ELIAS HUDSON
I stepped out of the car, adjusting my cufflinks as I looked up at the sprawling stone-and-glass villa. Power radiated from the place… built on generations of money, blood, and calculated dominance. Damian Hawke had grown into a formidable alpha, commanding respect in both the pack and the cutthroat business world. But bringing a human girl into his home, especially one tied to his adopted son's mess, was a mistake that could unravel everything we had built.
My daughter Karla was right to be concerned. She had been vocal about it for weeks now, her ambition and protectiveness toward our family's standing pushing her to act. I would observe this Aria today with my own eyes. See what kind of threat she truly posed to our world—whether she was just a passing distraction o
