Elara The next day, I returned to Blackwood Enterprises headquarters to handle my final work transition. As Zack's personal assistant, I immediately sensed the shift in the company atmosphere. The office gossip mill was in full swing. Those colleagues who had once kissed up to me now looked at me completely differently. There was contempt, mockery, pity, and even nasty satisfaction in their stares. Those looks felt like needles stabbing my skin. I could hear the office chatter. Some deliberately whispered about Selina, saying how purebred she-wolves were the perfect match for an Alpha. Others used me as a warning story, suggesting that hybrids like me were only good enough to be an Alpha's side piece. In the werewolf corporate world, putting someone down never requires swearing. I

