I was reviewing the Puma Global contract when Alpha Draven burst into the office looking disgruntled, his violet eyes stormy. He went straight to his room, his dominant scent filling the space as he called over his shoulder for me to follow him.
“Good morning, Ms. Bennett. Have you reviewed the Puma Global contract yet?”
Back to ‘Ms. Bennett’-he was in stress mode today. Alaric must be agitated too.
“Good morning, Alpha Draven. Yes, sir, I just finished and sent it to you by email. I’ve also checked the shipment to Harbor Bay, and everything is proceeding well. The cargo is being loaded onto the ship and leaves tonight. I verified all documentation, and everything’s in order. I’ve sent you an email report about that as well.”
“Excellent!” His tone softened slightly. “Today we have the meeting with Joseph from Puma Global after lunch. I want you there taking notes of everything. Has our financial report meeting been scheduled?”
“Yes, Alpha, scheduled and confirmed for five o’clock. It will be here in your office, as per your instructions.”
“Perfect. Has Clara arrived yet?”
“No, she notified that she’d be late, something to handle with her move to London. Anything else, Alpha Draven?”
“No. That’s all, you may go.”
I was already leaving when I heard his voice in an amused tone,
“Wearing long pants and a blazer won’t help you hide your sexy curves from mine, Caroline.” I froze where I stood and turned around slowly, watching him close the distance between us. His scent made my knees weak. “And what I haven’t seen, I still remember vividly in my mind.”
He whispered in my ear, “You can’t hide from an Alpha, little Beta wolf. Especially when he’s already touched your most sensitive spots.”
Once again, I returned to my desk in shock, Rory whimpering with need inside me. He was such an arrogant Alpha! At noon, Kyle walked into my office all cheerful.
“Pretty she-wolf, you won’t believe what my mate did. Want to grab lunch?”
When we returned from lunch, I was feeling much lighter, having had a great time listening to Kyle’s stories; her mate sounded amazing. Before we each went back to our offices, she told me she’d send a message with details about Clara’s farewell gathering that she and Ryan were organizing for the following week.
At two o’clock, we went to the meeting room, and I was surprised to see Eleanor there. We hugged tightly. She introduced me to her boss, Joseph Taylor, CEO of Puma Global and longtime ally of the Blood Moon Pack.
“Eleanor,” Joseph said with exaggerated formality, “I’ll have to pick a bone with your father. When Alpha Gerald asked me to recommend Ms. Caroline for the position here at Thorne Enterprises, he didn’t tell me she was a goddess worthy of the Moon Goddess herself!”
I smiled awkwardly and heard a threatening growl behind me,
“Taylor, keep your hands and eyes off my executive assistant.” Alpha Draven’s voice was low and dangerous. “Ms. Bennett isn’t like those unmated she-wolves you usually chase across territories!”
I noticed Joseph Taylor’s amused glance shift from me to my boss.
“Well, well,” he chuckled, “the mighty Alpha Draven Thorne is being possessive over you, Ms. Bennett! How interesting! But, my dear friend Draven, I’m not sure I can resist staying away from such a beauty, even if she is a Beta wolf with no scent.”
“You’d better stay away, Joseph.” Ryan walked in, his tall frame filling the doorway. “You wouldn’t want to provoke our Alpha’s wrath.”
He smiled mockingly. “But who’s this lovely she-wolf with you, Joseph?”
“Don’t even try, Ryan. This is Eleanor Larson, and besides being Alpha Gerald’s daughter from Blood Moon Pack, she has a mate who looks like he stepped out of wolf legend. In short, untouchable like Ms. Bennett; no wonder they’re best friends,” Joseph answered, rolling his eyes.
“What a shame!” Ryan lamented dramatically. “But you two could introduce me to a friend who’s as beautiful as you are, right? I’ve been feeling so lonely since my last mate-rejection…” Ryan made such a pitiful face that everyone started laughing.
