Bruce POV

The room erupted into chaos. Council members leaned forward, their voices overlapping in sharp demands for explanation. Chen stood there with his arms crossed, looking like he had just won the lottery. The document sat on the table between us, damning and undeniable. The contract. The original contract I thought had been destroyed months ago. Somehow Chen had gotten his hands on it and now everything we had built was crumbling.

"Explain this, Alpha Bruce," Wolfsbane commanded, his ...