I am, quite predictably, exhausted at the Alpha's mansion the next day. Fortunately, there's a lovely little staff kitchen on the same floor as my office, and it's always stocked with very good, very strong imported coffee. I lean back in the leather chair behind my desk, sighing gratefully as I inhale the rich aroma of hazelnut wafting up from my third cup of the day. Man, this coffee is delicious. I think they have it specially flown in from some fancy little cafe in Paris, Claire said. There are definitely perks to working for the Alpha Wolf, let me tell you. I take a moment to look out the window to my right. My office is at the very end of the hall, which means I get two gorgeous old bay windows that flood the room with natural light. They overlook the grounds, mainly groups of map