Chapter 55
Chapter 55:
Kain walked over to the obsidian coffee table and poured two glasses of dark red wine. He handed me one, his massive frame towering over me.
“Does your father really think he can buy my womb with Tuscan villas and Parisian penthouses?” I asked, my voice trembling with a mixture of rage and profound humiliation.
Kain’s jaw tightened, the muscles ticking beneath his flawless skin. “Almon is serious about securing the Lycan and White Wolf bloodlines. He views it as a necessity p>
A cold, hollow despair settled in my chest. I looked at the jagged A.W. tattooed over his heart, partially visible beneath his unbuttoned collar. “Well, he is going to be disappointed. I am not a transaction, Kain. And I certainly won’t be a breeding mare to replace whoever A.W. was p>
Kain didn’t argue. He didn’t defend himself or his father. He simply stared at me with those ancient, storm-gray eyes, the intensity in them so raw and consuming it made my breath hitch. His Inner Wolf was pacing just beneath the surface, radiating a dark, possessive energy that made my skin prickle with heat. The tension in the air was absolute, suffocating.
Suddenly, Kain’s eyes glazed over — the telltale sign of a Pack mind-link.
When he blinked back to reality, the temperature in the room plummeted. The possessive warmth was gone, replaced by the lethal, calculating aura of a Lycan King.
“What is it?” I asked, sitting up straight.
“My security team just intercepted a communication,” Kain said, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. “Jase Davenport is making a desperate move p>
Tho𝘶𝘴a𝗇𝘥s 𝗼𝗳 re𝗮𝘥e𝗿𝗌 𝗼𝗇 𝗀𝗮𝗹ո𝘰vе𝘭𝘴.cо𝗆
Jase POV
The dim light of the temporary Davenport Tech office cast long shadows across the walls. I had repurposed the three massive presentation screens to loop photos of Adelina — Adelina at the gala, wearing that Lycan’s pink diamond; Adelina standing in the Wolfe Hotel Group headquarters, looking radiant and untouchable.
My Inner Wolf snarled, clawing at my ribs. She wasn’t untouchable. She was mine. She was just confused, corrupted by the Lycan’s wealth and Kira’s pathetic lies. I needed to purify her. I needed to strip away this false independence so she would realize she couldn’t survive in this brutal world without her true Alpha.
I picked up my encrypted phone and dialed a number I never thought I’d use.
“Davenport,” Vincent Parrish’s weasel-like voice crackled through the speaker. “To what do I owe the pleasure p>
“I’m offering you a chance to stop being a loser, Vincent,” I sneered, staring at a photo of Adelina’s defiant eyes. “You want the Wolfe Hotel Group back? You want Davenport Tech to fund your ascension to a real Alpha p>
I could practically hear Vincent’s cowardly Inner Wolf salivating. “What do I have to do p>
“Adelina just reclaimed her father’s old office. She treats it like a holy sanctuary,” I said, my lips curling into a cruel smile. “During the 2 AM security shift change, there’s a three-minute blind spot. You are going to plant a high-grade pouch of wolfsbane and half a kilo of cocaine behind the mahogany bookshelves p>
Vincent gasped. “If the Pack Elders find that p>