Chapter 170

Silvano I stood in the hallway outside the conference room,feeling my wolf prowling restlessly beneath my skin. The merger agreement with the Eastern territories had consumed most of my morning,but my thoughts kept drifting to what Adrian had told me last night about seeing Freya at the hotel. "She was helping Elena into the elevator," Levi had confirmed when I questioned him. "She looked... different somehow. More distant." Even now,hours later,my wolf was still unsettled by this information. Freya had been avoiding me for weeks,ever since she'd moved out of the pack house. The bond between us had grown dangerously thin,stretched almost to breaking point. "Alpha Silvano,the documents are ready for your signature," my assistant announced,pulling me from my thoughts. I nodded,my face maintaining the cold,composed expression that had become my signature in these business dealings. Every wolf in our territory knew better than to mention my mate around me these days. The subject had become