The office was unsettlingly silent while Alpha Andrew leaned against the big window, gazing at the city beneath. His wide shoulders were rigid, and his jaw was set firmly. The recognizable buzz of the fluorescent lights appeared more intense than normal, saturating the area with a clinical, nearly overwhelming atmosphere. He sensed the day's burden bearing down on him, every fleeting second driving him nearer to the brink.
His phone vibrated on the stylish glass desk, jolting him from his daydream. He looked at the screen, feeling his chest constrict as he recognized the name. It was Marcus, his business partner, who was calling.
"Not at this moment," Andrew whispered to himself. He knocked the phone off the desk, ending the call. However, it was irrelevant. The harm had already been inf
