Chapter 246
Chapter 246:
Through the tinted glass, I watched him. Before walking around to the driver’s side, Kain paused. He slowly turned his head, his gaze locking directly onto Chad Miller.
Even through the window, I saw the terrifying flash of molten Lycan gold ignite in Kain’s pupils. It wasn’t a look of anger; it was the cold, calculating stare of an apex predator assessing a particularly stupid piece of prey.
Chad’s bravado instantly evaporated. His face went ashen. His Inner Wolf howled in agonizing terror, and his knees buckled under the sheer weight of the Lycan’s silent threat. He stumbled backward, his heel catching the edge of the curb as he nearly collapsed onto the concrete.
Kain slid into the driver’s seat, the engine letting out a low, guttural growl that vibrated through my bones. Before he rolled the windows up, my heightened hearing caught the frantic voices on the sidewalk.
“Lycan King…” Fiona stammered, her voice shaking uncontrollably.
“No!” Chad shrieked, his ego completely fracturing into hysterical denial. “He’s just some rich Rogue Alpha! She’s a liar p>
Blake Davenport stepped forward, letting out a sharp, mocking scoff that cut through the crisp night air.
“A Rogue with the Blackstone Luna Ring?” Blake snapped, her voice ringing with absolute disdain. “That thing has been worn by Lycan Queens for a thousand years. You didn’t just lose the game, Chad. You never even knew the rules p>
She shot the trembling group one last look of pure disgust.
𝖥i𝘋𝖥𝗌 oո
“Losers p>
As Blake turned on her heel and walked toward her waiting Uber, Kain shifted the Koenigsegg into gear and we shot forward into the dark city streets.
Jase POV
The taillights of the Koenigsegg bled into the night, but the suffocating, ancient cedar scent of the Lycan King still choked the air. Around me, the valet lot of St. Jude’s Academy was a graveyard of shattered egos. My Inner Wolf was thrashing, whining in a sickening mix of absolute terror and castrated pride.
“Jase!” Kira’s shrill voice pierced the ringing in my ears. She shoved my chest, her Davenport diamond flashing mockingly under the streetlights. “Are you just going to stand there? He took her! The Lycan King took that pathetic bitch p>
Her words were a poisoned blade twisting in my gut. A feral roar ripped from my throat. I swung my fist into the stone pillar of the academy gates. Bone crunched. The pain flared hot and sharp, but my Alpha healing knit the fractures back together in seconds.
Adelina. My discarded, wolfless Omega. Mated to Kain Blackwell.
I panted, my eyes scanning the terrified faces of my followers. Chad was still whimpering on the curb. Then I saw my cousin, Blake, slipping into an Uber with a triumphant, sickening smirk on her face. Betrayal burned through my veins like acid.
My pride, fractured and bleeding, desperately scrambled for a lifeline. A wolfless nobody couldn’t defeat me. It was impossible.
“It’s a game,” I snarled, my voice echoing in the stunned silence. I turned to Kira, my eyes wild. “Don’t you see it? Blackwell doesn’t want her. He’s the Alpha King. Why would he want a broken toy p>