••• Hayden’s POV •••

“Damn, that was a difficult deal,” Noah, my right-hand man, or Beta if one day I became the Alpha of the Red Claw Pack, heaved out a relief.

“And yet you are still able to secure the business deal,” he praised me and looked at me with a gaze full of admiration.

I laughed and downed my shot as we were currently in a bar to celebrate the deal's success.

“I like challenging tasks.” I winked at him.

“If not for your brother being older, you would have become the Alpha instead,” he mumbled, yet despite the sounds around us, I could still hear him.

I...