. Her usually composed demeanor was shaken, her auburn hair slightly disheveled as though she’d run all the way from the pack’s border.
“Alpha,” she says, her voice laced with both urgency and caution, “we’ve got a situation.”
I leaned back in my chair, arching a brow. “What is it this time? Is Drake causing trouble again?”
Athena shakes her head, the fire i
