Erika’s POV “How is the investigation coming along?” The question annoyed me, and it was only thanks to hours upon hours of training that had me nailed to the floor like a statue--- and not lashing out and scratching Chief Sander’s eyes out. But the image of doing it had my wolf chuckling… “I have some suspects in mind, but I need to do more digging before I have anything concrete,” I informed my boss, fighting the urge to shift my weight from one foot to the other. I had barely begun working at the Palace, and he pulls a stunt like this?! Did he even realize how risky it was? I needed to paint the picture of an innocent, hardworking maid and NOT draw attention to myself! Yet here I was – barely a week into the assignment – and he pulled me out and for what? And update! I was so boil

