Liana's POV
The next morning, I woke with a new sense of purpose burning in my chest. Clara thought she was safe in her new pack, protected by Alpha Darius and his warriors. She thought being far away would keep her safe from me.
She was wrong.
I dressed carefully, choosing clothes that made me look put together and strong. The broken woman who had been searching for ghost babies was gone. In her place stood someone with a mission.
I found Jaden in his office, already buried in paperwork. When I knocked and entered, he barely looked up.
"What do you need?" he asked without lifting his eyes from the papers.
"I wanted to talk about the patrol schedules," I said, moving to stand beside his desk. "I noticed some problems that could be fixed."
This got his attention. He looked up at me w
