I was truly pulled into the center of power not because they trusted me,but because—they didn’t have time to push me out.

In the early hours of that morning, when the alarm blared, I was still整理ing the previous day’s meeting notes.

The piercing sound tore through the corridors. Almost instantly, Alpha presence detonated across the entire territory—chaotic, taut, laced with aggression.

I had just stood up when there was a knock on my door.

Not a polite knock.

A command.

“Come out.”

I opened the door to see one of the Alphas standing in the hallway, his expression cold and rigid.

“Something’s happened on the eastern outer line,” he said....