Chapter 420
Chapter 420:
Pack Mind-Link. The atmospheric pressure around him crackled with a dark, predatory lethal intent.
He severed the link and turned to me.
“Fletcher just reported in,” Kain rumbled, his voice a low, vibrating frequency that commanded the air around him. “Because of Victoria’s arrest and Edward’s bribery scandal, the Sterling family’s holding company is bleeding out. They have lost two billion dollars in market cap since Monday p>
He walked toward me, his Lycan Inner Wolf practically vibrating beneath his skin, hungry for absolute annihilation. “One command, my Queen. One word, and the Blackstone Financial Empire will launch a final, devastating short-selling attack. Before the market closes today, the Sterling family will be erased from the earth. Not even dust will remain p>
I looked up at the most dangerous apex predator on the continent. He was offering me the ultimate revenge on a silver platter. A week ago, the broken, wolfless Omega inside me might have taken it.
But as I touched the heavy moonstone resting against my collarbone, my dormant White Wolf hummed with a profound, unshakable calm. I didn’t want blood. I wanted a future.
I stood and reached out, wrapping my hands around his massive, scarred fist.
“If we destroy them for revenge, how are we any different from the people who hurt us?” I asked softly, holding his glowing golden gaze. “I don’t want our kingdom built on the ashes of my past, Kain. I want it built on us p>
𝗧h𝘦 𝘣es𝘁 𝘳е𝘷iеw𝘴 𝘰n
Kain froze. The violent, murderous storm in his eyes slowly evaporated, replaced by a profound, near-reverent awe. His ferocious Lycan, which had craved the slaughter of our enemies, was completely soothed by the gentle command of its Luna.
He brought my knuckles to his lips and pressed a hot, devoted kiss to my skin. “As you wish, my Queen p>
He closed his eyes for a fraction of a second. I felt the subtle shift in the air as he sent the silent Mind-Link across the ocean, ordering his Wall Street war machine to stand down. A breathtaking wave of freedom washed over me. I was finally, truly untethered from my past.
Kain pulled me flush against his hard chest, his chin resting on the top of my head. “Fletcher also mentioned that Richard Davenport is forcing Jase to marry Isabelle Sterling today,” he murmured, a faint shadow crossing his tone. “An unfortunate coincidence — two failing houses merging in a desperate bid for survival p>
“Let them have each other,” I whispered, burying my face in his chest.
I didn’t care about their pathetic alliances. And as I would later learn from Fletcher’s intelligence briefings, my mercy proved far more destructive than Kain’s wrath ever could have been.
By calling off the external attack, we left the Sterlings with nothing to fight but themselves. Inside their Manhattan townhouse, a storm of human greed and frailty erupted. Arthur Sterling, furious over the evaporated billions, hurled thick financial reports directly at Edward’s face. Edward screamed back, blaming his father’s relentless greed for the family’s downfall.