Not Your Backup She-Wolf
"She's right! How dare you treat guests like this! Alpha Liam's not gonna let it go!"
I shook with rage. Chloe came to stir the pot, and with everyone watching, I had no way to fight back.
Then Noah walked in.
Noah set a lab report on the counter. "Pack lab ran this on the Sootheleaf I bought here yesterday—pure, high-grade, better than most out there."
Chloe went pale. "You... got a lab report?"
"Figured someone might try something," he said, cool and steady. "Heard you outside yesterday, whispering about 'teaching Sophia a lesson.' So yeah—I came prepared."