Chapter 424
Chapter 424:
“It was brutal,” Blake laughed, a dark, satisfied sound. “She sat down uninvited. I couldn’t hear everything, but she was using this condescending, clinical tone. She actually implied that because your Inner Wolf is dormant, you couldn’t ‘physiologically’ satisfy a Lycan. She was offering herself as a ‘logical’ alternative p>
A lethal calm settled over me.
“Kain’s ancient cedar scent turned absolutely murderous,” Blake continued, awe bleeding into her voice. “He crushed his crystal whiskey glass in his bare hand. The shards embedded in his palm, but he healed instantly. He let out a subsonic growl that made my knees weak from across the room. He told her to never question his Luna again, then walked out and left her trembling like a leaf p>
I smiled — a chilling, razor-sharp curve of my lips. Kain had already crushed her challenge, but Dr. Chloe Monroe had made a fatal miscalculation. She thought she only had to survive the Lycan King’s rejection. She didn’t realize she had just stepped into the crosshairs of his Queen.
Adelina POV
Just past midnight, the glittering Manhattan skyline served as a silent witness to the quiet intimacy of the Penthouse Den at Blackstone Tower. The air was thick with the intoxicating blend of Kain’s ancient cedar and my wild roses and storm.
I slid my phone across the massive marble kitchen island. The screen illuminated Blake’s photo of Dr. Chloe Monroe leaning entirely too close to my Mate.
“Care to evaluate this little business meeting?” I asked, my tone as smooth and assessing as a corporate raider.
Kain glanced at the screen. Instantly, his ancient cedar scent turned icy, laced with pure, unadulterated disgust. “Chloe Monroe,” he growled, his voice a dark rumble. “A persistent ghost from my family’s past p>
He didn’t hesitate to recount every disrespectful syllable she had uttered about my dormant White Wolf and our marriage. As he spoke, the gold of his Lycan Inner Wolf bled into his dark eyes, flashing with lethal intent.
Without breaking eye contact with me, Kain tapped his earpiece, opening a Mind-Link to his Beta. “Revoke Dr. Monroe’s medical license by morning. Buy out her clinic and burn the lease p>
J𝘰𝗂𝗻 th𝖾 𝘤𝘰𝗆𝘮𝗎ո𝗶𝗍𝗒 𝖺t 𝗀𝗮𝗅ոo𝘷e𝗅𝘀.сo𝗺
I reached across the marble, my fingers gently covering his. “Cancel that order,” I murmured.
Kain blinked, the gold in his eyes swirling with confusion. “She disrespected my Luna p>
“And I want to see exactly what kind of game this human thinks she’s playing,” I smiled, a cold, absolute certainty settling in my veins.
Kain stared at me, utterly mesmerized by the sheer arrogance of my command. The lethal tension in his jaw melted into a wicked smirk. He pulled me across the island, capturing my lips in a bruising, passionate kiss that tasted of absolute loyalty. The Queen’s board was set.
Carmella POV
The next evening, the heavy glass door of my executive suite at the Wolfe Hotel slammed open.
Ferris Hawthorne stormed in like a panicked hurricane. The scent of his Beta Inner Wolf hit me instantly — entirely soured by raw, suffocating terror.
“You need to stay away from him!” Ferris screamed, pacing frantically in front of my mahogany desk. For twenty minutes, he hurled venomous warnings about Senator Grant Blackwell, calling him a filthy politician.