His name was Theo Marsh.
No relation to Dena, as he clarified almost immediately — a coincidence of surname that he found mildly amusing and that nobody else in the room found amusing at all. He was the newly appointed liaison from the territorial council's reformed oversight structure, here to coordinate with Shadowmere on the framework rebuild Darius had been planning since the night on the floor of the study.
He was also, Sera registered within about four seconds of meeting him, extremely aware of how he looked.
Not vain, exactly. Just — calibrated. The kind of Alpha who had learned somewhere along the way that a certain amount of charm opened doors that authority alone didn't, and had practiced the charm until it sat on him like a well-cut coat.
He looked at Sera for slightly too l
