Chapter Forty Four
*First Person's Perspective*-
~Alpha Lucas~
I sat hunched over the desk, my hands trembling slightly as I flipped through the pages of paperwork, trying to make sense of the numbers and the mess in front of me. It was past midnight, and the only light in the room came from a dim lamp on my desk. I couldn’t bring myself to sleep. There was too much at stake. Too much pressure. The weight of everything pressing down on me, making it hard to breathe.
Marcus sat across from me, his expression just as strained as mine, his brow furrowed as he scrolled through his own set of papers. We were both immersed in the same problem, but every time we thought we found a solution, it slipped through our fingers like sand. The investments had failed. The pack was on the brink of coll
