Chapter 35
Chapter 35:
Bryan froze, his fist trembling in mid-air. He stared at the photo, his eyes bulging as he recognized the man holding me.
“My Mate is Kain Blackwell,” I declared.
The name dropped like a physical bomb. The atmospheric pressure in the foyer shattered. Bryan and Carolyn’s Inner Wolves instantly collapsed, whining in absolute, paralyzing terror at the invocation of the Alpha King. All the color drained from their faces. They were no longer looking at a wolfless Omega; they were looking at the executioner of their entire family.
Carolyn’s horror rapidly morphed into a sickening, fawning desperation. “Adelina, darling, we didn’t know p>
I shoved her reaching hands away with pure disgust. I stepped down the stairs and walked straight up to Bryan, who was shaking so violently his knees were buckling.
“I want my shares in The Wolfe Hotel Group,” I commanded, my voice echoing in the dead silence of the foyer. “Now p>
Adelina POV
𝖫𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗇
I didn’t wait for Bryan’s answer. I turned and walked straight toward his private study, knowing he and my mother would scramble to follow.
The study reeked of stale cigar smoke and the sour, pungent stench of Bryan’s absolute terror. I walked behind his massive mahogany desk and tossed a thick legal document—drafted by the Blackstone Empire’s elite lawyers—onto the polished wood.
“Sign it,” I commanded, my voice echoing in the tense room. “Irrevocable transfer of my father’s five percent and Elder Maeve’s fifteen percent proxy voting rights for The Wolfe Hotel Group p>
Bryan hesitated, sweat beading on his forehead as he stared at the paper. “Adelina, be reasonable. You don’t know how to run p>
“If you don’t sign it right now,” I interrupted, my voice dropping to a glacial whisper, “Kain’s forensic accountants will begin a full audit of the Pack trust fund by morning. They will trace every single dime you and Mother siphoned from the Warrior pensions and pup education funds to pay for her gambling debts and Kira’s designer wardrobe p>
The threat of being stripped of his proxy Alpha title and exiled as a Rogue broke him completely. His Inner Wolf whimpered in pathetic submission. With trembling hands, Bryan snatched a pen and signed the papers.
“I’ll hold off the audit. For now,” I promised coldly, securing the invisible noose around his neck.
Carolyn, who had been hovering near the door, suddenly let out a breathless, greedy gasp. Her social-climbing instincts temporarily overrode her fear. “The Alpha King… Oh, the alliances we can make. When the other Packs find out I am his mother-in-law p>
“You will say absolutely nothing,” I snapped, pivoting to face her. I lied smoothly, weaponizing Kain’s terrifying reputation to keep her in line. “The Alpha King despises social climbers. If he finds out you are using our Mating bond to brag, he will view it as a direct insult to the Blackstone Pack. He will initiate a purging p>
The word purging drained the color from both their faces.