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Chapter 21

IRIS POV:I didn't sleep well.I lay in the dark staring at the ceiling with the folder sitting on my desk in my mind. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his name in clean black print and felt that same cold shift in my stomach all over again.By six in the morning, I gave up on sleep entirely.I got dressed carefully. More carefully than yesterday. I chose a white fitted blouse and a pencil skirt that sat just below the knee. Professional and covered, like armor.My wolf was unusually quiet as I stood in front of the mirror.“You know he's coming,” I said to her.She didn't respond. She just settled deeper inside me like she was bracing for something.I went downstairs.My mother was already in the kitchen again. She looked at me over her mug, and something in her face changed immediately.“What's wrong?” she asked.“Nothing,” I said. “Just a big day.”She watched me pour my tea and said nothing more. But when I picked up my bag to leave, she called my name from the kitchen doorway.

Chapter 22

IRIS POV:I looked up.He was leaning forward now, elbows on the table, watching me with that expression I had seen on the highway outside the mating hall.“You've made your point,” he said quietly. “The running. The scene at the ceremony. Everyone has had a good look. But it's time to come home now.”“This is a professional meeting, Mr. Crest,” I said. “If you're not here regarding the services we offer, then I'll need to…”“Your father is in a cell,” he said simply.I went still.“Your mother lost her job.” He tilted his head slightly. “You lost yours. And now you're sitting in this office because your friend felt sorry for you.” He paused, letting every word get to me. “I can fix all of it. Today. One call and your father walks out of that cell before dinner. Your mother's position is reinstated. Everything goes back.” He reached across the table slowly and covered my hand with his. “All you have to do is come back to me.”I looked at his hand on mine.Then I looked at him.“Get yo

Chapter 23

IRIS POV:I didn't sleep that night. I lay on my back staring at the ceiling, with the folder sitting on my bedside table where I had made the mistake of bringing it home. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his name in clean black print, and my heart did the same thing it had been doing since Vera set it on my desk.At some point past two in the morning, I sat up, picked up the folder, and put it in my bag instead. Out of sight. It didn't help.My wolf was quiet in a way that made me more nervous than if she had been loud."Say something," I told her."What do you want me to say?" she asked."Anything.""He's coming tomorrow, and you already know you can't avoid him," she said. "So stop pretending the folder is the problem."I lay back down and didn't argue because she was right.I got up at five thirty, showered, and stood in front of my wardrobe for longer than I needed to. I chose a black fitted blazer over a white blouse and tailored trousers. I did my hair properly for the first

Chapter 24

IRIS POV:The street outside had stopped moving.Three white SUVs were parked along the curb. The middle one had its rear door open, and sitting inside, visible through the open door, was Aurelian. He was in a dark suit today with a phone in his hand, talking to someone beside him.He hadn't stepped out. He hadn't needed to. Just his presence in that open doorway was enough to pull every eye on the street toward him.Press people were already gathering at the edges, trying to get closer. His men were redirecting them without touching anyone, which somehow made it worse for the people being redirected."Is that…" Pemi appeared beside me. She was staring through the glass, her coffee forgotten. "Iris. Is that Aurelian Virex standing outside our building?"Behind me, I heard Nicholas go very quiet.Aurelian looked up.Through the glass, across the office floor, through the meeting room wall, his eyes found me directly like he already knew exactly where I was standing.My wolf pushed forw

Chapter 25

IRIS POV:"But Nicholas wants to run my family down. He got my father arrested, made me lose my job, and got my mother fired," I said."I can definitely fix all that," he stated confidently. But his expression suddenly shifted to a serious one. "But I need something from you in return," he said.I put my glass down. "What do you mean?""I mean, I am going to help your family, but you're going to do something for me in return," he said.I had never imagined a man like Aurelian would even think to ask for something in return, but I had no choice."Go on," I said."In four days, there is a gathering," he said. "Not a pack meeting. Something larger. Alphas from seven different packs will be attending. Pack and territory discussions." He paused. "My father will be there. My brother too."I looked at him. "Your family.""Yes.""And you need something from me for this gathering," I said slowly."I need you to attend with me," he said. "As someone close to me. Someone who matters."I frowned.

