Chapter 64
Chapter 64:
“Ma’am, you cannot assault our VIP clients!” the manager scolded, stepping between us.
“I didn’t touch her,” I said evenly. I looked at Jase. This was it — the final test of whatever shred of Alpha honor he had left. “Tell him, Jase. You saw exactly what she did p>
But Jase just stared at me. His Inner Wolf was writhing in a toxic cocktail of humiliation and possessive rage. He had seen the ring I was buying for another man. He wanted me broken. He wanted me to realize that without his protection, I was nothing but a vulnerable stray in a world that favored power. He crossed his arms and chose a cruel, silent betrayal.
“Check your security cameras,” I demanded, my heart hammering against my ribs.
The manager sneered, his tone dripping with condescension. “Our system is undergoing routine maintenance. Security, escort this woman out immediately p>
Two burly security guards materialized, their hands clamping roughly onto my arms. I didn’t fight them — I wouldn’t give Kira the satisfaction of a physical struggle. But as they dragged me toward the heavy glass doors, I locked eyes with Jase one last time.
“You’re a coward, Jase,” I said, my voice ringing with absolute, final disgust. “You always were p>
The guards shoved me out onto the freezing pavement of Fifth Avenue. The heavy doors locked behind me with a definitive click, leaving me humiliated and entirely alone on the bustling street.
Adelina POV
The freezing wind of Fifth Avenue whipped through my hair, biting into my skin as the heavy glass doors of Harry Winston locked behind me. I stood on the pavement, my chest tight with the suffocating weight of public humiliation. Kira had won again. Jase had stood by and watched.
𝖮𝗿𝘨an𝗂z𝗲 𝗒o𝘂𝘳 l𝗶b𝗿a𝘳у o𝗇 𝗴alո𝘰𝘷e𝗅ѕ.c𝗈𝗺
Before the first tear of frustration could even form, the chaotic stench of city exhaust was violently obliterated.
A thick, intoxicating wave of ancient cedar and raw, crackling power wrapped around me like a physical shield. Kain. I didn’t even have to turn around. The atmospheric pressure plummeted so drastically that the humans walking past us unconsciously quickened their pace, driven away by the invisible aura of an apex predator.
Kain stepped up behind me. He didn’t ask what had happened. His storm-gray eyes were already bleeding into a terrifying, pitch-black void, his Inner Wolf clawing at the surface, enraged by the lingering scent of my distress.
Without a single word, his large hand wrapped around mine. He pushed the heavy glass doors open and marched me right back into the sanctuary of white lilies and polished diamonds.
Jase and Kira were still standing near the counter, gloating like two victorious peacocks. But the moment Kain crossed the threshold, the entire magnetic field of the room shattered. His lethal scent flooded the boutique, instantly suffocating Jase’s aggressive metallic ozone.
Jase froze. I could physically see his shoulders drop as his Inner Wolf let out a pathetic, involuntary whimper of pure terror.