#Chapter 25: A Quiet Chat

I am, quite predictably, exhausted at the Alpha's mansion the next day. Fortunately, there's a lovely little staff kitchen on the same floor as my office, and it's always stocked with very good, very strong imported coffee. I lean back in the leather chair behind my desk, sighing gratefully as I inhale the rich aroma of hazelnut wafting up from my third cup of the day. Man, this coffee is delicious. I think they have it specially flown in from some fancy little cafe in Paris, Claire said. There are definitely perks to working for the Alpha Wolf, let me tell you. I take a moment to look out the window to my right. My office is at the very end of the hall, which means I get two gorgeous old bay windows that flood the room with natural light. They overlook the grounds, mainly groups of maple trees. The view is going to be unbelievably stunning come autumn. Right now, we're slowly easing into early summer. May flowers have sprung up in lovingly tended beds that line the edges o