"I was able to successfully complete the entire process," Zara said, her voice steady as she turned a corner, only to halt abruptly.
Her eyes locked on a familiar car slowly approaching from the opposite direction. Her stomach twisted.
'What the hell is my mother-in-law doing here?,' she thought, cursing under her breath. 'Damn… I can't let her catch a whiff of my scent. If she does, she'll start her usual interrogations, and I'm not in the mood for that right now.'
The sharp chime of a voice pulled her back to the moment.
"Then do you mind telling me what the issue is? I was in the middle of something," Varek's deep velvet tone snapped her from her thoughts.
Zara cleared her throat quickly and began, "Can I speak to the Alpha? I have an urgent report. It concerns Ms. Valessia," she said, urgency sharpening every word.
