Alpha Killian took the seat at the head of the table. He glanced at Eira and tapped the chair beside his own.
"Here."
Every eye in the room tracked the gesture.
"New assistant, Alpha Killian?" someone asked, fishing.
Alpha Sebastian's stare drilled into them both. Mostly into Eira.
[She told me she quit. Now she's riding shotgun for Killian Sterling?]
She had lied straight to his face.
"Recently promoted from admin," Alpha Killian said, smooth as anything. He was clocking the tension between Alpha Sebastian and Eira with quiet interest.
Alpha Sebastian looked one bad comment away from cracking a molar. Eira sat there like the man was a stranger she'd been seated next to at a wedding.
Whatever was going on in that marriage, it was circling the drain.
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