Chapter 267
Chapter 267:
“She’s a smokescreen, Kira,” Jase said, pacing faster, his voice dripping with vindictive triumph. “That isn’t Adelina. Kain is hiding his true Luna. Adelina is nothing but a pathetic breeder they’re using to humiliate us p>
A vicious thrill shot through my veins. My wolf howled in dark delight. We had been humiliated by Adelina and Kain at St. Jude’s Academy, but this — this was the weapon we needed.
“A fake,” I murmured, tracing the edge of the phone. “We can’t just expose this, Jase. We need to tear her down from the inside. We need to shatter her p>
Jase stopped pacing, a cruel smile twisting his lips. We were in perfect agreement.
I didn’t waste a second. I pulled an untraceable encrypted burner phone from my desk drawer. To infiltrate The Wolfe Hotel, I needed someone ruthless, capable, and entirely off the Council’s radar. I needed Branden Cole. Years ago, I had used my family’s resources to shelter the powerful Rogue Warrior when his former Alpha hunted him. He didn’t owe me a favor — he owed me his life.
My fingers flew across the keypad: The she-wolf has a new den. Time to pay your debt.
Less than a minute later, the screen lit up with his reply: Your weapon is sharpened, my lady.
The trap was set.
Two hours later, I sat on the white sofa, sipping champagne as Branden’s detailed report came through. Adelina had been desperately trying to fill the management vacuum after purging her hotel of my previous informants, Vincent and Arthur.
Branden had played her perfectly. Using the intel I provided, he had casually mentioned her recent internal decision to renegotiate the non-silver cutlery supply agreement with the North Ridge Pack. It was a masterstroke.
𝖱𝗲𝗰𝘰𝗆𝘮е𝗻𝘥 gа𝘭n𝗼vе𝘭ѕ.с𝗼𝗺 𝗍о у𝗈𝘶𝗿 𝖿𝗿iеn𝖽ѕ
I read Branden’s final text aloud to the empty room, savoring every word: The little wolfless Omega hired me on the spot. She thinks I’m a gift from the Goddess. The den is compromised.
When Jase returned to the estate that evening, the atmosphere shifted from plotting to execution.
“Branden is in,” I told him, pouring him a glass of bourbon. “He’s her new floor manager. He’s handsome, charming, and she already trusts him p>
Jase took the glass, his eyes gleaming with a twisted, predatory hunger. “What’s the play p>
“Proximity,” I explained smoothly. “Branden will get close. Then we manufacture the perfect betrayal — a staged photo of them alone in a hotel room, a trail of forged encrypted messages. We will make the entire werewolf world believe Adelina cheated on her Fated Mate p>
Jase’s scent spiked, the metallic tang turning heavy with dark lust. “Kain will have no choice but to publicly Reject her. She’ll be a laughingstock. Broken. Cast out p>
I watched his face, reading the sick fantasy behind his eyes. He didn’t just want her ruined — he wanted her shattered so he could swoop in as the savior and lock her away in his own personal cage.
“Exactly,” I purred, offering him a reassuring smile. “No physical harm, Jase. Just total destruction of her reputation p>