Burn in the Alpha Princess's Wrath novel Chapter 70

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Burn in the Alpha Princess’s Wrath

Chapter 70 The Thorned Rose

Kirby’s POV

I was locked out of the Governor’s estate.

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That heavy door, engraved with the Rogue Pack royal crest, stood like a guillotine–cold, merciless, severing every last tie between me and Leslie.

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Her final words-“Get him out of my sight“-stabbed into my heart like a poisoned icicle. With every beat, it twisted deeper, sharper, colder.

I returned to the Crimson Moon Pack’s temporary base in Westview like a disgraced, defeated lone wolf.

Waiting for me was Liana, her face tight with concern.

“Kirby, you’re back… You look awful. Did you see Leslie? Did she… did she hurt you again?” She reached out to smooth the crease between my brows, but I recoiled in disgust.

“Don’t touch me.” My voice was hoarse, thick with fury.

“Kirby…” Her eyes filled with tears instantly. That pitiful, trembling look–once, it would’ve stirred my protective instincts without fail.

But now, all I saw was how fake and ridiculous it was.

“She’s like a rose with thorns, Kirby,” Liana sobbed, falling back on her usual tone–syrupy sweet, laced with veiled malice. “Beautiful, but she hurts anyone who gets too close. She’s not worth your pain-”

“Shut up!” I snapped, finally losing control. “What do you know?! What gives you the right to talk about her?!”

My eyes burned red as I glared at her. The out–of–control storm of Alpha pressure radiating from me made her shrink back in fear, her face going pale.

“Let me tell you something, Liana,” I said through clenched teeth, each word carved from the rawest pain in my chest, “every thorn on her body–we put them there. I put them there. Crimson Moon Pack did this to her. She used to be a rose willing to hide her thorns, soft and gentle–just for me!”

I turned away, leaving her frozen in place, and threw myself onto the couch.

Gripping my hair, I shut my eyes, but Carl’s mocking words from last night wouldn’t stop echoing in my head.

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My wife—no, my ex–wife–is now living under the same roof as another Alpha. A stronger one.

Just the thought of it made jealousy burn through my insides like acid, turning my organs to

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Leslie’s POV – Governor’s Estate, Westview

“Can’t believe that idiot actually slunk off like that.”

The next morning, Carl was sipping the coffee I’d made him, thoroughly enjoying my recount of last night’s “battle.”

“What else did you expect?” I flipped a page of the file I was reading. “You think I was going to let him crash here for the night?”

“Wouldn’t be necessary.” Carl chuckled, mischief dancing in those devil–may–care eyes of his. “But Leslie, I do have an idea–one that’ll hurt that Crimson Moon Alpha more than death.”

“What idea?”

“Move in.”

“Move in?” I raised a brow.

“That’s right,” Carl snapped his fingers. “Come live with me. Starting today, you’ll be known as Carl’s rumored girlfriend. I want every werewolf on the continent to know that the woman Kirby Crimson Moon threw away is now being cherished like a treasure by the Blade of the Wild. I want him to wake up every morning to news of us going out together, smiling together -so he’ll finally understand what it means to crave what he’ll never have.”

I stared at Carl, watching how excited he looked, like he couldn’t wait to start chaos. I pressed a hand to my forehead in exasperation.

“Carl, are you seriously that bored?”

“Life’s short. Gotta enjoy the ride while it lasts,” he said, winking at me. “Settled then! I’ll have my assistant move all my stuff over here right now!”

He didn’t even wait for my permission before pulling out his communicator and starting the

arrangements.

Watching him, I suddenly thought–maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea.

Kirby, didn’t you want to know what it looks like when I’m with another man?

Then I’ll show you.

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