Evaline:
I took a slow, steady breath, trying to calm the fluttering chaos inside my chest.
It didn't help much.
The hallway outside Alpha Orion Black's office felt unusually quiet, almost suffocating in its stillness. My boots clicked softly against the polished marble floor as I stopped a few feet from the heavy wooden door.
Alpha Orion Black.
Even thinking his name made my spine straighten instinctively.
He wasn't just another Alpha. He was one of the three powerful heads of the Werewolf Council... alongside River and Alpha Niles. Politically, socially, strategically… he was one of the most influential figures in our entire world.
And he had summoned me.
Me.
A student. A new employee. Someone whose existence shouldn't even be known to him.
The summon had come so suddenly that I still hadn't fully processed it. One moment I had been finishing last of my works to head home, the next I was being told that Alpha Black wanted to see me immediately.
