A Staunch Defense and a Nightclub Favor

"So you're telling me Alpha Orion spent the entire college semester singing in a rock band?" I asked incredulously, nearly choking on my coffee.

Clara nodded eagerly, her eyes gleaming with gossip. "Not just any band. They were called 'Lunar Howl,' and apparently, they actually played real gigs at bars around campus."

The four of us—Clara, Sylvia, Chloe, and I—sat huddled in our design studio's lounge area, taking a much-needed break after finalizing the winter collection display arrangements. What had started as a discussion about marketing strategies had quickly devolved into pack gossip, with Alpha Orion as the primary subject.

Sylvia leaned forward conspiratorially. "My cousin dated his drummer briefly. She said Orion was quite the bad boy back then—motorcycle, leather jacket, the whole rebellious Alpha heir package."

"Hard to imagine him like that now," Chloe mused, twirling a pencil between her fingers. "He's so... intense and focused."