ZEPHYR Fucking pack meetings. If not for them, I would've left for London the moment she landed. The moment I heard her crying over the phone. Stefan hadn't put it on speaker, but I'd heard those broken sobs in the background. And it took everything in me not to book a flight immediately. But I couldn't. At least, not yet. There were things I had to handle first— important office matters, unfinished reports, and of course, a f*****g pack meeting. Some internal dispute had blown up while I was distracted due to Lyla's withdrawal, and as Alpha, I had no choice but to step in. Apparently, two of our younger males had turned the training compound into a f*****g gladiator arena. The annoying part was that it all started with a mating claim. And of course, no one thought to involve me.

