Return of the Nameless Alpha
She opens it with two efficient clicks, the sound sharp against the room's climate-controlled silence, and lays a single folder square in front of her before looking up.
"And you're Alpha Cassian Vane, accompanied by your Beta and Gamma. We can skip the posturing. I'm here to discuss the outstanding debt on your ancestral territory."
Julian leans forward first, dark eyes narrowed hard enough to look almost physically sharpened.
"We don't negotiate with ghosts." He taps one finger against the glass, each strike precise and deliberate, a metronome for whatever's building behind his ribs.
"No scent, no pack lineage on record, a firm that appeared out of nowhere with the capital to buy a soverei