CHAPTER TWO
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Maverick’s goonsstarted moving around the room to question people at their desks while the Alpha began one-on-one interviews. He started with the most powerful people in the company, while they handled the rest of us.
Time crept past slowly.
So slowly.
I kept looking between the clock on the top of my computer’s screen and the list I’d started.
Everyone who worked closely with Steven and was technically his subordinate had issues with him, but some of us had bigger issues than others.
10:06
Me
10:07
Phyllis (the head of risk compliance)
10:08
Carter (the head of trading compliance)
10:09
Celeste (the head of operations)
10:10
Harper (his personal assistant)
10:10
Why was time refusing to move?
My heartbeat was fast enough and loud enough to tell any werewolf—or vampire—exactly how I was feeling.
