Plague

SLADE POV

Looking up from the paperwork before me, I slanted my head as Jude stumbled into the room. He clutched a large wooden box filled with only the goddess knows what.

Sweat coated his forehead, and he panted.

I rolled my eyes as he set the box down. Jude could be dramatic sometimes; I doubted the box weighed much more than he was making it.

I was sure whatever was in it was for me, and he was making it a big deal since I sent him to do it.

I couldn't remember the job; I didn't think it was the moonstone pack's business. I had not done an official handover to Jude because I was reading through what was in the files handed to me.

It was my first time in the Pack's office, and I had only gotten access because I was now the Alpha King. Also, I had been trying to merge my former pack, the moon howler pack business, with the Moonstone pack.

It was even more tedious than I had imagined.

As Jude straightened, I gazed at him.

"Now, what is that? I hope you didn't bring dynamite to my off