Grayson's POV

The filing came through at seven in the morning.

Erikson put the document on my desk without a word. I read it once, then put it down and looked out the window for a moment before I read it again.

Shirley had submitted a formal complaint to the Council of Elders. Forty-three pages. Meticulously sourced. The central claim was straightforward: the mate bond between Alpha Grayson Hamilton and Shirley had never been formally dissolved with mutual consent, as ...