Lily's Point of view

The email arrived mid-morning. I was drowning in reports, my eyes burning from the screen, when the notification flashed on my screen.

Subject: Exclusive Business Invitation

Sender: Caldwell Enterprises

I blinked.

Richard Caldwell. The name sounded familiar, too familiar. He is among the city's most powerful business tycoons, a man who had his fingers in all aspects of the business world, from real estate to technology startups. But more notably, he was one of the leaders in the burgeoning gulf between humans and werewolves and he had been secretly working against Marcus. I hesitated before opening the email, my heart racing.

Ms. Vance,

We would be...