POV: Hugo
The war room lights flickered as the generator kicked in again. Outside, the wind howled through the pine trees that bordered the eastern side of the estate. I didn’t flinch at the sound, but my wolf stayed alert, pacing under my skin.
This place had become too quiet since Aretha died. Too brittle.
Alex was unraveling. Slowly, but it was happening. I’d seen it before—when an Alpha started thinking with his heart instead of his head. And now, every instinct I had was telling me the same thing.
That woman was going to tear our world apart.
I glanced down at the cracked screen on my laptop. The Broker’s message had finally decrypted.
“You were warned, Zero. Finish the job. Or your brother dies.”
My jaw tensed. That confirmed it—she wasn’t just a rogue with a lucky escape. She
