Chapter 215
Chapter 215:
Jase sat behind his desk, rubbing his temples. He didn’t look at me with love; he looked at me like I was a disease. “Do what, Kira? Kain Blackwell is a financial Leviathan. He just wiped your family off the map in forty-five minutes. I cannot fight him p>
My Inner Wolf howled with humiliated rage. If I couldn’t hurt Kain’s wallet, I would destroy his crown.
“Then we ruin his reputation,” I spat, marching up to his desk. I pointed to the blistering silver burn on my thigh. “We go to The Howl. We tell them Kain Blackwell is a pervert with a sick abuse fetish. We tell the continent he only chose a wolfless Omega so he could torture her, and that he did this to me to protect his twisted secret p>
Jase froze. He slowly looked up at me, his metallic ozone scent thickening with profound, visceral disgust. He was staring at the ugly, rotting core of my soul.
“I’ll see what I can do,” Jase muttered, his voice a dead, hollow void as he looked back down at his paperwork, completely dismissing me.
He was lying. He wasn’t going to help me. He was too much of a coward. I turned on my heel and stormed out of his office, my hands trembling with venomous resolve. If the Davenport Alpha wouldn’t protect me, I would find a Rogue who would. I knew exactly which shady bar in Brooklyn the editor of The Howl operated from, and I was going to drag Adelina and her Lycan King straight to hell with me.
Adelina POV
Later that afternoon, Kain guided me out of the sterile recovery chamber and into the Garden of the Silvermoon Sanctum. The secluded courtyard was a sanctuary of blooming moonflowers and sage. The crisp scent of damp earth mingled with Kain’s ancient cedar, which had lost its stormy edge, wrapping around me in a warm, protective blanket.
I sat on a stone bench, pulling my cardigan tighter against the chill. Despite the absolute destruction Kain had rained upon Parrish Holdings, a heavy, suffocating weight still pressed against my chest. I was officially a banished, wolfless Rogue. In the eyes of the Pack world, I was a defective liability.
𝖱eа𝘥 t𝗵𝗲 𝗹а𝗍𝖾st 𝗍rе𝗻𝖽ѕ оn
“I’ve arranged for the best Healer from the Blackstone Pack to oversee Maeve’s care,” Kain murmured, sitting beside me. His massive hand enveloped mine, his thumb tracing my knuckles. “She will have the best protection on the continent p>
“Thank you,” I whispered, genuine relief washing over me.
Kain hesitated for a fraction of a second. “Given her condition, and the physical toll this week has taken on you, I think we should postpone the Luna coronation ceremony p>
The words hit me like a bucket of ice water.
My dormant Inner Wolf whimpered, shrinking back into the dark. The warmth of his cedar scent suddenly felt like a suffocating cage. He’s ashamed, my insecurities screamed. A Lycan King couldn’t parade a banished, wolfless Rogue in front of the European Alphas and Pack Elders. He needed to hide me until the scandal blew over.
I pulled my hand from his grasp, my chest tightening. “I understand,” I said, my voice brittle. “You don’t want to present a disgraced Omega to the world. It’s bad politics p>