Penelope POV
"This is my office, so you expect me to knock before I walk in?"
I strolled behind the heavy mahogany desk.
I took my seat with perfect composure.
I smiled.
"But Alpha, barging in uninvited and sitting in the host's chair, in ancient werewolf etiquette, doesn't that count as a declaration of war?"
Melvin's face darkened at once.
He choked on his own breath.
His eyes turned stormy.
"Penelope, I underestimated you," he sneered.
He leaned forward, his knuckles turning white on my armrest.
"So that is why you were so eager to break the bond, you were already cozying up to Cooper."
I did not blink.
"Do not get too smug," he continued, his voice dropping an octave. "I do not believe for a second Cooper would go against the entire Blue-Claw Pack just for a woman."
I let
