The Alpha's Patience

Declan

The office feels smaller tonight, the weight of it pressing in with every breath. Papers are stacked across the desk, reports, notes from border patrol, lists of supplies. But the one thing I can’t stack neat and tidy is the pack’s reaction to what I told them.

Caleb sits across from me, broad shoulders squared, his expression the same unreadable mask he wears in battle. But I know him well