Alpha Mattiah’s POV
"Come in," I called out, barely looking up from the papers on my desk.
The door opened, and Stephen, my beta, stepped in.
"Alpha," he greeted with a respectful nod.
"What is it?" I asked, cutting straight to the point.
"I have news," he said. "The Alpha of the Goldstone Pack, Jonathan, has died."
I blinked, setting my pen down. That wasn’t what I expected to hear today. "Jonathan’s dead?"
Stephen nodded. "Yeah."
"How?" I leaned forward, frowning. "What was the cause of death?"
"Apparently, he was already sick. But after the news of what his daughter did spread, he suffered a cardiac arrest and died."
I let out a slow breath, leaning back in my chair. My mind pulled me back to the last time I’d seen Jonathan.
It was right after the disaster with Leeyah. He
