Shadows on the Trail

*Valerie POV*

I sit quietly, sinking back into the plush cushions of the heavy leather chair, my eyes locked on the imposing man across the room. I watch Kravos aggressively sort through a massive mountain of paperwork on his grand mahogany desk. He shoves a stack of folders aside with unnecessary force, his jaw clenched tight enough to snap bone. His foul, terrifyingly dark mood has aggressively