“Moon Goddess help us, Ryan, you have no boundaries!” Alpha Draven groaned.
“Unfortunately, we don’t have another super hot and cool she-wolf like us to introduce you to, Beta Ryan. I’m sorry,” Eleanor replied, laughing.
“Well, now that you gentlemen can keep your wolves in check, can we start working?” Alpha Draven said, ending the chitchat, but we still heard Ryan’s complaint.
“Aw, but we were having fun bonding between packs.”
We all laughed. The meeting went very well in a friendly atmosphere. Joseph and Alpha Draven discussed expanding their territory alliance to include business ventures, with Eleanor and I taking detailed notes. The partnership between Storm Valley Pack and Blood Moon Pack had been beneficial for both territories, and now they were extending that to their corporate empires.
Afterward, I said goodbye to my friend with a promise to share all the details that night, and when I returned to my desk, I only had time to answer some emails before the next meeting about the financial report.
Caroline’s POV
The moment everyone arrived, Draven instructed me to lock the office door and close his when I entered. We gathered on the sofas in his spacious office, the tension in the air palpable as Alpha prepared to speak.
“Here’s the situation,” Draven began, his violet eyes intense with concern. “You four are the only pack members I trust completely right now. What I’m about to share stays within these walls.”
He paused, his broad shoulders tensing beneath his tailored suit. “Six months ago, I noticed something wrong with our financial reports, accounting, and commercial data. Ryan and I started digging deeper. After checking the latest financial reports, we discovered someone is stealing from the pack’s company.”
My wolf Rory stirred uneasily within me. This was serious-pack resources being compromised meant potential danger for everyone.
“It’s not just money being siphoned away,” Beta Ryan said. “They’re diverting other resources too. Plus, clients are reducing business with us, and some have terminated contracts entirely.”
“Then we’re looking at something far more dangerous,” Clara said. “If the pack’s business is under coordinated attacks from multiple angles, we risk complete financial collapse.”
“Exactly, Clara,” Draven confirmed, running both hands through his golden-brown hair in frustration. “That’s why I had you retrieve those accounting documents without warning yesterday. But this situation is more extensive than I initially thought. We need a thorough investigation.”
My mind raced with possibilities. “Alpha Draven,” I said, “if there’s company-wide theft happening simultaneously on multiple fronts, this isn’t the work of a lone wolf-this is coordinated by a group.” I felt Rory stir within me. “When I worked at BuildRight Corp, I witnessed something similar happen to a supplier who appeared financially solid but went bankrupt overnight. He was a friend of Alpha Gerald.”
Ryan’s eyes locked with mine. “Do you know more about what happened?”
“Yes,” I nodded, sitting up straighter. “I was working as a secretary when Alpha Gerald made me available to help his friend for three months. The company had just received an audit that declared everything fine, but a week later, they were bankrupt-completely gutted. I helped him review all the documentation to understand what happened.”
Draven’s eyes lit up. “That’s fortunate for the pack. Your experience will be invaluable, Caroline.”
His lips curved into a smile that sent my heart racing. “Where did the audit fail?”
“The audit didn’t fail; it was compromised,” I explained. “We discovered the auditors were bought off by the perpetrators almost immediately. That’s why I believe you shouldn’t hire an external audit firm or announce an investigation. It would alert them, giving them time to destroy evidence, sabotage the process, or bribe the auditors.”
“But Carrie,” Kyle’s brow furrowed in confusion, “without an audit, how do we identify the traitors?”
I leaned forward. “We need to hire three or four trusted individuals under the guise of normal recruitment-people who can conduct an independent audit. They would infiltrate departments as undercover operatives without anyone knowing their true purpose. They can blend in, monitor daily activities, and access offices at night for unrestricted investigation.”
Draven and Ryan exchanged knowing glances, clearly in agreement. Then Draven spoke directly to me. “You have a strategy in mind, don’t you?”
I nodded, feeling a surge of confidence. “I do.”
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