Chapter 381
Chapter 381:
The Alpha Office was empty when I slipped inside. I bypassed the mahogany desk and headed straight for Adelina’s private washroom. My reflection in the vanity mirror was a mess of smudged mascara, but my eyes locked instantly onto something far more interesting on the marble counter.
An open velvet box. Inside lay the Blackstone Sapphire.
The Luna’s heirloom. The heavy, icy blue stone mocked me — a symbol of the absolute authority that should have been mine. A sick, euphoric thrill washed over me. I snatched the necklace, the cold metal biting into my skin, and fastened it around my throat.
Pulling out my phone, I snapped a flawless selfie in the mirror, the sapphire gleaming against my collarbone. I opened Instagram and uploaded it to my Stories, carefully adjusting the privacy settings to block Adelina while ensuring every one of our mutual high-society contacts would see it.
I typed the caption with trembling, excited fingers: Some gifts are just perfect. A flawless surprise for a true queen.
Let them whisper. Let them think a mysterious man far more powerful than the Lycan King was courting me. It was the perfect lie to humiliate her.
“What are you doing in here p>
I spun around. Adelina’s assistant stood in the doorway, her eyes darting from my face to the empty velvet box on the counter. She gasped and lunged toward the emergency security button on the wall.
I shrieked and launched myself forward. I shoved her with all my weight. She stumbled backward, her head cracking sickeningly against the heavy walnut doorframe, and crumpled to the carpet, dazed.
𝘑oі𝘯 𝘵𝗵𝗼𝗎ѕ𝘢𝗻𝗱ѕ 𝘰𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝘯𝘴 o𝗇 𝗀a𝗅𝗻𝗼𝘷еlѕ.𝗰𝗈𝗆
I didn’t hesitate. I ripped the necklace from my throat, shoved it deep into my Hermès bag, and sprinted into the hallway. I slammed my hand against the elevator button, the doors sliding shut just as a groan echoed from the office behind me.
Minutes later, I emerged from the side exit and marched toward the main street, clutching my Hermès bag tightly to my chest, acutely aware of the heavy, icy weight of the stolen sapphire hidden safely inside. I hailed my waiting Uber Black.
Sinking into the plush leather backseat, I watched the neon lights of New York blur beyond the tinted windows. A slow, wicked smile stretched across my face as I imagined Adelina’s panicked, pathetic expression when she finally realized what she had lost.
Adelina POV
The morning sun struck the floor-to-ceiling windows of my Alpha Office at The Wolfe Hotel, but the warmth didn’t reach my veins. I walked straight into my private washroom to retrieve the Blackstone Sapphire and place it securely in the vault.
I froze.
The velvet box on the smooth marble counter was wide open. Completely empty.
A glacial, terrifying calm washed over me. My dormant White Wolf flared beneath my skin — not with panic, but with a cold, territorial rage. Someone had breached my den and stolen a sacred Luna artifact.
I marched back to my mahogany desk and hit the intercom. My assistant appeared a moment later, wincing as she rubbed the back of her head.
“Ms. Wolfe,” she stammered, her face pale. “After you left yesterday, Victoria Sterling forced her way in. When I caught her in your washroom, she shoved me into the doorframe p>