[SANDRA]Walking past her past, Sandra hadn't expected to gel conflicted even for a moment. She had thought that everything by then would have been easier to deal with, but then it was always going to be easier if she faced it a few more times right? Seeing everyone watching her, Sandra walked with her head high. She didn't increase her pace nor did she slow done, even though a part of her wanted to ask the alpha if he was okay. Granted Aztec looked fine as hell this morning but still there was a frown on his face, and a smirk on Broderick’s face, a reminder that all of this had just never been forced on him. Well, it didn't matter now, did it? "Are you okay?" Gemma asked when they reached the parking lot. Sandra breathed out a sigh of relief as she looked at the ice cream in her hands. She just nodded at Gemma and opened the car door. She had things to worry about and Aztec Marshall was definitely not one of them. Gemm could sense the change in her sister so she figured it was a

[SANDRA]"Where are we going?” Sandra asked as she looked at her sister who was determined to give her an exciting tour. Getting out of the warehouse could only mean that there was more that needed their attention. Sandra had had a beautiful day today and no matter what happened later, she was content with how the day had been, she didn't mind doing whatever it took this time, because there were so many things that were at stake."To the Franzels,” Gemma said, a sinister smile on her face as she talked of the name that Sandra hadn't wanted for what for so long. The Franzels had been the root of all this and going to them was not what Snadra had planned for today. Maybe once everything was over, she would find a way to make things better."Why?” Sandra dared to ask even though she had a feeling that she wasn't going to like whatever answer her sister gave her. The Franzels were the one bunch of people Sandra had been thinking of for a long time, but she hadn't wanted to see them agai

[SANDRA]"Aren't those the Stevens sisters?” one of the people at the Franzel headquarters said when Sandra and Gemma walked out of their car and headed towards the main enhance. They already knew that they were probably going to be a spectacle for a long time, so they could at least wallow in it while they wanted to see what was happening."Yes they are. I wonder what they are doing here,” another responded, but the two sisters didn't pay any attention to anyone. Instead, they nodded respectfully to the guard at the entrance before they walked to the reception. The fact that Sandra Franzel had been known as the Franzel daughter in the company for long, they all down she had access here. So they didn't even bother asking so many questions."Good morning Ridha, are my parents in?” Sandra greeted the receptionist who was still taking in Sandra's form. The woman was a goddess, but one filled with anger. Right here and now, anyone who saw her was pulled in by her beauty and her charms.

[SANDRA]For the rest of the day, the two sisters got busy on their own. While Gemma was out there meeting with her long-time contact, Sandra was doing her homework about the Stevens industries. She was going through the possible scandals and chaos that could have arisen in the company before she got in. She was getting ready in the one way that could easily be used against her; she was searching for the public opinion on the industry and so fast. She had found nothing that would make her get dragged down; she had learned about her departments, and every little thing that she would need. She learned about what she needed to do and by the time she was done, Sandra had made her choice. She was going to be an intern at the intelligence department. Sure, Gemma had already told her that was the part that fit her best, but she had wanted to figure that out herself. She had her suspicions about fitting in and frankly, she couldn't deny the fact that intelligence was a sticky department.

[AZTEC]"She agreed to meet with me,” Alpha Aztec Marshall said to Rodrigo who was watching him in silence. The man had been overthinking from the moment the text had come through and hearing it from Aztec was just the confirmation he needed to know that the woman had a hold on his alpha for a long time. He was somewhat happy though, because Sandra had become the only reason Aztec did most of the things he did lately. He had sobered up, prepared for a new reality in which these two were to face each other, though he hoped that it would all be okay."Well that’s better, because you were a little too close to squashing the poor phone in your hands. Get ready, brother, this is not going to be as easy as the other times. “She had a title now, she has someone to protect her, and she had nothing holding her back,” Rodrigo said and Aztec just sighed. He had been thinking about Sandra for a while now and he wanted to make things right with her. Granted, he knew he had screwed up more than