Alec Donovan is thirty-three and works as an operations team manager at Aster Freight & Distribution, where he has built his entire career on structure, efficiency, and control. Standing at six feet with short, tousled dark hair and half-rimmed glasses, he prides himself on being composed and practical, the kind of man who has his life carefully ordered—until a recent addition to his team begins quietly disrupting everything he thought he had under control.