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I rubbed my forehead. Did I even need to guess? The one person stirring up drama last night-Vera. That ugly witch.
Her dad ran one of the most powerful entertainment Packs in the industry. With his control over the media channels on the mainland, spreading rumors and smearing soineone’s name was nothing to her.
It was Vera, wasn’t it?”
Congratulations, we have a winner
I jumped out of bed, pissed off, a cold sneer curling at my lips.
“She actually has the guts to come for me? Fine. Then I’m going to ruin her.”
“Yes!” Asphodel howled with glee in my mind. “Crush her! Grind her and her pathetic little Pack into dust!”
I hung up and immediately called my chief assistant, Liam.
“How much pull do we have in Greyhound Pack’s entertainment company?”
I remembered after Carl broke into Hollywood, my father-the Lycan King-secretly used Rogue Pack’s name to invest in a bunch of entertainment companies to make sure Carl wouldn’t get bullied.
Liam paused. “Greyhound? Give me a second to check.”
He worked fast. Not long after, he reported back. “We currently hold 18% of Greyhound Entertainment’s shares. Carl’s Aurora Entertainment owns 22%. If we acquire another 10%, you’ll be the largest shareholder and gain full controlling interest.”
In other words, practically a takeover.
Het out an approving hum and nodded.
“Reach out to the other shareholders under Rogue Pack’s name. Acquire their shares. Do it quickly.”
And with that, I hung up.
Kirby’s POV
Early in the morning, Malach came to report the latest news spreading all over the mainland web..
Shocking Alpha Queen caught in a love triangle with rising Beta star and her rumored older flame!”
Who will win Leslie’s heart?”
I looked at my phone-those videos stitching together Leslie and Lorde with dreamy background music, all of them flooded with comments saying how perfect they looked together and I felt a surge of nameless rage shoot straight to my head.
Perfect?
I, who had a three-year marital contract with her, I, heir to Crimson Moon Pack-was being compared unfavorably to a Beta actor who’d just debuted?
Bang- I slammed the phone down on the table so hard the screen cracked.
Malach stiffened, instantly going on high alert.
“Alpha, sir-
Leslie’s POV
After breakfast, I wasn’t in a rush to head to the office. Instead, I went to Carl’s company, Aurora Entertainment.
If I was going to acquire Greyhound Entertainment, someone had to manage the grunt work for me. Michael seemed like a good pick.
But the moment I reached the building entrance, I saw Vera-decked out head to toe in luxury brands- strutting up too, every inch of her reeking of money.
I had no intention of acknowledging her and was about to head straight in, but of course, Vera just had to shout out to me the moment she saw me.
“Leslie! Showing up first thing in the morning to beg for help? Trying to get Carl to fix your image?”
Her grin was so wide it warped her entire face, and the glee in her eyes couldn’t have been more obvious.
I paused. My eyes flickered as I looked at her and curled my lips slightly. “What’s it to you? Since when do you get a say at Aurora Entertainment?”
Vera’s smile faded as I shot back. She sneered. “Let me tell you something. No one in the entertainment world dares to cross me. I’m here to fan the flames-let this scandal burn brighter. No matter how strong you act behind closed doors, Leslie, you’re nothing out here. You mess with me, and I’ll have every single werewolf cursing you until you start questioning your entire life. Got it?”
I raised an eyebrow. My tone turned sharper.
With arms folded, I tapped my elbow lightly. “So those rumors online about me and Lorde-are you saying you’re the one behind them? You purposely smeared me?”
Vera smugly lifted her chin. The arrogance dripping from her face was absolutely unbearable.
That’s just a little warning. Don’t think the whole world revolves around you. So Lorde admires you? Great. That just makes it more satisfying to bury him at the peak of his fame. I’ll have everyone know who really runs this place!
Vera’s POV
I stood there, staring at Leslie’s face-that gorgeous, infuriating face-and laughed coldly to myself.
I wasn’t afraid of her. Sure, our Pack might not rival Rogue Pack in terms of raw power, but when it came to media influence? On the continent, Greyhound Pack didn’t take orders from anyone.
Let’s see how far you get, Leslie. I won’t let you stay on that high horse for long.
But when she heard me, Leslie just lowered her head and let out a soft laugh. Not a single trace of panic or fear in that laugh-like my words weren’t even worth responding to. Like they were a bad joke.
That smile-so calm, so dismissive-it made me want to tear her apart.
Vera’s POV
My rage shot through the roof. That aloof, condescending look on her face made my teeth itch with fury.
Just when I thought I was going to explode, she finally opened her mouth-slow and calm, her tone sharp as ice,
“Miss Vera, is all this just because of Kirby?”
That sentence stabbed straight into my heart. I froze for a split second, a wave of panic flashing through me.
But I quickly pulled myself together. No point pretending anymore in front of her.
I was going to make it clear-Kirby was mine. No one could take him.
“At least you know,” I replied coldly. “Since your marriage contract is already broken, stay far away from him. Don’t let me catch you circling around him again, or don’t blame me for being rude.”
That was harsh enough, right?
But she just gave me a sideways glance and let out a sharp, mocking laugh.
That look, that smirk-it was like she was laughing at me for dreaming too big.
“I’ve never had a habit of picking up garbage,” she said, breezy and indifferent. “You should go tell him not to show up in my sight.”
Garbage? Did she just compare Kirby to garbage?
What gave her the right to look down on him like that?
Did she really think every she-wolf on the planet was supposed to worship Kirby?
This woman-was she blind? Or was she just deliberately trying to provoke me?
I was shaking with fury. “You-“