Chapter 23
Chapter 23:
“Now see here!” Bryan finally stammered, his face flushing with a mix of fear and outrage. “You can’t just walk in here and threaten my family! We are finalizing a merger regarding the Silvermoon assets p>
“Any proposed mergers are void,” I cut him off, letting a fraction of my Lycan aura bleed into the room. The atmospheric pressure plummeted. “Adelina’s shares in The Wolfe Hotel Group are now under my direct proxy. Furthermore, the Blackstone Empire’s forensic audit team will be at your offices tomorrow morning to review the last five years of your embezzlement p>
Bryan’s jaw dropped, his fake Alpha facade shattering completely.
“You can’t do that!” Carolyn shrieked, slamming her hands on the table, desperate to cling to her stolen power. “I am the executor! I control the trust stipulations! I will have the Pack Elders annul this fraudulent Mating bond tonight p>
I stepped forward. The crushing, invisible weight of my true authority slammed into the room, forcing Bryan to his knees and making Carolyn choke on her own breath.
“The trust belongs to my Luna,” I snarled, my voice vibrating with centuries of glacial fury. “And you have just threatened the Luna of the Alpha King p>
The words hung in the air like a death sentence. Carolyn’s eyes rolled back slightly as the sheer terror of my identity broke her composure. Bryan stared at the floor, a broken, ruined man.
I turned to Adelina. Her beautiful eyes were wide with absolute shock, processing the magnitude of the lie I had told her, but beneath the fear I saw a spark of cold, queenly fire. She wasn’t a broken Omega anymore.
I gently took her hand and pulled her away from the wreckage of her abusers. We turned our backs on the dead silence of the dining room and walked out into the freezing New York night, where my armored Rolls Royce Phantom waited at the curb.
T𝗵е 𝗆𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝗈𝘱𝘶𝘭а𝗿 𝘯𝘰𝗏𝘦𝗹𝘀 𝗈𝗻
Adelina POV
The heavy door of the armored Rolls Royce Phantom clicked shut, instantly severing the freezing New York wind and the chaotic street noise. Inside the dimly lit cabin, the world shrank down to just the two of us. The air was thick with the scent of expensive leather and Kain’s intoxicating aura—ancient cedar and pure, crackling power. But right now, that scent didn’t feel like a sanctuary. It felt like a cage.
I stared at the man sitting beside me, the phantom weight of what I had just witnessed crushing my lungs. He hadn’t merely intimidated Alpha Vincent and Bryan Parrish; he had broken their minds with a single sentence.
“You’re the Alpha King,” I whispered, my voice trembling. “You’re a Lycan p>
Kain didn’t blink. His dark eyes, swirling with centuries of glacial calm, met mine. “Yes p>
“You lied to me.” The betrayal burned hot in my chest. I had thought I was manipulating a desperate Rogue into a business transaction. Instead, I had willingly walked into the jaws of the most lethal predator on the continent.
“I omitted the truth,” Kain corrected smoothly, his deep voice vibrating in the confined space.