Chapter 36. Tense Confrontation

Taya's POV

The blood drained from my face, and the young man from the past’s face flashed back in my mind.

I tried my best to control my emotions. I knocked on the open door and asked respectfully, “Elder Thorin, you wanted me?”

Brooks put down his coffee cup and looked up at me. “Taya, you're responsible for the welcoming of the Sterling pack, aren’t you?”

I nodded. “Yes, sir.”

Brooks glanced at his watch. “Please arrange dinner for this evening. You can book a high-end restaurant for six p.m., and I’d like for you to go to the airport to pick up Alpha Sterling.”

“Pick up Alpha Sterling?”

We worked with packs from all over the Midwest, and most of them made trips into MPC to handle business with other packs on neutral territory or to arrange projects between packs. Many times, a pack wouldn’t have the labor force for new construction, roads, utilities, and the like, so they contracted other packs to do the work via MPC. We