Penelope's POV

I'm halfway to Dr. Reeves' office when Alpha Blackthorn storms through the medical center's main entrance like a force of nature barely contained.

He looks like a man on the edge of losing everything. His expensive suit is wrinkled, his usually perfect hair is disheveled, and his eyes have that wild look that means his wolf is close to the surface. The Council may have charged him, but the actual proceedings are tied up in legal delays—giving him just enough freedom to be ...