As soon as Preston made it inside, he went straight to his office and locked the door.  He hadn’t felt Marco’s glare or heard his snide remarks, not that he would have let them affect him anyway.  While he thought there were more qualified wolves to be the beta of this pack, Cy had still chosen him and Preston wasn’t going to be the one to let him down.<br/><br/>Luckily, he wasn’t bothered for the rest of the night and he assumed that was because someone had held Cy up.  The man was relentless when he thought something was wrong and Preston was grateful to whatever force kept him from prodding him with questions.  It was something he should have already been over anyway.<br/><br/>He could already tell that he’d spend a lot of time in the office, but in all honesty, he was looking forward to it.  This was his way to contribute not only to the pack, but in his opinion, the alpha who had let him in the pack.  It was his way to make up for his own failures so the mahogany desk the beta had had before was going to be his pride and joy.  He didn’t add that since Jay was wanting to do his own thing, working would keep his mind from constantly thinking about his mate to be...or so he hoped.<br/><br/>Once he began working, he kind of lost track of time.  It was in the middle of the night before he looked at the clock and the hours had just flown by.  It was the middle of the night and the yard had been silent for a long time.<br/><br/>“Shit,” he mutters softly, rubbing at his face before cleaning up and turning out the light.  He finds his room on the other side of the house and practically falls into bed.<br/><br/>A couple of hours later, after an unrewarding sleep, he’s up again.  This time, he does a run on two legs instead of four and runs until his muscle burns with exertion.  There’s a meeting in a few hours so he’s quick to shower and get cleaned up, as well as a cup of coffee.  He grabbed his notebook before heading to the meeting room to wait for the others.  The four of them needed to get an organized schedule together.