The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance) novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Lyra

The weight of Kai’s heartbroken gaze lingers in the empty doorway, pressing down on my chest until I can barely draw air into my lungs.

I feel like a cold and sharp panic is paralyzing me.

“Lyra…” Roman says, pulling me into his arms and leaning down to try and kiss me again. He doesn’t even care that I look upset. I raise

my hands and shove Roman’s chest, making him take a step back from me.

“Stop.” I gasp, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. My chest heaves as I stare at him. “Just… get away from me, Roman.”

Roman eyes are wide and hurt, but the wild rage from before is gone. He reaches out a hand toward me, his voice dropping into a desperate plea. “Lyra, please. Don’t look at me like that. I wasn’t trying to take Rai’s spot in your life, I swear I wasn’t.”

“You threatened me with your life,” I whisper, tears blurring my vision. “You threatened to go out there and die just to make me kiss you.”

“1… I was desperate,” he insists, taking a small step forward. “I just want you to acknowledge me, Lyra. I want you to see me the way you see him. I care about you so much, it’s killing me. I wouldn’t even mind sharing you with my cousin. I just want to be with you.”

I freeze, my mind completely stalling. I blink through my tears, looking at him as if he has lost his mind. “Share me? What the hell are you talking about, Roman? Are you listening to yourself?”

Roman swallows hard, his jaw tightening. “It’s possible, Lyra. It’s rare, but it happens. Some she–wolves are blessed by the Moon Goddess to have two mates. It’s a real thing. Since you’re a silver fox, it’s possible you could have a multi–mate bond. We could both protect you.

You don’t have to choose.”

I stare at him in absolute confusion. Two mates? A multi–mate bond?

The concept is shocking to me. Is it really possible to have two mates at the same time, without one of them being rejected? But then, shouldn’t that mean I would feel a mate bond with both of them?

“Do you want to take both of us as your mate, Lyra? Kai will have no choice but to accept it because the mate bond is sovereign above anything else. Do you?”

I think about the way my body and fox reacts to Kal. Even when I am furious with him, even when he treats me badly, my soul serens for him. The mate hond between me and Kai is a living, breathing fire in my veins.

Hut Roman? I feel nothing. There is no spark. There is no pull pulling my soul toward his. There is only friendship and a deep fan of Tosing another person I care about.

Roman sem, the reaktion in any nyus before I even speak. Desperation take over him agile, and he sent my grace, leaning dewy to press his lips against mine once more.

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Chapter 208

“No!” I snap, quickly jerking my head back. I plant both of my palms firmly against his chest, holding him at arm’s length, “Stop it, Roman. Don’t touch me. Just stay away

Without waiting for him to reply, I turn and run out of the kitchen and race upstairs to find Kai.

Kai’s POV

The image of her lips pressed against Roman’s is burned into the back of my eyelids. Every time I blink, I see it again. It’s like a blade twisting directly into my heart, ripping away whatever hope I had left.

I walk into my private study at the end of the hallway, slamming the door behind me. I lean my palms against my wooden desk as I try to

breathe.

“Let me out,” Vlad roars in my mind, his claws scratching at the edges of my consciousness, Let me tear his throat out! He touched our mate!

He kissed our flower!!

‘No. She chose him. She let him touch her. It’s her choice, Vlad.‘

“Then the bond should be broken so we can be free!‘ Vlad snarls, but he doesn’t attempt to sever the mate thread connecting us to Lyra and Wyndra. He keeps the bond wide open, a painful reminder of the girl who just shattered us. He is furious, but beneath the rage, my Lycan is completely wounded, coiling himself into a dark corner of my mind.

The door to the study suddenly bursts open.

I don’t even lift my head as the familiar scent of lilac and jasmine fills the room. I keep my eyes fixed on the dark wood of my desk.

“Kai!” Lyra gasps out, her voice frantic and breathless. She slams the door shut behind her and takes a few hesitant steps into the room. “Please, just listen to me for a second. Let me explain.”

“There is nothing to explain, Lyra,” I say. My voice sounds cold, detached, and completely empty. It doesn’t even sound like me. “I think you got your point across. I’ll respect your choices from now onwards.”

“No, you don’t understand!” she cries, her voice cracking with emotion. I can hear her footsteps getting closer, but I still refuse to look up at her. “Roman was going to leave. He was going to run out into the forest. He said he didn’t care if the demons killed him. I couldn’t let him do that, Kaf! I already lost my uncle, I couldn’t have Roman’s blood on my hands too!”

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