Chapter 4

I murmured to myself, my voice choked with emotion as the quiet of the pack's living quarters enveloped me. From the common room, Zoya Martin's voice drifted in, sharp and calculating.

"Alpha Murray, did you hear?" she said. "Lyra's research is making waves—it's a significant breakthrough."

I froze, straining to catch every word.

Griffin replied with a lazy drawl, "Is that so? What's this breakthrough about?"

Her voice dropped, laced with seduction. "It's a major project. If she succeeds, she could change our place in the scientific realm."

"But," she paused, her words hanging like a lure, "...if you could…