Maverick POV
It's been a week since my father handed the title to me, and I've been working tirelessly on plans to capture Autumn once I've found her, but I keep running into a dead end when trying to locate the stupid b*tch. Her, Patrick, and that traitorous Castello family. Archer thought he caught a lead on Patrick, but it ended up being a false trail. Surely they're all together. Surely they're planning something nefarious, something that threatens the very foundation of our pack and the werewolf community at large. I pace back and forth in my office, frustration bubbling within me like a cauldron ready to boil over. The weight of my responsibilities presses down on me like a heavy cloak, suffocating and relentless. Each passing moment without a breakthrough gnaws at my resolve, testi
