Chapter 118


    Within the hour, I’m airborne.


    A wolf named Heath is our pilot and his confident and easy demeanor made the flight a breeze. Wheels


    up to wheels down, we’re in Silicon Valley in under two hours. The


    corporation is a short ride from the airport and Liam has


    arranged to have a limousine waiting for us.


    I y with the moonstone pendant Aaron gave me on the


    drive.


    When I realize what I’m doing, I nce up. Liam is frowning at


    1. me.


    I inwardly sigh.


    He’ll neverpromise or want to preserve the peace with


    Aaron.


    I get it.


    I wasn’t so young that I forgot the lives lost. So many people


    grieving.


    My mom died because of the war.


    “You sure you want to do this?” Liam asks.


    I’m taken aback by his question.


    I mean…“Liam, this is our pack’spany. And if we lose it…”


    He nces out the window.


    I’m not interested in all the fancy modern buildings or the small houses stacked on top of each other


    that cost millions of


    dors. I’m focused on him.


    “We need Roberts Corp to seed.”


    He nods but doesn’t look at me. When we reach the headquarters, he gets out first and holds his hand


    out to help me out of the vehicle. Liam leads the way into the building.


    I have notes and thoughts of what I want to say and what I


    want to do.


    But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that part of me is fixated on Aaron. Is he here? And why does my heart


    race when I think about seeing him?


    AARON


    “Where the hell is she?”


    Cedric drags in a deep breath, like I can’t tell that he’s


    exasperated.


    We’ve been here an hour already.


    The penthouse suite of Roberts Corporation is quite nice. It’s entire walls of ss with views spanning


    out to the city and


    sightlines to the other major techpanies in the area.


    Pack Roberts had once been on the cutting edge of technology. Stocks had been coveted and they’d


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    been poised


    to make huge strides in the digital markets.


    But somewhere along the way, that passion for innovation


    died.


    The engineers stopped looking forward and gotcent. In the span of a few short years, what was


    a billion dorpany was devalued significantly.


    I eye the seven people seated around the conference table. They all look exceptionally anxious. The


    two wolves among


    them…even more so.


    I smell their sweat and fear.


    Their greed.


    As I’ve been buying up the shares of Roberts Corp it was always with an eye toward the future, but


    there isn’t an engineer among these entitled bastards, they don’t know how to roll up their sleeves and


    do the work. While they may have


    contributed to the sess during the formative years, they’ve grownx since.


    I’m not sure if they realize that I hold the controlling shares.


    I’m sessful enough and run in the same circles, that they’d know my capabilities outside of this


    boardroom.


    But…this isn’t about me.


    For now, anyway.


    I rub my chest. My wolf is stirring.


    It only takes a beat for me to know why.


    Leah.


    She’sing toward me…