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orization layer. The missing pages. Whoever had done this was clean. Without the highest-level a
ntil the 8:00
took a long gulp. The bitter, icy jolt hit her syste
struct it?
e access logs from the past half hour, the trimming marks on the paper, and the PR department's operational records in
tin and embedded a new clause at the end. A "R
irms known public information. All cross-border risks not explicitly authorized
confirm legal compliance, while the internal risk rep
ion triggered. Highest-level ale
her screen, the risk control offic
and snow pine flooded
nal guards. He'd changed into a dark gray bespoke su
nd remained poised above the sub
to assume liability for raw data. The missing attachments and trimming marks have already been syn
doesn't need to
ho had been hovering nearby, clearly about to scurry forward and make excuses, without so mu
rtment dictate risk control
f a palm's width from her own hand. It was subtle, almost casual, but it dre
n cold sweat. "Mr. Kingston, the timeline
m off, his gaze slicing through the man like a blade. "My chief aide will tak
He opened his mouth, closed it, then
m fell
sk as if none of this had disturbed her. He reached out with
s most valuable asset. I don't need my billion-dollar merger's Chief
"Go rest. At 7:00 p.m., change into formal wear. You
is hand and t
vering above the mouse. She paused for half
uiet now, save for the fading
who he just
d's insignia was issued by the Elders' Council. One of the few senior wolves in this whole buildin
r voice droppi
h those doors has a bloodline, a wolf form, and an Elder backing them. You're not wearing any m
ir, her fingertips brushing
. "If the Alpha opens the door for me, I can't
Top-floo
en heavy satin. The high-standing collar rose to just beneath her jawline, per
nt of the box, lay something else. A black-and-gold tempor
owed respectfully. "Without an insignia, the Eld
ection. The stamp of territorial belonging.
dn't t
ny ID badge. The cheap metal one with her photo and the words "Risk Control D
the merger project," Darcy said, her vo
pened his mouth as if to insist, then th
of her natural scent was sealed away. To the ordinary wolves in the banquet hall, sh
e plain metal badge pinned above her heart. She looked like a project lead attendi
The faint, layered vibration o
the door an
nia gleaming on his chest. Broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, every line of him cut with
high collar. And on her left chest, not his insignia, not the
contracte
sweetness of her pierced straight through to his senses. And the deliberate refusal of his mark, wearing tha
thed into controlled composure. He extended hi
hunt, Miss Clark?" His v
d on his forearm, graceful and composed, as if she'd done it a hundred times. Throug
anytime, Mr. Kingston." She tipped her chin
hrough the depths of his eyes, there and gone like a spark in the dar
saw you
s he led her toward the private territorial elevato
essed in from the other side. The city's pure-blood wolf elite, gather
r shoulders back, her expression unreadable. If they wanted to circ
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