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I Refuse To Be Your Luna

Chapter 41 A Seat At The Table

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By the time Walter dropped Rhys and me in front of the conference venue, I had reviewed Damian’s company profile three separate times.

I still couldn’t understand how one wolf had managed to build an organization that stretched

cross so many territories without anyone outside his circle knowing the full extent of it.

ery report had another subsidiary another acquisition, another figure that made me stop rolling.

Damian wasn’t simply wealthy Alpha families seemed to ac

“I can practically hear you

I glanced at him. “Wh

“You’ve had the sam refusing to admit

“I’m not impr

His mouth

We ent

entran

arse.

ential; his reach was large enough that even established him before making major business decisions.

om here,” Rhys said as he adjusted his tie.

ven mean?”

for twenty minutes. The one that says you’re impressed but

and I immediately noticed the security stationed around the

The

WO

guards. Their posture was too rigid, their senses too alert, and each a of Damian’s private security unit.

occupied the entire top floor of one of Damian’s subsidiary companies.

to-ceiling windows, imported crystal lighting and expensive cedarwood w much money moved through this place.

us into the executive meeting room, where several board members had

wolves, experienced enough that their scents carried the authority of long-

lowed when Rhys and I entered

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I felt several wolves assessing me before they looked away.

This was not simple curiosity. They were measuring my age, my confidence and whether I belonged at their table.

A silver-haired executive smiled at me. “Lady Flourish. I expected someone older.”

“I get that often.”

th certainly has its advantages,” another executive said with a quiet laugh.

my seat beside Rhys. “It does.”

ebrows lifted slightly, but I ignored him.

questions started almost immediately

hey asked about F-Tech’s growth, xperience.

One man repeatedly challenge previous meetings.

Another asked whether my responsibilities as CEO.

My fingers tightened

My wolf reacted

brief warning t

I drew one s

I have r

on plans, our investors and my leadership

d already defended successfully in three

ng ceremony would interfere with my

ould stop her, pushing against my control and sending a

er back down.

ny personal life to determine how I run my company,” I said.

of your subsidiaries last quarter,” he said calmly. “If Lady , the numbers should settle it.”

or another half hour, and by then ery question directly and

ved.

stopped trying to prove

mselves.

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Wine was placed in front of everyone, and a female executive across the table raised her glass,

“To successful partnerships.”

Everyone lifted theirs.

I hesitated.

My wolf had never handled alcohol well, and after the moonrose incident, I had no interest in giving her another reason to become difficult.

B

using in a room already determined to test me would be interpreted as weakness.

small sip.

another glass appeared.

another.

the fourth, I realized exactly what they were doing.

Come now, Lady Flourish,” one of the older men laughed. “Surely the famous CEO can handle he more.”

She doesn’t need to prove anything,” Rhys said.

We’re only having fun.”

“Funny. None of you seem particularly entertaining.”

I accepted the next glass anyway.

A few minutes later, heat spread through my face. My wolf stirred harder, restless beneath my skin, and I felt the familiar pressure building behind my eyes.

I set the glass down.

“Excuse me.”

I left before anyone could stop me.

Inside the restroom, I gripped the marble counter and stared at my reflection.

My cheeks were flushed, my eyes bri

increasing irritation.

“It’s fine,” I whispered.

wolf was pacing inside me with

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She answered with a low grow! I felt in my ribs.

I splashed cold water over my face and waited until my breathing settled. I needed to return composed,

I would not give those executives the satisfaction of seeing me love control.

When I stepped back into the hallway several minutes later, I knew something had changed.

Assistants moved quickly between rooms. Security had doubled near the elevators.

Executives who had been reled carlier were now standing straighter, checking documents and adjusting their clothes

One assistant hurried p

I returned to the com

Rhys looked up in

“Something hap

“I can see that

Nobody

with a stack of files clutched against his chest.

e you were gone.”

The s

His

do

utive who had questioned me earlier stood near the door.

was gone, replaced by the careful posture wolves used around a everything prepared?”

nly went still. That unsettled me more than her earlier restlessness.

re moved through the room, subtle but unmistakable.

ere seemed to feel it because c

ord the door. My wolf

years around Alpha

ut anyone asking for

every instinct I had was coming.

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Rhys leaned closer. “Do you know what’s happening?”

I shook my head.

One executive checked his phone, then immediately locked it. Another straightened his jacket and checked his scent blockers.

A third reviewed the same page three times.

These were powerful wolves. Yet they looked nervous.

Then someone near the bahispered, “He’s here.”

My stomach dropped a

There was only one floor without him

Damian.

My wolf react and the sudd

I closed

The

E

ay wolf lifted her head.

arrival could change the atmosphere of an entire executive

ely. She recognized his scent before I could smell anything clearly. made my stomach tighten.

Please don’t let it be him.

om increased. Then the conference room doors opened.

see who had entered, my wolf lowered her head in instinctive recognition.

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