Chapter 26

IRIS POV:When we finished, he set his glass down and looked at me."Your job," he said.I looked at him. "What about it?""You don't need it anymore," he said. "Not with what's coming in four days. You'll need time to prepare, and you can't do that from behind a scheduling desk.""You want me to quit," I said."I want you to have the option," he said. "Vera will understand. I'll make sure of it."I thought about Sarah, who had put me there in the first place."Sarah works there," I said."Sarah keeps her job," he said immediately. "This is about you, not her."I looked at him for a moment. "You already thought about that.""I think about most things before I say them," he said.I picked up my bag from the chair beside me. "I'll handle it myself," I said. "I don't need you to manage Vera."Something moved in his expression. "Alright," he said.His men drove me back as the evening was settling in. I sat in the back of the white SUV and watched the pack move past the windows and thought

Chapter 27

IRIS POV:"I am looking at your face on every single channel right now. Everyone. Even the sports channel somehow found a way to mention it.""Sarah…""You got into his car. Again. Iris, you got into his car again, and this time the whole pack watched it happen.""I know.""Do you? Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like you walked out of our office building like you owned the street while Nicholas Crest stood upstairs watching through a glass wall."I leaned my head back against the sofa. "He was watching?""Pemi said he stood at that window for five full minutes after you left," Sarah said. "Just standing there. Diane was saying something to him, and he wasn't even looking at her." A pause. "Iris, what happened in that meeting room before those men came in? Pemi said she saw him grab your wrist.""He did," I said.Sarah went very quiet."I'm fine," I said before she could start. "Nothing happened. The men came in before anything could.""His men," Sarah said carefully. "Aureli

Chapter 28

IRIS POV:The driver was at the door at nine exactly.I had been up since seven. I had changed my outfit three times, which was something I refused to think about too deeply.I settled on a fitted cream blouse tucked into high-waisted black trousers and wore my hair down. Simple. Put together.My mother was in the kitchen when I came downstairs.She looked at me."Where are you going?" she asked."I have a meeting," I said.She looked at my outfit. Then at my hair. Then back at my face."A meeting," she repeated."Yes, Mum."She turned back to her tea without another word, but I saw the small thing that moved across her face before she turned, and I chose not to address it.I picked up my bag and opened the front door.The driver was standing beside a white Rolls Royce. Not the SUV from yesterday. This one was different, longer. He was in a dark uniform, and he tilted his head when he saw me without saying anything and opened the rear door.I got in.The interior smelled like cedar.I

Chapter 29

IRIS POV:His mouth hovered a breath from mine, close enough that I could feel the heat of him. My pulse hammered in my throat, loud enough that I was sure he could hear it.Then he closed the last inch with a kiss.He kissed me slowly like he was giving me one final chance to pull back. I didn’t. My hands went to the front of his dark shirt. He made a low sound in his throat, raw and hungry, and suddenly, the carefulness vanished.He kissed violence wrapped. His tongue slid against mine, claiming in long, deep strokes that made my knees soften. One of his hands cupped the back of my neck, as his thumb pressed just under my jaw, tilting my head exactly where he wanted it.The other slid to my waist, pulling me flush against him until I could feel every hard line of his body.I gasped into his mouth when his palm slid lower, cupping the curve of my ass through the trousers, squeezing once, possessively. Heat pooled low in my belly. My wolf stirred, restless, approving.He broke the kis

Chapter 30

IRIS POV:I stood there for a moment after the door clicked shut.Then I picked my blouse up from the floor.I put it back on slowly, button by button, and looked around the suite like I was seeing it for the first time. Which in a way I was. Everything looked slightly different when you were standing in it with your heart still racing and your skin still warm and the echo of someone's hands still living in your memory.My wolf was entirely unbothered. Settled and satisfied in a way that made me want to have a firm conversation with her later.I found the bathroom.It was the kind of bathroom that made you stop walking when you entered it. All white marble and gold fixtures and a bathtub that sat in the center of the room. A separate shower ran along the entire left wall, glass-fronted, with about twelve different settings on the panel beside it.I turned the shower on, found towels folded on the heated rail, and stood under the water for a long time without thinking about anything in

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