Chapter 72: A Professional Arrangement
(Elara's POV)
I stood in Lucian's doorway, drenched from the storm raging outside. Rain dripped from my hair onto his polished floor, but I was beyond caring about such trivial matters. My mother's condition weighed heavily on my heart, and I needed clarity.
"Alpha Lucian, I still want to confirm with you," I said, my voice steadier than I felt. "Do you want to claim me as your omega, or do you want to hire me as a pack employee?"
Lucian paused, his steel-gray eyes studying me with an intensity that made my omega wolf stir nervously beneath my skin. The silence stretched between us, heavy with unspoken tension.
"Do you want to be my mate or my employee?" he finally countered, his deep voice cutting through the sound of rain pounding against
