LOGINThey are literally obsessed with each other, they just haven’t realized it yet.
Penelope POV"Sign the paperwork, Will, or my security team will drag you out of this building by your throat," I said.The conference room air tasted like copper and burnt plastic. My words dropped into the silence like lead weights. I did not sit down. I stood at the head of the mahogany table, my palms pressed flat against the polished wood.Will stared at the document in front of him. His fingers trembled against his fountain pen. He was a broken Alpha, his shoulders hunched forward as if he could hide his massive frame from the wolves watching him from every corner of the room."You cannot do this, Penelope," Will whispered. His voice cracked on my name. "Agate Entertainment belongs to my family. You are stripping my pack of our birthright."
Kimberly Agate POV“You think you can just walk away from me, Penelope?”My voice rang across the marble floor of the lobby.I needed to see her break.I needed to see the shame crack through that fake, perfect skin.Penelope stopped.She did not flinch.She turned her head slowly.A tiny, cruel smile touched her lips.Her eyes locked onto mine.They were completely dead.“Miss Kimberly, there is a basic fact your tiny brain cannot seem to process.”
Penelope POV"What are you doing here?"Kimberly stomps across the marble floor of Agate Entertainment. Her heels click like gunfire against the stone. Her face is bright red."I asked you a question, Penelope!"I do not blink. I keep my boots planted on the polished floor. My hands stay steady in my pockets."What a coincidence, Miss Kimberly.""Get out of my face." Kimberly stops three inches from me. Her breath smells like bitter coffee. "This is my building. This is my Pack territory.""The lobby is public space.""I do not care about the lobby!" She screams the words. A security guard turns his head near the front desk. "You do not belong here. You do not touch anything that belongs to the Agate family."I tilt my head. I look at her eyes. They are wide and bloodshot."You look tired, Kimberly.""Shut up!""Did you sleep last
Julian POV‘Tell me what kind of men she sleeps with.’Ethan freezes. The muscle right beneath his jaw twitches twice. He looks at the carpet, then at the desk, then at the wall behind my head. Anywhere but my eyes.‘Alpha, sir,’ Ethan says. His voice drops an octave, thin and reedy. ‘I do not have a close relationship with Lady Penelope. I would not know her preferences.’‘You are lying.’I do not shout. I keep my voice flat, level, and low. I lean forward until my chest presses against the edge of the mahogany desk. The wood groans under the sudden shift of my weight.‘I am not, sir.’‘Five da
Julian POV"Look at him."My voice does not sound like mine. It sounds like iron dragging across concrete.Ethan does not move. He does not even blink. He stands exactly three inches from the edge of my oak desk, his polished boots dug into the carpet."Look at the screen, Ethan."I push the phone forward. My thumb leaves a greasy smudge right over the actor's face. The boy has a jaw like glass and hair that falls perfectly into his eyes. A Beta. A soft, bloodless little creature from the southern cities who spends his days under studio lights while real wolves bleed on the borders.Ethan lowers his eyes. His neck muscles tighten. "I see him, Alpha.""They are calling him her
Penelope POV"John, I came here to talk business," Kimberly spat.Her fingers clawed into her designer leather handbag. The strap creaked under the pressure. She pulled her shoulders back, trying to anchor her heels into the marble floor of the lobby.John did not even look at her. He adjusted the cuff of his jacket. His thumb flicked against the silver link."You are in no position to talk business," John said. He did not raise his voice. He kept his tone flat, freezing the air between them. "We do not have time to babysit nobodies."Kimberly flinched. The mask of her heavy makeup tightened around her mouth.John turned his head two inches toward the front desk. "Annie. Call security. Have her esco
Penelope POV“Sit down,” Elder Judson says.He does not look at my face. His eyes drop straight to my collarbone, heavy and slow.My skin crawls. Inside my head, Aria bares her teeth, a low, vicious snarl vibrating against my ribs. Mutt. Rip his throat out.I do not sit. I stand right in front of hi
Julian POV“Kael, that lapdog, he has a real way with women,” Khalani said, leaning his elbows on the stone railing of the second-floor balcony. “He actually had the nerve to make a move right in front of Cooper.”I did not answer him.I lifted my glass and forced the remaining liquor down my throat
Penelope POV"You think a piece of silk makes you a queen, Penelope?"The voice slices through the humid air of the car park.I stop dead on the tarmac. My heels dig into the dark stone just outside the Moon Goddess temple arches.Beside me, Cooper freezes. His entire frame locks up. The air around
Marcella POV“Julian actually marked that bitch!”My teeth click together so hard the bone aches.My hands curl into fists. Nails dig into my palms until the skin splits.Penelope stands under the bright lights of the Gala Hall. The faint, silver glow of my brother’s accidental mark shimmers on her







