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    Chapter 109 Not Even Worth a nce


    Leslie’s POV


    What a spectacr sh*tshow that was.


    Too bad I had zero interest in sticking around for the rest of it.


    Inced at Astrid. “Let’s go somewhere else. Looking at wolves I don’t like ruins my mood.”


    And the one I didn’t want to see… was Kirby.


    Astrid caught my meaning instantly and nodded.


    I picked up my bag, clicked my heels on the floor, and turned to leave without hesitation.


    I couldn’t care less about the gawking stares from the other wolves.


    If they wanted to keep watching, they could stare at Kirby all night for all I cared.


    Astrid went to get her car, and I waited at the entrance.


    The night wind was cool, carrying a sharp chill.


    Behind me, I heard heavy, familiar footsteps.


    I didn’t turn around.


    Leslie.”


    His voice was low and smooth–far too familiar.


    “I’ve cut all ties with Liana. I was wondering… can we be friends again?”


    He stopped beside me, eyes full of emotion as he looked at me.


    I nced sideways at him, raised an eyebrow, and said with biting sarcasm, “I’m very picky about the Pack ranking and bloodline purity of my friends. Alpha Kirby, you don’t meet any of my standards. Let’s not.”


    Kirby stiffened.


    He couldn’t possibly miss the rejection in my tone.


    Friendship? I wouldn’t even nod at him in passing.


    “Don’t tell me you actually think I hated you because of Liana, that little Omega? That now that she’s out of the picture, I should forgive you? Let things go?”


    I turned my head slightly, eyes sharp.


    Kirby’s face twitched. His expression darkened.


    His voice was heavy and cold. “What’s that supposed to mean?”


    He asked me that.


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    I raised my brows, my voice turning frigid. “Honestly? I think you’re a disgrace of an Alpha. During <b>our </b>bond, you hurt your mate just to please someone else. And for what? To pretend you’re noble? Don’t <b>give </b>me that crap about some deep friendship. What does that have to do with me? I’m the one who was betrayed. I’m the one they ndered. I’m the one who wasted three years of her youth! Why the hell should I have to clean up your mess? It’s disgusting. Liana was never the issue. The problem was always you, Kirby.”


    As I hnished, my smile faded, and a chill settled deep in my gaze.


    He was the one who killed everyst bit of my warmth and affection.


    And now I was supposed to fall to my knees in gratitude because he said he had nothing going on with Liana?


    In his dreams.


    I turned and walked away, never sparing him another nce.


    Kirby’s POV


    I stood there frozen, cold to the bone.


    Her words were like des, stripping me of even the smallest shred of hope I had left.


    I didn’t even have the right to stand near her anymore.


    I could feel it–she’dpletely slipped beyond my reach. I couldn’t grasp her anymore, not at all.


    And that thought, for no reason at all, terrified me.


    Astrid’s sports car pulled up nearby.


    The moment she got in, Leslie buckled her seatbelt without a word.


    Astrid caught sight of me in the rearview and scoffed. “What did he want?”


    I heard Leslie curl her lips. “To be friends.”


    “Please. Him?”


    “Exactly. He’s not even close.”


    Watching that car get smaller and smaller in the mirror, I suddenly felt… hollow.


    The moment I got home, I called my chief assistant, Liam.


    My voice was emotionless.


    “There’s a low–ranking Alpha named Lucas. I don’t care what kind of Pack he’s from. By the time I wake up tomorrow, I want to hear that his Pack has been wiped off the map.”


    Liam didn’t know what had happened. It was the first time Leslie had ever used the authority of Westview to swallow up a lesser Pack.


    “Understood, Your Excellency.


    Looked like it was going to be another long night at the office.


    Burn in the Alpha Princess’s Wrath