Chapter 161
Chapter 161:
Dr. Evans snapped his medical bag shut. “The bruising on her cheek is superficial, Alpha. Ice and rest will suffice.” He glanced nervously at my split, bloodied knuckles. “Should I tend to your hands, Sire p>
“Leave us,” I growled.
Evans bowed hastily and hurried out through the heavy oak doors. I turned to Adelina. She sat on the velvet sofa, her wild rose scent laced with lingering fear and a heavy, confusing guilt. She wasn’t looking at her own bruised face; her eyes were fixed entirely on my torn skin.
She reached for the first-aid kit on the coffee table and pulled out an antiseptic wipe. “Give me your hand,” she whispered.
I offered it. The moment her delicate fingers brushed my bruised skin, a violent electric spark shot up my arm. My beast purred, instantly soothed by her touch.
“You shouldn’t have lied to me about where you were going,” I rasped, the restraint burning my throat.
𝗠𝗈𝘀𝗍 rеа𝘥 𝘁𝗁іѕ 𝘄𝘦ek o𝘯 𝘨а𝗅𝘯𝗈𝘃еlѕ.𝗰𝗼𝘮
“I didn’t want to hide behind you,” she murmured, carefully cleaning the dried blood from my knuckles. “I caused this mess p>
I caught her hand, halting her movements. My storm-gray eyes locked onto hers, the raw Lycan possessiveness bleeding through my glacial mask. “Forget the contract, Adelina. He marked what is mine. I should have killed him p>
Her breath hitched. Her eyes widened in absolute shock as the unfiltered truth washed over her, shattering the illusion of our business arrangement.
I didn’t give her time to retreat behind her walls. I opened the mind-link to my Beta. Fletcher. Unleash the PR attack. I want Davenport’s reputation slaughtered by morning.
Jase POV
Every breath was a jagged knife in my chest. I lay in the Davenport Pack’s private hospital wing, the sour, metallic ozone of my own humiliation suffocating the room. My jaw was wired shut, my ribs tightly taped. Kain Blackwell hadn’t just beaten me — he had shattered my Alpha authority in front of the entire continent.
The door clicked open. Kira Parrish strolled in, her cloying jasmine perfume making my stomach churn. There was no pity in her eyes.
“You look pathetic,” Kira stated coldly, checking her manicured nails. “Davenport Tech stock is already down eight percent. Every post on The Howl is laughing at you. You let a Lycan beat you to a pulp over a wolfless Omega p>
My Inner Wolf howled in pure, agonizing shame. The physical pain was nothing compared to the destruction of my pride. I forced the words through my wired jaw, my voice a venomous hiss.
“Ruin her. I want her erased. Make her a Rogue with nothing but my name as a curse on her lips p>
Kira paused. A slow, ice-cold, reptilian smile spread across her face. She wasn’t just agreeing to help me — she already had a plan to clear her own path to the Luna title. “Consider it done, Jase p>
Kain POV
It’s done, Alpha, Fletcher’s voice echoed in my mind. The media is tearing Davenport apart. He’s finished.