Burn in the Alpha Princess's Wrath novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Severed Ties

Kirby POV – Outside Lunar Pub

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I watched Leslie and her friends walk out of the pub’s side door, chatting and laughing as if the intense wager inside had been nothing more than idle amusement.

From within, I could still faintly hear Leiss’s roar, laced with fury and shame.

Something impulsive and uncontrollable drove me forward. Without thinking, I followed them and stepped in front of their path just before they reached their car.

“Leslie, wait.”

She stopped and turned.

The night breeze lifted the hem of her silver–gray dress. Moonlight bathed her face, making those cold eyes seem bottomless.

Astrid and Amala immediately stiffened beside her, their Alpha energy surging with alert

tension.

For the first time, I felt completely out of place standing before her.

“About… what happened at the restaurant,” I forced the words out, voice rough, “Slyvana’s behavior… I’m sorry.”

Even I could hear how hollow those words sounded.

Leslie looked at me, her expression unreadable.

There was no anger in her eyes. No hatred. Just a bleak stillness–like the frozen silence of the far northern tundra.

“Sorry?” she finally spoke, her voice so cold it could freeze your soul. “Kirby, apologies don’t heal wounds that have already rotted. Your regret means nothing to me.”

“It doesn’t change the fact that for the past three years, your family treated me like dirt, trampling me without a second thought. It doesn’t change the fact that in your heart, I wasn’t even worth a single strand of Leanna’s hair.”

Her words hit like a punch to the chest, and all I could do was stand there in silence, struggling to breathe under the crushing weight in my heart.

She took a step forward, brushing past me. That once–familiar scent of hers drifted by–but now, it carried a cutting chill I’d never known.

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“Instead of wasting your breath on meaningless words,” her voice came from behind me, “you should worry about your own Pack. Your sister. Your friends.”

“Tell Leiss I’ve got his finest moment from tonight captured perfectly. If he–or any dog from Crimson Moon Pack–dares come near me again…”

She didn’t finish the sentence, but the naked threat in her tone chilled me more than any words could.

She opened the car door and got in. Not once did she look back.

I stood frozen in place, watching her car vanish into the night, a bone–deep cold spreading from the soles of my feet through every nerve.

Kirby POV – Inside the Car

As I climbed back into my own vehicle, a rancid scent hit me–shame and bitterness twisted together.

Leiss had somehow snuck in, half–dressed and reeking of defeat.

He had thrown a coat over himself, but his face was contorted with hatred.

“That venomous witch! That snake!” he screamed the moment he saw me. “Kirby! You saw what she did to me! We can’t let her get away with this! She has to pay!”

I leaned back into my seat, drained, staring at his pathetic form–like a stray dog. Whatever thread of camaraderie I had left for him snapped then and there.

“Driver. Stop the car.” My voice was ice.

“What?” Leiss froze.

The sports car eased to a stop by the roadside.

“Get out, Leiss.” My voice was flat, emotionless.

“Kirby! What the hell are you doing? You’re kicking me out?” he yelled, stunned. “I did this for you! For the honor of Crimson Moon Pack!”

“Shut up!” I finally snapped. Alpha pressure exploded in the confined space, pressing down on him until he gasped for breath. “You didn’t do it for me. You didn’t do it for the Pack. You did it for your own pathetic pride! I warned Slyvana. I even hinted to you–don’t provoke her. You’re the idiot who went charging in!”

“You started this war. You lost. Now you deal with the consequences. I’m not letting your stupidity drag Crimson Moon Pack deeper into the mud.”

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I gave a nod to the guard beside me. Without hesitation, he grabbed the still–snarling Leiss and threw him out into the cold street.

The door slammed shut behind him, cutting off his curses completely.

Lance sighed in my mind—a tired sound. Severing ties with the weak… that’s an Alpha’s instinct.

Just then, a flashy red sports car sped up and came to a smooth stop beside mine.

The window rolled down to reveal Eric, handsome as ever–with a mocking twist to his smile.

“Kirby Alpha,” he drawled, grinning like a cat that stole cream, “I’ve really got to thank you.”

“For what?” I growled, holding back my fury.

“Why, for letting go,” Eric’s smile deepened, every word laced with insinuation, “of such a radiant, powerful, and breathtaking queen. Now we bystanders finally have a chance.”

His words hit me like a punch to the face. A blatant provocation. A declaration of war.

With a snarl, I slammed my fist into the car window. The reinforced glass cracked in a spiderweb pattern beneath the blow.

Eric laughed and hit the gas, vanishing into the night.

I stared after him, consumed by a jealous, helpless rage that had nowhere to go.

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