Burn in the Alpha Princess's Wrath novel Chapter 204

Burn in the Alpha Princess’s Wrath

Chapter 204 Bound by Regret

Kirby POV

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The night sky was deep blue, the sea reflecting the stars and moonlight. The waves shimmered in ripples with the cold wind, layer after layer, as if mocking my unsettled heart.

I stood on the deck of the giant ship, my long shadow stretched by the moonlight, dragging behind me the weight of my guilt.

Lance growled deep within my soul, his voice low and agonized. “She doesn’t love us anymore, Kirby! We lost her!”

The sea wind whipped against my face, sharp with the salt of seawater. It stung my skin—but not as much as the hollow ache inside my chest.

Leslie’s words still echoed in my ears. “Now, I don’t love you anymore.”

That sentence was more lethal than any wolfsbane. It burned through my gut like a hot blade.

I heard slow, deliberate footsteps behind me. I didn’t need to turn around to know it was Jensen.

That guy always had that mocking tone in his voice, like an amused onlooker. “Our Alpha nursing a broken heart over a woman?” he said with a smile that jabbed right into my chest.

Lance snarled. “Tell him to shut up! He doesn’t understand our pain!”

I suppressed my wolf’s rage and turned to glance at him, forcing myself to stay composed.

Jensen stood in the moonlight, brows slightly raised, like he was waiting to watch me crack.

I opened my mouth. My voice came out low and hoarse, like it had been scraped from my throat. “I keep feeling like… she’ll never take me back.”

The moment I said it, my heart felt like it had been hit by a hammer–too painful to breathe.

Lance whimpered inside me. “She’s our mate! And we drove her away!”

I dropped my gaze, hiding the emotions surging beneath my eyes.

Jensen raised an eyebrow, a note of surprise in his voice.

“You saved her. She’s still holding that against you?”

I let out a bitter laugh. The sound scattered in the wind, sharp and toxic.

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“She doesn’t hate me anymore,” I said. “She wouldn’t even bother.”

Not hating me didn’t mean she still liked me.

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The Crimson Moon Pack might have all sorts of strategic ties to Rogue Pack. They could risk everything for her–even bloody war with the Sea Demons.

But Leslie… she would never have anything to do with me again.

Her heart was like this ocean–deep, unknowable, and forever closed to me.

Jensen sighed and clapped me on the shoulder. The force behind it felt like a rude awakening.

“Then there’s still hope,” he said. “You did a bunch of dumb shit, so now you’ve gotta pay for it. If she’s the one, you give it everything you’ve got. Otherwise, how do you face the risked their necks for you?”

Lance growled. “He’s right! We can’t give up on her!”

I curled my lips into a bitter smile. There was a trace of relief behind my eyes.

“The others headed back?” I asked, my voice low, like I was hiding something.

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“Yeah,” Jensen nodded. “Those giant helicopters aren’t easy to sneak across borders. If we didn’t have a patient on board, I’d have gone too.”

He paused, voice turning cautious. “By the way… that wandering blade asked me today if I did therapy. Our Luna’s not-”

He didn’t finish, but my heart sank like a stone into ice–cold water.

Lance roared. “She’s having nightmares! She’s been through too much!”

I furrowed my brow. The fire of anxiety and fear swept through me like a blaze.

Leslie–was she fighting nightmares in her sleep? Poisoned by wolfsbane, hunted to the edge by Sea Demons–and now she had to carry all that trauma alone?

I didn’t even stop to answer Jensen. I turned and walked off, my pace quick like I was racing time itself.

Behind me, Jensen’s voice carried a note of resignation. “Hey, I just started talking and you’re already running?”

I ignored him. My heartbeat pounded like a war drum, mind filled with Leslie’s pale face and those cold, distant eyes.

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At the end of the corridor, I heard Carl’s voice coming from around the corner. It was low and urgent. “Yeah, she’s having nightmares all the time. Keeps running a low fever, but she’s still lucid…”

He was on the phone with Thorbane. His tone was full of worry.

I wanted to stop walking, but Victor was already standing opposite me, his expression cold, like a wary wolf ready to strike.

Lance growled. “They don’t want us near her, Kirby! But we need to know how she is!”

I didn’t flinch. I walked straight past, every step like I was treading on blades.

Carl rolled his eyes at me mid–call and kept talking. “Of course I’m looking after Leslie. She’s fine when she’s awake. She’s the one who asked for a therapist…”

I clenched my teeth, forcing myself to stay calm, and looked at Carl.

“I know a therapist,” I said. My voice was low, as if I was holding back a storm. “I’ll make the call.”

The one I knew was a soul healer–Crimson Moon Pack’s top therapist, known for healing wounds buried deep within the wolf’s core.

But Carl’s eyes darkened immediately.

“No need,” he said coldly. “My brother already arranged it. Don’t trouble yourself.”

I opened my mouth to argue, but Victor’s stare swept over me. Cold. Final.

“Kirby,” he said. His tone was even, but left no room for debate. “She needs privacy. You should understand that.”

I froze. It was like someone poured a bucket of ice water over my head.

Lance growled. “They’re shutting us out! They don’t trust us anymore!”

I knew they were protecting her–keeping her pain hidden from me.

But that protection felt like a knife, cutting me open and letting me bleed out.

I stood there a few seconds, then nodded. “Fine. I understand,” I said, my voice raw.

As I turned and walked away, the sea wind sliced across my face, cold enough to reach the bone.

My steps were heavy, like I was dragging chains behind me.

Lance whispered inside me. “We can’t give up, Kirby. Even if she doesn’t love us anymore—we stay. We

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I looked up at the night sky. The stars blinked coldly above, like they were laughing at how powerless I’d become.

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