Chapter 60

Aria's POV

Spring arrived with construction noise and chaos.

The dormitory project started exactly on schedule. Derek coordinated three separate work crews, each funded by a different pack. It should have been a disaster but somehow it worked.

Mostly because Derek refused to let anyone slow things down with territorial nonsense.

"I don't care which Alpha is paying for what," he told a group of workers arguing about whose methods to follow. "You're all building the same structure. Figure out how to work together or go home."

They figured it out.

I visited the site daily to check progress. Watching the foundation go in, then the frame, then...