Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

I answered the phone quickly, confused as to why Elder Thorin was contacting me directly.

"Ms. Palmer, I'd like to see you in my office." The elder's voice was gentle, but even a human like me understood the unspoken command underlying every word the elder ever spoke. Even Alphas obeyed the elders-typically.

After giving the order, he hung up the phone, leaving no room for me to refuse or ask any questions.

Crap. I was pretty sure Griffon was up there, since I'd seen him on the private elevator. The last thing I wanted to do was see him, but if Elder Thorin wanted to see me, it must be important.

Ever since I had started working for the Midwest Packs Corporation, the Elder Thorin had always been friendly and kind to me, so I forced myself to his office. Even though I'd quit this job, I still wanted to be respectful of him and treat him how he'd always treated me.

Many wolf-shifters weren't kind to humans, and certainly not in a situation like this, where I was directly working with all of the packs.

Elder Thorin's office, concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other and trying to keep my mind off who was likely in his

Griffon sat

bidding of the Weston

Starke pack, the Knight pack unexpectedly postponed the bidding for

the bidding had not begun yet, which meant that the Starke pack had never doubted

He might not have time to hand over the fake contract to the

to me to get even. Had everything gone to plan, I would have never had to deal with

shake, I tried to shrug off all these thoughts about what might happen. This was all in the future. When Roman woke up, he would face many problems,

out of jail. And then there were all of the pack's legal issues surrounding bribery and tax evasion...not to mention Roman's own issues regarding his treatment of