The heavy boardroom doors clicked shut behind Rose, locking her inside with Delegate Vane’s terrifying warning. But outside in the long administrative corridor, Ace was already dealing with a different kind of poison altogether. His golden eyes burned with a raw, unchecked fury that threatened to shatter his control as he strode toward the main foyer of the estate. Every single step he took vibrated through the solid oak floorboards of the pack house, his massive Alpha aura flaring so heavily that the lower ranking guards standing post along the hallways instantly bowed their heads in pure submission as he passed. The sheer power radiating from his frame was enough to make the air itself feel thick, suffocating, and completely unbreathable. It was a clear, unmistakable warning to anyone

