Chapter 234 The First Choice
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Kirby’s gaze burned against my skin like an iron brand, shadowing every move I made. Anyone who tried to strike up conversation with him earned nothing but a curt dismissal–his attention never wavered from me.
Adler reimed the main seat, his aura calm but imprable. The cold steel of his presence was not unlike Kirby’s sharp dominance. Gold Pack’s ancient weight pressed against Crimson Moon Pack’s raw force, and the air itself seemed to thicken between them.
The other three Alphas shifted uneasily, then moved to sit as well.
Thoughbeled a private banquet, this was no feast–it was a summit of the North Continent’s wolf leaders, every conversation wound tight around the looming alliance. Each Pack here coveted Adler’s cooperation, but none could match Crimson Moon Pack’s reach.
My arrival had made their chances even slimmer.
I seated myself at Kirby’s left. The silence was heavy, tense.
Adler’s tone broke it, smooth and expansive, as though the earlier scene of disgrace had never happened. “This evening has two purposes. First, to pay respect to those of you who carry weight in our world. Second, to announce a project for the Pack Alliance. I will need partners.”
The wordsnded like thunder. Every ear sharpened.
Adler’s eyes swept the room, lingering on each Alpha, until they finally rested on me. “But I do not yet know whether the Princess of Rogue Pack is willing to stand among them.”
My heart jolted, but my smile held steady. “Rogue Pack has made every preparation for this alliance.”
Adler inclined his head, his manner deceptively mild. “I had not known. Now that I do, I will not let the Princess’s preparation go to waste.”
A ripple of shock swept the hall.
Even Asphodel stirred within me, amused. <i>It </i><i>seems </i>he has <i>chosen </i><i>you</i>.
The meaning was clear. Adler had given Rogue Pack the first im.
Kirby’s aura surged beside me, his lips pressed into a hard line, the temperature around him plummeting.
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An older Alpha broke the silence, voice rough with disbelief. “Alpha Adler, though Rogue Pack shares royal blood with Gold Pack, their foothold in the Western North is thin. Some of usmand more here than they ever have. Even Crimson Moon Pack–why set Rogue Pack above all?”
His gaze on me was sharp, measuring.
He was not wrong. The West was Rogue Pack’s weakest ground. Crimson Moon Pack had more authority here by far. For Adler’s main project, choosing Rogue Pack seemed unthinkable.
Adler only smiled faintly, his words edged with steel. “In my house, if the Princess of Rogue Pack desires, she is always first. She will forever have the right of choice.”
The statement crashed like a bomb. Silence roared.
All eyes cut toward Kirby. His chill was a storm, the pressure of Crimson Moon Pack swelling until the hall seemed on the verge of rupture.
My pulse raced. With that single promise, Rogue Pack had seized the advantage in this struggle. But Kirby’s stare, so cold and fierce, prickled unease deep in my bones.
Kirby’s POV
Adler’s decree sliced through the hall, shattering its calm.
My fury pressed hard against its leash, my Alpha aura thickening the air until even breath felt strained.
Dark thoughts churned where myposure used to be. I could not tear my eyes from Adler, my re like a frozen de.
Lance roared inside me. <i>Kirby</i><i>, </i><i>why </i><i>does </i><i>he </i><i>favor </i><i>Leslie </i><i>so</i><i>? </i><i>What </i><i>has </i><i>passed </i>between them?
A tremor gripped me. They had barely known each other before. How could Adler single her
out now?
The Pack Alliance project–the weight of an entire continent–Adler handed to her as though it cost him nothing.
I curled my fists, fire scorching my chest.
I could live with Crimson Moon losing the contract. My Pack’s dominance in the West was unshaken. That loss alone did not matter.
What mattered–what pierced me like ss–was Adler’s indulgence toward Leslie,
Was there something more in his eyes?
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I stared at her, poised and elegant, as if untouched by the storm raging beside her.
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And for the first time in years, I felt the taste of fear.
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