Chapter 88
Chapter 88:
I gasped, looking up through my blurred vision. Kain stood in the doorway.
He hadn’t knocked. He had felt it. Through the faint, fragile Mate-bond connecting us, he had felt my soul fracturing. His storm-gray eyes were bleeding into a terrifying, pitch-black void, his Inner Wolf roaring at the sight of my tears.
He crossed the massive office in three predatory strides. “Did they hurt you?” he demanded, his voice a low, lethal rumble that vibrated in my very bones.
“I blocked her,” I choked out, fresh tears spilling over my cheeks. “I blocked my mother. It’s over p>
Kain froze. The murderous tension in his broad shoulders shifted instantly into a profound, heavy understanding. He knew exactly what that final cut had cost me.
He didn’t offer empty platitudes. He reached down, his massive hands gripping my waist, and pulled me up from the Alpha chair. He hauled me flush against his hard chest, wrapping his arms securely around me. The heat radiating from his body was a physical shield, his ancient cedar scent wrapping around my broken soul and chasing away the toxicity of my past.
𝖥і𝗻d 𝗇𝗈𝘃𝘦l 𝘗𝘋𝘍ѕ 𝘰𝗻
“You don’t need them,” Kain murmured, his lips pressing firmly against the crown of my head. His voice was a dark, velvet vow that anchored me to the earth. “You have a Pack now. You have me p>
For the first time in my life, I completely dropped my guard. I buried my face in his ruined shirt, my fingers gripping the fabric over his heart. The terrifying Lycan King wasn’t just a contract anymore — he was my sanctuary.
“Take me home, Kain,” I whispered against his chest, letting the last of my tears soak into his shirt. “Please, just take me home p>
Adelina POV
The ride back to Blackstone Tower was a silent blur. When the private elevator doors finally opened into the penthouse den, the heavy, grounding scent of Kain’s ancient cedar wrapped around me, allowing my lungs to expand for the first time since I had hung up on my mother.
The crushing weight of her final, venomous words still echoed in my skull. I felt entirely hollowed out, desperate to numb the pain with the only thing I could still control. I dropped my purse on the marble island and headed straight for the study, intent on drowning myself in Wolfe Hotel Group ledgers.
Before I could reach the heavy oak door, a massive hand wrapped gently around my wrist.
The familiar, violent electric spark shot up my arm, sending a jolt straight to my chest. I froze, refusing to meet his eyes.
“I have quarterly reports to review,” I muttered, my voice sounding brittle and exhausted.
Kain didn’t let go. He stepped into my space, his Lycan aura a warm, immovable wall against my frantic need to escape. “Your only job right now is to breathe,” he rumbled, his voice a dark velvet command that vibrated through the floorboards. “Let me handle the rest p>