#Chapter 71: Taken

Alexander I was buried in quarterly financial reports when my phone rang. The pack’s trade contracts needed reviewing, and Gabriel’s recent unauthorized communications had left me double-checking every single agreement we had in place. I couldn’t afford to make mistakes now, even if I was exhausted from working on this paperwork all day. “Alexander speaking,” I answered the phone, expecting a pack official or my Beta. “Hey, it’s Liam. Are you busy?” I sat up at the sound of Liam’s voice and glanced at the stack of papers on my desk. “Always. Did you need something?” “I was wondering if you wanted to grab dinner tonight. Talk about some things.” Surprised, I blinked. Liam had mentioned wanting to go out and talk before, but I didn’t expect him to actually go through with it. I thought it was just one of those things that people say to each other, something in the same vein of “Yeah, we’ll definitely still be best friends after high school!” I ha