Viya's POV On the drive to the Blackwood Pack house, my mind raced through calculations of how quickly I could complete the project. Once the drug was developed, the Blackwood pack would lose their leverage over me. I could take Sophia and go somewhere far away—perhaps even leave the country. I couldn't understand why power and social hierarchies divided people so sharply into different classes. Ordinary people exhausted themselves just trying to survive. Caught in rush hour traffic, it took me over an hour to reach the mansion. As soon as I entered the reception room, I spotted Amber Laurent sitting gracefully beside Luna Margaret, clearly the guest of honor for the evening. Luna Margaret wore an unusually pleasant expression—she clearly approved of Amber. "Grandmother

