Chapter 303
Chapter 303:
The Warriors didn’t hesitate. They hauled Jase up by his arms and dragged the Davenport Alpha out of my office like a discarded bag of garbage. Jase didn’t even fight back. His eyes were hollow, his spirit entirely crushed.
As the door clicked shut behind them, the electric warmth of the mate-bond hummed in my chest. Through that fragile connection, I felt the chilling echo of Kain’s final command to his guards.
If he comes within a hundred yards of her again, break his legs.
Jase POV
An hour after being dragged out of The Wolfe Hotel like a piece of trash, I shoved open the heavy mahogany doors of the Davenport Alpha Sanctum. The doors slammed violently against the wood-paneled walls.
𝗧𝗁e 𝗯𝗲𝘴𝘵 𝗋𝖾vі𝗲𝘄ѕ 𝗼n
My father, Richard Davenport, sat alone at the head of the massive polished conference table. The room was empty of the board of directors, but the dark, wall-sized screen reflected my bruised, pathetic state. I marched forward and threw Martha Hayes’s sworn testimony onto the center of the table.
“Read it,” I snarled, my Inner Wolf clawing frantically at my ribs. “Kira locked Adelina in the silver vault. She’s a monster, and I am ending this alliance today p>
Richard didn’t even flinch. His scent — a cold, calculating mix of fir and absolute authority — didn’t spike. He calmly adjusted his expensive cuffs, glancing at the papers with utter indifference. “The board doesn’t care about the past of a wolfless Omega, Jase. We care about the stock price p>
The realization hit me like a physical blow to the chest. I stared into his freezing eyes, the horrifying truth dawning on me. “You knew. You all knew, and you helped cover it up p>
“I protected our empire,” Richard stated, his voice dropping into a freezing, oppressive frequency that bordered on an Alpha’s Command. “You will marry the Parrish girl and secure the merger. If you defy me, I will convene the Elders and challenge your Alpha title before sunset p>
My Inner Wolf howled in agony at the ultimate betrayal. My own blood had sold out my honor for a profit margin. I reached up, ripped the expensive silk tie from my neck, and dropped it onto the floor.
“Keep the title,” I spat, my voice shaking with a rage I could no longer contain. “I quit p>
I turned my back on my father and walked out of the Sanctum, severing myself completely from the empire I had bled for.
The stainless steel doors of my private elevator slid shut, sealing me in a cold, reflective cage. My hands shook as I pulled out my phone. My calls to Adelina were blocked, but my desperate, fractured wolf needed to see her. I opened her social media.
A new photo, posted three minutes ago.
It was a shot of two coffee cups on a glass table, the sprawling Manhattan skyline in the background. The Eyrie Terrace. But it wasn’t the view that made my blood boil. Resting casually next to her cup was a massive, powerful arm, the sleeve of a dark Henley pushed up to reveal a platinum watch that screamed ancient wealth. Kain Blackwell.