ISAAC’S POV The whiskey tasted worse with every glass. That should have stopped me. But it didn’t.. I kept drinking. The bar was dimly lit, soft music playing in the background, and the chatters filing up the space. Normally, I liked places like this. Places where everyone pretended they weren’t watching each other. Tonight, I hated it. A television mounted above the shelves replayed highlights from earlier in the day. ALPHA REIS SUSPENDED PENDING SUCCESSION REVIEW I looked away. It wasn’t my concern after all…whether Kristof became Alpha or Reis stayed Alpha.. it wouldn’t save my falling empire. It wouldn’t keep everything I’ve worked for my entire life to slip right through my fingers. Judy barely answered my calls now… she was barely at the mansion as well The baby scandal

