Page 12 of Knocked Up By My Fated Alpha
“Newbie,” Wendy drawled. “Stop eavesdropping and get my report ready. I have a presentation in five.”
Since the day I got here, Wendy had me do at least half of her assigned work in a week. Presumably a sort of hazing of the new recruit. Even without a wolf, it wouldn’t take me much to wring Wendy’s delicate neck and toss her halfway across the room, but I simply nodded like it was nothing.
“Yes, ma’am.”
The last thing I needed was to draw any attention or suspicion to myself. As I stepped into my cubicle, I barely caught the tail end of Wendy’s irritated murmur directed at me.
“...loser nobody, always sucking up to Martin like she owns the damn place.”
So much for trying not to draw attention.
“Everyone to the meeting room. The new CEO is arriving in five minutes!” Lucia hurried by, spreading the news.
Panic broke out across the office space at the news of the CEO’s impromptu arrival, and I wasn’t exempt.
He wasn’t due till next week! I still had more than a few arrangements to be done. Goddess, I couldn’t afford to offend my new boss this early on.
I joined the rest of the staff heading to the largest meeting room Cityscape had. I had only just taken my seat when a fierce tingling sensation raised the hairs on the back of my neck. My breathing constricted, and that all-powerful dominant aura I’d only felt once before hit me.
Even before he entered, I knew it was him. My one-night stand. He strode into the meeting room like he owned the place and everyone else was superfluous. And in his overwhelming presence, they were.
He was decked out in a navy-blue suit that did marvelous things to the sculpted body I knew lay beneath. He effortlessly drew and held attention with his dark, shoulder-length hair tied back in a low bun, his chiselled jawline, and golden hazel gaze that dared anyone to question him.
I swallowed, my mind emptying for a second. I’d thought I recalled everything about him in acute detail, but I had been wrong. He was far more stunning than I recalled. All the staff stood welcoming him witha bow, and I joined a second later, my mind still lagging, struggling to piece together what on earth was going on.
He was going to be my new boss? How was that even possible?
He took the seat at the head of the table, casually gesturing for the rest of us to take ours.
“I am Damien Blackwell, alpha of the Shadow Thorn Pack, head of Thorn Industries that has recently acquired Cityscape, and for the next six months, I will be directly heading this company…”
Just like that, my entire world tilted on its axis. I failed to hear what else he said after that.
Damien Blackwell. At the mention of his name, a chill went up my veins as I realized the reason he’d seemed so familiar that night and even now. It was Elias’s resemblance to him. Damien Blackwell. The current Alpha Elias was to succeed.
He was Elias’s uncle, whom I had never met, but his reputation as a ruthless, bloodthirsty alpha who decimated packs over simple slights and even murdered his own mate preceded him.
That Damien Blackwell was my one-night stand and my new boss? What were the fucking odds?
“Yes, sir,” Everyone chorused in response to something I had missed, bowing their heads in unison. I returned from my thoughts to realize I was the only one left with my head still raised.
Damien Blackwell’s hazel gaze locked onto mine, and a shiver raced through me as his eyes lit up with a hint of recognition.
“You,” he said in that velvety, rich, smooth, silky voice that haunted my dreams.
Chapter Five
Damien
Marie trembled as she knelt, her forehead grazing the marbled ground, tiny pathetic sobs escaping her.
“Alpha, please have mercy.”
The woman who’d drugged me in an attempt to get me into her bed so she could publicize the issue and secure a position as my Luna didn’t seem to realize how lucky she was to be able to keep her life.
“Alpha, I made a mistake—” she pleaded, but I didn’t let her finish.
“If you are still in Shadow Thorn territory in the next hour, you will be executed.”
