The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance) novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239

Kai’s POV

I stare across the roaring flames of the bonfire, my eyes locked entirely on her. Lyra Diamond. She looks breathtakingly beautiful tonight, wearing a short black skirt and a white crop top that shows off just enough of her soft skin to drive me insane. But she isn’t looking at me. She is sitting with another guy, a Level 3 he-wolf who has no business being anywhere near what belongs to me

She should be mine. She is mine. But because of my evil father and the political trap he has placed me in, I have no choice but o sit here in the shadows and watch her flirt with other guys. Every single cell in my body is screaming at me to/shift and murder every male in this clearing who dares to even glance in her direction.

Just sitting here, masking my scent of fury, and acting like I don’t care is a fucking challenge. It is tearing my beast apart piece by

piece.

And that is exactly why I just did something absolutely foolish.

I couldn’t stop myself. Seeing her look so distant, so detached from me, made me snap. I opened up the private mindlink between us, the one we haven’t used in forever, and whispered the truth straight into her mind.

”

And I love you.”

To be fair, I wasn’t expecting the bond of our mindlink to still be this strong after months of separation and silence. But I guess

some bonds are carved too deeply into the soul to ever be broken.

watch her closely from across the clearing. The moment my words echo in her head, Lyra freezes instantly. The fake smile she was

giving her date vanishes. Her eyes moisten with fresh tears, reflecting the orange light of the fire.

Hope blooms fiercely in my chest at her reaction. She still feels it. She still cares. My heart races against my ribs as I wait, praying

to the Goddess that she will open her mind back up to me. Will she say she loves me too? Will she finally give me something to

hold onto?

Suddenly, before I can even process what is happening, a pair of hands clamps onto my jaw.

Rina speedily forces my face around, ripping my gaze away from Lyra, and crashes her lips against mine.

I instantly freeze. My entire body recoils with disgust. The taste of her lips makes me want to gag. Inside my mind, Vlad lets out a

murderous roar, clawing at the walls of my mind to get out and tear this woman limb from limb.

I stay completely still for a single second, letting her think she has won. Then, I raise my hand and grab Rina’s neck. To anyone else

watching us from a distance, it looks like I am deepening the kiss, wrapping my hand passionately around her throat.

But I am not holding er gently.

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Chapter 239

Instead, I tighten my grip on her neck, channeling all my pent-up rage, frustration, and hatred into my fingers. A crunching sound echoes in my ears as the cartilage in her throat begins to break under my inhuman strength. I am literally crushing her neck.

Rina’s Rina’s eyes fly wide open in pure terror. She wrenches her lips away from mine with a sharp gasp, choking violently as her airway cuts off completely. She tries to pull back, but my hand is like an iron vise. Her face starts turning blue incredibly fast.

“K-Kai…” she chokes out, frantically clawing her fingers at my wrist, pleading for her life.

I lean in closer, a wicked, cold grin spreading across my face. I press my lips against her ear, keeping up the illusion that we are

sharing an intimate moment.

“Didn’t I tell you that the next time you try to force yourself on me, I’ll kill you in a heartbeat?” I whisper, my/voice dripping with

pure malice.

Rina’s tears spill over her cheeks, her body trembling as her strength begins to fail. “Please… stop…” she wheezes out, her voice

barely a faint whisper.

I squeeze harder. I don’t care about the festival. I don’t care about the academy rules, the onlookers, or the political consequences.

Today, I am going to end her once and for all. Consequences be fucking damned.

Rina’s eyes start to roll back into her head, her clawing movements growing weak. She is almost completely gone when a hand

suddenly grabs my shoulder from behind.

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