Burn in the Alpha Princess’s Wrath

Chapter 381 Reckoning and Admission

bKirby’s /bPOV

What the hell just happened?!

If anyone should be desperate on that stage, it shouldn’t be Leiss – it should be me.

Leslie actually led the apuse.

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I rubbed my temple, my face dark as a cauldron. iLance/ii, /iI could almost hear him spinning in my head in a panic, iShe’s /iidredging /iiup /iiold /iiwounds/ibi! /i/b

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Hearing that, my chest tightened, but I decided to ignore him. Damn it — did Lance forget he was insulting us too? Still, Leiss was trash.

I brought Leslie here to let her see a restored bond and build hope, not to watch Leiss make ia /iughingstock of himself. That idiot couldn’t do anything right; he deserved it.

I moved beside her and lowered my voice, urgency in it. “Don’t get involved. This is bad enough – Kelly’s gone off the rails.”

Leslie nced at me coldly; that look cut like a de and made it hard to breathe.

She said coolly, “Kirby, isn’t this disastrous situation Leiss’s fault?”

Before I could answer she sniffed once. “I don’t have Kelly’s courage. To stage such a satisfying revenge – why didn’t I ever think of that?”

Her words were like a slender needle driven into my chest; I went pale.

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Lance roared, iShe’s /iidredging up /iithe /ibipast/i/bbi! /i/bI’d forgotten. How had I failed to remember? My treatment of her back then how was it different from Leiss’s treatment of Kelly? Worse, probably. At least Leiss’s family had treated Kelly tolerably; my family had treated Leslie like a thorn, wanting her out of Crimson Moon entirely.

Thinking of that, it felt as if a tight cord was being drawn around my chest until it cut and bled. I gripped her wrist hard, refusing to let go. “Leslie, you have to believe me – I’ve changed.”

My voice was low, hoarse with pleading.

She struggled for a moment, but gave up and stopped trying to pull away. Her gaze stayed ice-

cold.

On stage, Kelly snapped, “Don’t trust men who promise to change – dogs don’t stop eating

shit.”

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Leslie couldn’t help the small smile that tugged at her lips when she heard that.

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My mood sank further. I bared my teeth and shot a re at the woman on stage. God, was she doing that on purpose?

I swallowed and forced my anger down. “I love you. More than my life.”

Kelly’s voice cut through cold as a knife. “Don’t trust men who say ‘I love you‘ easily. Toote passion is worthless as grass.”

Leslieughed out loud this time, and the sound chilled me ito /ithe bone.

I regretted bringing her to this damned banquet. If this farce between Leiss and Kelly ruined any chance of her and me reconciling, I’d never forgive them.

Lance urged, iShe’s /iitrying /iito /iirile /iiyou /i

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igo /i

iall /iiin/ii! /iiYou’ve /iialready /iilost /iiyour /iipride /ianyway!

So I leaned close behind Leslie’s ear, breathed in the sweetness of her resin pheromone, and, hoarse, whispered, “Leslie, don’t let her get to you. I mean it. If you don’t believe me, I’ll ask you to mark me here, right now.”

My throat was raw; the plea in my eyes was in. For an alpha male, being marked by a female felt like humiliation but if it proved my sincerity, I’d throw decency aside.

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Lance barked in surprise, iAre /iiyou /iiinsane/ii? /iiBeg /iia /iifemale /iito /iimark /iiyou /iipublicly/i?

I shot an eye at the empty air. Weren’t you the one telling me to go all in?

Under the lights Leslie’s eyes shimmered as she watched the stage, as if she hadn’t even heard me. She lifted a corner of her mouth with disdain. “In your dreams.”

The words were a bucket of cold water, and my heart froze.

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