Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Angelina’s POVThe Pacific sun hit my wine glass just right, turning the Cabernet the color of fresh blood. I leaned back against the yacht’s railing, letting the ocean breeze pull at my hair.“Alpha.” My head of security’s voice crackled through the earpiece. “Perimeter clear. Ten miles out, nothing but open water.”“Copy that.”Five years. That’s how long it took to conquer forty-nine packs and unite them under Riverbend’s banner. Some called me ruthless. Others called me a visionary.I thought, watching a seagull dive for fish.