"The Blackstone Industries file? That's high-level strategic planning. The kind of assignment that usually takes months to work up to." She shook her head. "Christian Knight doesn't hand out plum assignments to day-one employees. Not unless—"
"Unless what?"
"Unless he's got plans for you."
I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to focus on competitor analysis, but my mind kept wandering. The office hummed with activity around me—phones ringing, keyboards clicking, the low murmur of conversations. Normal office sounds.
Except for the scents.
Now that I was paying attention, I could pick them out. Wolf scents, layered and complex. At least four different signatures are wafting through the air conditioning system. Each one carried different pack markers, different territori
