The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance) novel Chapter 297

Chapter 297

The room goes completely quiet. The silence is absolute. Nick looks at me with a wide, shocked expression, as if he cannot recognize his own sister any Amara and Isolde quietly exchange a look with each other. Even Kai looks completely shocked, his eyebrows shooting up in utter surprise.

But Roman… Roman’s face turns to a dark shade of red. A look of pury fury and betrayal twists his features into a horrific mask. I expected this reactio but seeing it up close still makes my stomach drop.

“Are you serious right now, Ly?” Roman yells, his voice cracked with frustration and disbelief. He steps closer to me, his hands shaking at his sides. “No fucking way are you seriously thinking of staying with him, Lyra! With the same guy who has tortured, degraded, and abused you all this time? Have you completely lost your mind?! Have you forgotten how he almost violently yanked off your neck when you woke up in the hospital?! Why do you keep choosing him over me?!”

The tension in the room spikes to a dangerous level. Kai’s jaw clenches so tightly I can almost hear his teeth grinding as he prepares to step forward an probably attack Roman for his words.

Before he can reach Roman, I immediately reach out and grab Kai’s arm, my fingers digging tightly into his skin. The physical contact makes him instant freeze in his tracks, his green eyes snapping down to look at my hand on his skin. “Please, don’t..” I whisper to him. Thankfully, he lets it go and steps b

I turn to look over at the rest of the room. “Everyone, please could you all step out for a minute? I need to talk with Roman alone.”

Nick looks hesitant at first, his protective instincts flaring up. “Lyra, I don’t think that’s a good idea-”

“Please, Nick, he’s my friend,” I insist, giving him a pleading look. “Just give us five minutes.”

With a heavy sigh, Nick finally nods his head and turns around, walking out into the hallway. Amara and Isolde ckly follow him, looking incredibly uncomfortable. Kai stays still for a second longer, his dark green eyes locked onto mine with an intense, undable expression that makes me feel incredi

or softly behind him. self-conscious. Finally, he releases a sharp breath, turns on his heel, and steps out of the room, cling th

The moment the door clicks shut, Roman moves. He steps forward and roughly pulls me into his chest, wrapping his arm tightly around my waist. I stiffen his grip, feeling the anger rolling off his body in strong waves.

“I really don’t get it, Ly,” Roman says in a voice thick with raw emotion as he looks down at my face. “I seriously don’t get it. Even now, when you don’t even have your memories, you still choose to trust him? Over me? Over your own brother? What the fuck does he have over you, Lyra? Why does it always seem like I am completely losing you to him no matter what I do, no matter how kind I am to you?!”

“Roman, please just stop making this a much bigger deal than it actually is,” I say, my voice gentle but firm as I place my hands on his shoulders, trying to create some space between us. “It is my choice. It’s just about temporary safety.”

“Of course it is a big deal! It’s a huge fucking deal!” Roman yells, his eyes wild with frustration. “Maybe it’s because you don’t have your memories to remind you, but let me make it clear: Kai has never been your friend, and he has certainly never been your lover. He was your abuser, Lyra! He forced you to sign a contract to be his personal slave. He made you do horrible, degrading things for his own amusement. He degraded you time and time again in front of the entire academy. Yet you still choose him? Am I living in crazy town right now, or what? Why are you doing this to me?

“You don’t have to repeat all these you know? I already know most of the things he did.”

Roman pauses in suprise, staring at me. “So.. you remember more? Duca… does he know that you’re having flashbacks? Did von cell him even after I warned

you not to?”

Tiet out a long, exhausted sigh, my shoulders stumping. “No. He doesn’t. Kara already told me most of the things you’re saying right now, Human. I know about the past and how I met hun. But welling me repeatedly isn’t going to magically change my mind tonight Please, we just can we just steps

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fighting over something completely irrelevant right now?

Roman shifts backward, pulling his arms away from my waist as if he’s been physically burned. He looks at me with an expression so deeply heartbroken,

filled with pain, that it makes my chest ache with guilt.

“So… I’m completely irrelevant to you now, Lyra? Is that it?”

Gosh, I hate hearing the sheer pain in his voice. I hate hurting him. He has been nothing but sweet, patient, and protective to me ever since I met him.

But how on earth can I explain the truth to him? How can I explain that feel a powerful and magnetic bond with Kai that I have never felt with Roman How can I explain that just being close to Kai is making Wyndra wake up inside my mind? Roman is safe, but Kar feels like gravity. Like a force that cont

my entire body.

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