Hearing the stranger's words, Damion's golden eyes narrowed into a skeptical squint that portrayed absurdity. As much as Kayden’s untimely demise meant a replacement with a new worker, he wasn't expecting applicants to start trudging in so soon. Even more baffling, for one of them to have access to his office without his consent.

‘Richardson on! I need you to come down here, right now!’, he growled, summoning his beta through a mind-link.

While he did so, his gaze was still pinned down on the redhead, whose broad smile and sly features seemed to mock him.

It was still surprising to Alpha Damion that even after displaying his irritation at...