Filed To Story: Burn in the Alpha Princess's Wrath (Leslie and Kirby) Book PDF Free
But she would rather cling to her so-called “health” and “freedom,” abandoning the Pack’s debt and disobeying my order? And now she’s vanished without a trace?
Selfish. So incredibly selfish.
I forced myself to shove aside the doubt about Liana’s condition. The priority now was to find Leslie-and remind her who’s in control.
“Malach!” I contacted my second-in-command through the internal comms, my voice sharp as a blade. “What’s the status on the tracking team?”
“Alpha sir…” Malach’s voice was hesitant. “We’ve lost all trace of Ms. Leslie. Her scent trail is gone, and there’s no footage of her in any Pack surveillance feed. It’s as if she… vanished into thin air.”
“Vanished?” I scowled. “An Omega evading Crimson Moon Pack’s entire tracking network?”
“The finance department also reports,” Malach continued, “that Ms. Leslie’s Pack accounts have been frozen as ordered. But their audit shows that over the past three years, she’s never used any of the credit points or resources you allocated to her. We have no idea where her daily expenses came from.”
She never touched the Pack’s resources? And now she’s disappeared?
Impossible.
The mix of rage and confusion twisted in my gut.
What the hell was Leslie hiding? Did she really think she could run?
“Expand the search! Mobilize every scout and informant! I don’t care if you have to tear California apart-find her!” I growled, my Alpha pressure so intense that my phone trembled in my hand.
I will not let my mate defy me like this. When I find her, she’ll pay dearly for what she’s done.
Leslie-Rogue’s POV (Rogue Pack – Royal Court)
The aircraft pierced the familiar energy barrier and landed smoothly on Black Rock Plaza. The moment I stepped out of the cabin, the air-sharp with pine and steeped in ancient power-rushed into my lungs and instantly calmed the restlessness within Asphodel.
I was home.
Finally… I was home.
My father, Lars-my father, the Lycan King-stood solid as a mountain. In his eyes, beneath all the royal authority, was a sorrow he could no longer hide.
My older brother, Thorbane, stood at his side, his ice-blue eyes blazing with fury toward the Crimson Moon Pack.
“Father! Thorbane!”
I threw myself into my father’s arms, into the warmth and safety where I could finally drop every disguise I’d worn. Three years of humiliation and suppression found their release in that one embrace.
“You’re home now, Leslie,” my father said in a voice low and full of power, his hand gently patting my back. “Now tell me-who hurt you?”
By the fire in the great hall, I briefly recounted what Kirby had demanded.
My father’s and brother’s expressions grew darker with every word I spoke. The Alpha pressure they released was so heavy it seemed to freeze the very air in the court.
“He wanted your heart?!” Thorbane slammed the table beside him. The thick mahogany cracked instantly under his palm. “Those Crimson Moon bastards! They dared treat you like that? Leslie, I’ll lead our forces and flatten their Pack right now!”
“Calm yourself, Thorbane,” my father said, his voice as cold as eternal ice. “We’ll settle the score. But right now, Leslie’s safety comes first.”
He turned to me and opened an old sandalwood box, retrieving a scroll of ancient wolfkind parchment infused with the Moon’s Essence.
“This is the mate bond dissolution scroll. Sign it with your Lycan Spirit’s mark. From this moment on, you and that Kirby will be nothing to each other.”
I took the scroll, my heart flooding with emotion.
Thorbane looked at me, his tone laced with helplessness. “Father prepared this the day you chose to bond with Kirby. He said the Crimson Moon Pack wasn’t worthy of you. And that Kirby could never give you real happiness.”
So… my father had been protecting me all along. He had prepared my way out from the start.
I took a deep breath, raised my head, and with it, shed the last traces of hesitation in my eyes.
I am Leslie-Lycan, Princess of the Rogue, daughter of the Lycan King.
My life was never meant to be lived in submission.
I unrolled the scroll, and at my fingertip, summoned a silver blaze of Alpha power-Asphodel’s proud will burning within it. I pressed it firmly into the ancient runes that symbolized the mate contract.
The bond was broken.
In that moment, Asphodel let out a howl of pain. The severing of the mate link tore through my soul and body with agonizing force.
I clutched at my chest as a searing pain gripped my heart-but in that pain, I felt release.
From this moment on, I had no ties to Kirby-Crimson Moon.
From now on, I would reclaim the name I once left behind: Leslie-Rogue.
The nightmare of the past three years… was finally over.
Kirby’s POV (Crimson Moon Pack Hospital)
Liana’s condition had stabilized for the time being, but the irritation in my chest only grew worse. Just as I ordered Malach to spare no effort in tracking down Leslie’s whereabouts, a sudden, violent pain gripped my heart-no, my soul.
It felt like an invisible hand was tearing me apart. A hollow, consuming emptiness swept through me in an instant. This wasn’t just physical pain-it was spiritual rupture. Inside me, Lance let out a thunderous wail and a furious, guttural roar.
“She broke the bond! No! My Asphodel! That Omega… how dare she?! How did she even manage it?! Kirby, you useless Alpha! You couldn’t even control your own mate!” Lance crashed violently through my consciousness, a whirlwind of pain and betrayal sending him into near madness.
I stumbled, catching myself against the cold wall, my forehead dripping with cold sweat.
The bond… broken? How was that possible? A mate bond is sacred, witnessed by the Moon Goddess herself. To sever it unilaterally requires immense power of will-or a special ritual. How could a low-ranked werewolf possibly accomplish that?
A tide of rage and humiliation surged over me, swallowing even the pain and emptiness that came with the severed link.
She didn’t just refuse me and run away-now she’d even dared to cut the mate bond on her own? Fine. Perfect. This was outright betrayal.
“Calm down, Lance!” I barked at my wolf. “A mate bond broken unilaterally can still be repaired. She’s just an unruly partner. Once I find her, I’ll make her obey-one way or another!”
My fury dulled the spiritual pain, and I forced Lance’s unease back into silence. Just then, my phone rang. It was Leslie.
I answered immediately, pushing down the fire in my chest, my voice sharp and cold. “Why did you sever the bond? You still dare call me?”
“Kirby-Crimson Moon,” her voice was terrifyingly calm. Emotionless. Like the one who had just torn out my soul wasn’t her at all. “I’ve prepared the formal dissolution scroll. Meet me at the boundary stone in the neutral zone. It’s time we put an end to this.”
Put an end to it? She actually had the gall to use those words?
“Put an end to it?” I sneered. “Leslie, have you forgotten? Liana still needs your heart to survive. Get back to the Pack hospital. Now. We can settle everything else afterward. Don’t force me to abandon what little regard I still have for our bond.”
Even if she had broken it unilaterally, I hadn’t accepted it. That meant the bond still existed. She was still my mate. She still had to obey my command.
But Liana’s life was the priority. I didn’t want to push too hard-yet.
“Liana?” she said, with a soft, mocking laugh. “You’re still thinking about my heart? Kirby… you’ve really outdone yourself.”
I swallowed my anger and delivered the line I’d rehearsed long ago. “Jake died saving me. I have a responsibility to Liana. Your sacrifice was necessary!”
There was a pause on the other end, then she replied with a voice as cold as death. “The hospital, is it? Fine. Wait for me.”
The call ended.
She agreed to come to the hospital? Did I finally intimidate her with my Alpha pressure? Had she come to her senses?