Fury Unleashed: The Awakening Alpha Nira (by Chloe Ramos) novel Chapter 140

Chapter 140 Not Interested

Chapter 140 Not Interested

Nira’s POV:

If I still couldn’t tell by now that Damian was coming straight at me, then I’d have no business surviving in this world.

What I couldn’t figure out was why.

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He didn’t react to my refusal the way most people would. No irritation, no pressure, not even a hint of awkwardness. Instead, he just smiled, easy and unbothered. “That’s fine. Whenever you do have time, you’re always welcome.”

Across from us, Eli’s composure was slipping. The way Damian brushed him off earlier but kept circling back to me clearly got under his skin, and even though he tried to hide it, the tension showed in his eyes. He threw a few sharp looks my way, his wolf eyes flickering with restrained frustration.

I ignored him like he wasn’t there.

Agatha, on the other hand, looked quietly pleased, like she could already see the Soren family climbing another step higher by getting tied to the Flores family.

Watching all of them sit there, each with their own angle, killed whatever appetite I had left.

I pushed my chair back and stood. “I’ve got something at school. I need to head out.”

“Perfect,” Damian said, standing almost immediately after me, like he’d been waiting for the moment. “I’m heading that way too. I’ll give you a ride.”

I didn’t answer. I just walked.

We stepped out of the estate one after the other, the night air cool enough that I instinctively pulled my jacket tighter around me.

He fell into step beside me without asking.

Every so often, I could feel his gaze drift over, not heavy, but deliberate enough to notice. There was something in it, something probing, like he was trying to see past the surface.

Lyra stayed on edge.

After a few steps, he spoke, casual on the surface. “You seem a little guarded around me.”

I didn’t slow down. “You’re reading too much into it. We don’t know each other, so there’s nothing to guard.”

He let out a quiet chuckle, his tone turning just a little more deliberate. “Don’t we? I keep getting this strange sense that I’ve met you before. Like this isn’t our first time crossing paths.”

That was enough.

I stopped and turned to face him fully, my voice cooling. “Damian, I don’t care what you think you’re sensing or what you’re trying to figure out. I’m not interested in getting to know you, so you can drop the act.”

He blinked, clearly not expecting me to shut him down that directly.

For a moment, the easy smile on his face faded, but it didn’t stay gone long. He recovered quickly, slipping right back into that

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calm, controlled version of himself. “You’re honest, I’ll give you that. But I’m serious. I want to be friends with you, and I mean that.”

I let out a soft, humorless laugh, not even bothering to hide the distance in my tone. “Then you should find someone else to be sincere with. If that’s all, I’m leaving.”

I didn’t wait for a response.

I turned and walked away, not giving him another second.

Something about him didn’t sit right, and it wasn’t just instinct, it was deeper than that, like a quiet warning I couldn’t ignore. Being around him felt like standing too close to something that could pull me under if I let it.

I had no intention of finding out how deep that went.

By the time I reached the corner, I was done walking. I let Lyra take over, and the world blurred as I moved, fast enough that the distance between me and that place disappeared in moments.

On the way back, my phone kept lighting up.

Damon.

Call after call.

I declined every single one.

I knew exactly why he was reaching out. Now that I was part of the Shadowgrid Squad and starting to build a name for myself academically, suddenly I was useful again.

That didn’t erase anything.

It didn’t rewrite what he’d done.

And it definitely didn’t mean I’d help him.

Not now, not ever.

It didn’t take long for the next piece of news to break.

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Eli’s nanobot thrombosis project, backed by Flores funding, had made a major breakthrough in clinical trials.

The announcement hit fast and hard, spreading through both the medical field and investment circles like wildfire.

The Soren family’s reputation surged, and Eli rode that wave without hesitation, announcing a full-scale press conference to present the results.

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