Chapter 44. Web of Intrigues

Third-Person POV

“Ms. Palmer. I see you’re awake.”

Jackson quickly walked over to Taya and looked her up and down.

He’d returned to the suite earlier today to check on her, but she was sound asleep, and he didn’t want to wake her. Instead, he’d quietly left the room—even though he was pretty sure that a herd of wild horses couldn’t wake her. He’d gone into the Sterling pack’s Arcadia offices for a few meetings and then went back to check on her, only to find that she was still sleeping.

Part of him had wanted to wake her the second time to make sure she was okay, but another part of him was irritated that he even cared, that his wolf was pushing him to keep checking on her.

Now, he’d returned for a third time. Seeing that she had finally woken up, he couldn’t help but feel relief. He had never seen someone who could sleep so soundly.

Wolf shifters didn’t do that. They were too attuned to their surroundings, their hearing too keen,