Chapter 214
Chapter 214:
My desk phone rang incessantly. My CFO burst through the doors, his face ashen. “Alpha, all our partner banks just froze our credit lines. They’re citing an emergency risk assessment p>
Before I could even process the death blow, the heavy boardroom doors were shoved open again. A swarm of humans in cheap suits, flanked by stern-faced Pack Council auditors, marched in.
“Bryan Parrish,” the lead auditor announced, slapping a thick stack of warrants onto my mahogany desk. “We are seizing all servers and financial records pending a joint investigation by the SEC and the Continental Pack Council p>
I slumped back, the air leaving my lungs. I had publicly banished Adelina to save my own skin, thinking it was just Pack politics. I had been a fool. I had insulted the Fated Mate of the Lycan King, and Kain Blackwell had just turned a century of my family’s legacy into ash before I even had my morning coffee.
S𝘁𝗈𝗿iеs 𝘺𝗈u 𝗐𝗼𝘯’𝘵 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘥𝗼𝗐𝗻 𝘰𝗇
Adelina POV
The harsh fluorescent lights of the Sanctum had been replaced by the soft, golden rays of Monday morning filtering through the blinds.
I lay in the recovery chamber, the lingering exhaustion heavy in my bones. Beside my bed, Kain sat in a plush chair, his massive frame relaxed. He was scrolling through an encrypted tablet, a dark, glacial smile playing on his lips.
“Did you turn them to dust?” I whispered, echoing Jaxon’s innocent question from last night.
Kain glanced up, his storm-gray eyes instantly softening as they met mine. He set the tablet face-down on the nightstand. “Just a good market trend,” he murmured, though the dangerous purr in his voice told me everything I needed to know.
Parrish Holdings was dead.
He picked up the silver spoon and the bowl of rich broth the Pack Doctor had left. I was still too weak to sit up properly, so I didn’t fight him as he carefully fed me. The Lycan King—a monster who could erase empires with a single phone call—was wiping a stray drop of soup from the corner of my mouth with agonizing, breathtaking tenderness.
He set the empty bowl aside and gently took my hand. His thumb traced the sensitive skin of my palm, sending a violent, electric spark straight to my core.
“I am proud you showed them your teeth, little wolf,” Kain said, his voice dropping into a deep, vibrating frequency that commanded my absolute attention. “But from now on, you will let me be your fangs and claws p>
He lowered his head, pressing a soft, lingering kiss to the center of my palm.
My heart hammered a frantic rhythm against my ribs. The heat of his lips melted the freezing ice that had encased my soul since my mother signed that banishment decree.
Kira POV
“Do something, Jase!” I shrieked, pacing the length of his Alpha office at Davenport Tech.
My cloying jasmine scent was soured by the stench of pure desperation. My father had just called. We were bankrupt. We had absolutely nothing.