**Trigger Warning: Disturbing scene. Suicidal actions and attempted rape.** Gideon's POV My head bobbed to the music playing in the background as I did some paperwork in my office. I was dressed up for a meeting with another alpha later today, but right now, I needed to answer some emails and go over financials from the various businesses the pack owned. My mind and wolf kept wandering to the two days I spent mating with Temperance. She felt so good against my body while screaming my name in ecstasy. My beta Justin was sitting at a table working on some proposals. My Gamma Hayden had driven Temperance into town for whatever item she seemed to need urgently. I was mildly suspicious, but she readily agreed to let her brother drive her. I sighed and shook my head. I needed to focus