The tension in the air was palpable as Adam paced the length of his office. The estate was unusually quiet the silence broken only by the occasional howl in the distance. Audrey watched him from the doorway her arms crossed worry etched into her features. He had been restless for days but now there was something more…. something heavier hanging over him. "Adam what's wrong?" she asked gently stepping into the room. Her voice brought him to a halt and he turned to her his dark eyes clouded with conflict. “Nothing you need to worry about” he replied but the tension in his voice betrayed him. Audrey tilted her head her gaze steady. “That’s not going to work on me. Talk to me.” Before he could respond the door burst open and one of his lieutenants stepped in. “Alpha” the man said breathles

