Kian's POV I could feel the pit in my stomach expanding as I watched the posts and emails from Erin hit the city rumour mill and gossip circles before Nicole had even returned to my pack grounds. By the time the car that I had loaned her turned through the gates, the post had already crossed three news accounts, had featured on exclusive news segments on television and was the subject of countless discussion boards on more than a dozen pack feeds. Her little scheme clearly hadn't gone to plan at all. The guard stationed at my office door shifted uncomfortably as soon as he registered the thunderous look on my face. I heard her before I saw her, the irritating sound of her heels that didn't slow down in the slightest as she marched furiously towards my office and then the i

