Raven jerked from sleep due to the loud sound of thumping on her door. She sat up immediately and looked around her, slowly coming to her senses. When she finally came through, she recalled that she was in the pack house and her dusty old room."You lazy brat! Get out of the room right now!" She heard a feminine, middle-aged voice boom from the other side of the door. It belonged to the chief cook of the Pack, who was in charge of cooking, and Raven was directly under her. Raven came to her senses and slipped out of bed before making her way to the door.The moment she opened the door, she was not surprised to see Mrs. Linda's icy glare as she regarded her. She sneered at Raven, "What do you think you are doing still sleeping by this time? Do you think you are a VIP or something?" She gave a contemptuous hiss as she turned around and stepped away.Raven watched her as she left, not in any way surprised by her rude attitude. It has always been like that in the pack. There were ranks, a

When Raven woke up again, she was now in the passenger seat of a moving car strapped to the seat with the belt. The man beside her immediately looked toward her when he heard her stir. "You're awake," he said as he returned his gaze forward and continued to drive.Raven was currently confused as she looked at the man. He was unfamiliar, but she remembered him saving her a moment earlier. She still wasn't fully conscious, and her head felt as though it was detached from her head and sinking into water. She also had a headache and a hard time wrapping her head around the situation."You..." She wanted to speak, but due to her parched throat, it hurt whenever she tried to speak."Don't talk," he warned as he looked at her. "I'll get you a room at a hotel. You should sleep there for tonight."And without another word, he continued driving but not without taking another glance at the open cut of her dress where the top of her breasts could be seen even clearer now that she was so close t

RAVEN'S POVThe glass in my hands slipped, crashed onto the marble floors, and broke into bits. I could feel countless eyes settling on us, boring into my back as though they wanted to see through me. However, at the sight of the face in front of me, I froze, and I didn't even realize I had just disrupted the meeting.'Why... why is he here?' I thought.It was as if seeing his face tapped into my memories, and all the memories of last night came flashing through my mind in torrents. I shivered unconsciously as blurry memories of him leaving his marks on my body, as I came undone in his arms, took away my senses. It felt as if I had returned to last night, and I was sensitive all over.I couldn't help but wonder why I still remembered every moment even though I was completely drunk last night.But his warm fingers on my wrist brought me back to reality as I realized I wasn't meant to be standing there dumbfounded and disrupting the meeting. It had been a chaotic week, and I really didn

TRISTAN’S POV:As I stepped into the room, a hushed silence fell over the crowd. I could sense the covert conversations and plotting, but I chose to keep it to myself. I returned to my seat, my hands clasped, offering an apology for the interruption. Judgemental glares met my words, their grievances unsaid but palpable. In any case, I wasn't in the mood to get angry today.Out of nowhere, Lucas, seated across from me, grunted disapproval. "Leaving a meeting without a proper reason isn't fitting, Alpha King," he admonished. I met his challenging gaze, but I had no intention of engaging in a power struggle. Instead, I apologized, maintaining eye contact. It was clear he was disgruntled, not expecting me to yield, yet he chose silence."Shall we continue?" I inquired, directing my attention to Alpha Odette, the acting female alpha of the Peak Ocean Pack. "Alpha Odette, please proceed with your pack's report.""Yes, Alpha King," she responded swiftly, opening her file, and the meeting res

AUTHOR'S POVAlpha Odette, one of the guests of the treaty negotiation, was in the lounge assigned to her, standing by the window. She held a binocular in her hand as she watched the figures in the building across from her. There were two men there, discussing. It was Tristan and his beta, Ethan. She watched them for a while, unable to hear what they were talking about, but it seemed rather serious, as his face soon turned solemn.But even so, she didn't seem discouraged and continued to stare at him, clearly intrigued. It wasn't hard to tell she was interested in him. But just then, her assistant entered. He bowed, clutching an arm to his chest in greeting, "Alpha."She looked up from the binoculars and glanced at him over her shoulder. "How is it?""I found out some things, Alpha," he announced, approaching her.She paused in what she was doing upin hearing that and moved away from the window. She settled on the couch and crossed her legs, clearly interested. "What did you find?