Caesar's POV I ended the emergency conference call with the corporate PR department out in the courtyard, my patience wearing thin with their incompetence. When I realized Viya still hadn't emerged from inside, unease prickled beneath my skin. Something felt wrong. I moved back toward the manor entrance, my wolf Olsen stirring restlessly. *Check on her,* he urged, and for once, I didn't argue with him. That's when I heard it—Hailey's voice dripping with contempt as she went after Viya. The words hit me like a physical blow, and rage flooded my system so fast I nearly shifted right there in the hallway. Viya carrying Lucius's child was one thing. A fact that made my wolf snarl with jealous fury every time I thought about it, but a fact nonetheless. Her constantly c

