Chapter 6

Sophia's POV

Derick had called me into his office without explanation, and the moment the door shut behind me, I understood this wasn't going to be about mop schedules or spilled coffee.

He stood behind his desk rather than sitting, arms crossed, studying me the way a predator studies something it hasn't decided whether to trust yet.

"Tell me. Did the Night Walkers send you here, rejected mate?" Derick stared at me like he was hunting for a lie in my face.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Derick. No one sent me here to spy on your company," I said, holding his gaze even as my pulse quickened.

"Then why work for your pack's biggest rival? Of all the places you could have gone?" he pressed, circling slowly around the des