North Indastris. Ruslan’s office. Luna had gone to see her family for a full day. Some distant relatives had arrived, and she needed to spend time with them. Ruslan held out until six in the evening, not trying to find out how she was. Then he couldn’t take it anymore and called Sergey. “Sergey, where are you?” — the Alpha began without greeting, his tone demanding. “I’ve just picked Luna up from her parents’ place,” — the guard replied. — “We left the house about five minutes ago. She was just telling me how exhausted she was from dealing with her nephews.” “Bring her to the office,” — Ruslan gave the order quickly. — “I need to calm down a little. I had a tense lunch with business partners.” “Alpha, I can’t disobey an order. But you know your Luna,” — Sergey answered carefully, not

