Chapter 61
Chapter 61:
The backstage corridor was suffocating, thick with the metallic ozone of my suppressed, murderous rage.
“Are you satisfied?” I snarled, backing her against the concrete wall. “You called The Howl. You set up the paparazzi p>
Kira didn’t even flinch. She casually inspected her manicured nails, the cloying scent of her jasmine perfume making my stomach churn. “I saved your stock price, Alpha. Without this engagement, Davenport Tech would be bankrupt by Friday. If you want to accuse your future Luna of treason, you had better have proof p>
My Inner Wolf clawed at my ribs, howling in pure, unadulterated hatred. She had trapped me in a flawless cage.
I turned my back on her and pulled a burner phone from my jacket pocket. I dialed a number, my jaw clenched so tight my teeth ached.
“Davenport,” Vincent Parrish answered, his voice trembling.
“Is it done?” I demanded, keeping my voice to a lethal whisper.
𝖥о𝗅𝘭𝗈𝘄 𝘶𝗌 о𝘯
“The police are here. The wolfsbane was found,” Vincent confirmed nervously. “I’m pinning it on a suspended HR director right now p>
“Make sure it sticks to the hotel’s management,” I ordered, staring at the blank concrete wall. “I want Adelina’s reputation dragged through the mud. I want her Pack crumbling around her until she has no choice but to beg me to make it stop p>
Adelina POV
I sprinted down the corridor, my heels clicking frantically against the marble floor until I reached the heavy steel door of the server room. I shoved it open.
The room was freezing, filled with the relentless hum of cooling fans and the blinking LED lights of server racks. The air was thick with ozone, but it was entirely overpowered by the sour, acidic stench of Harvey Hester’s panic and the foul cigar smoke clinging to Vincent Parrish.
Vincent had Harvey pinned against a server rack, flanked by two loyalist Warriors.
“Give me the drive, Harvey, or I’ll let them tear your throat out,” Vincent snarled, his Inner Wolf radiating a desperate, cornered terror. He needed to destroy the evidence before the human police tore the hotel apart.
“Step away from him,” I commanded.
My voice wasn’t a scream. It was a low, glacial decree that carried the undeniable weight of my Alpha bloodline.
Vincent whipped around, his face twisting into an ugly sneer. “Don’t listen to her,” he barked at the Warriors. “She’s just a wolfless puppet — a toy the Lycan King bought to play with. Get the drive p>
The two Warriors hesitated, their eyes darting toward me.
I didn’t flinch. I stepped fully into the freezing room and locked eyes with both men. “If you stand down right now, I will forget you were ever in this room,” I said, my tone absolute ice. “But if you choose to obey a traitor who is about to be exiled, I won’t just fire you. I will personally ensure your names are blacklisted across every Pack in North America. You and your families will never find sanctuary again. You will be Rogues by sunset p>