MARKED BY THE ALPHA CEO
I muttered under my breath, dragging another file toward me as if burying myself in work would somehow fix the fact that nothing inside me felt… aligned anymore.
A knock interrupted the silence.
Firm. Respectful. Familiar.
“Come in.”
The door opened, and Krios stepped inside.
Of course it was him.
If there was one person who could walk into a storm and not flinch, it was my Delta. Tall, composed, with that irritating ability to remain calm even when everything else felt like it was about to fall apart.
“Alpha,” he greeted, inclining his head slightly before stepping forward.
I didn’t bother with formalities. “If you’re here to tell me the elders are still talking, I suggest you let them. May