The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance) novel Chapter 177

The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance)

Chapter 177

Daisy Diamond post, 20 minutes ago: Guess what? I Just caught my sis and my ex–bf/mate making out and fucking each other like

their lives depend on it. I guess I should thank the Goddess that I’m no longer mated to a guy that cheats on me 🙁 y’all celebrate

the new couple! #LyraXRyan

My hand shakes. I feel the blood drain from my face, leaving me cold and hollow. I scroll down, my thumb hovering over the image.

I stare at the picture. The lighting is dim, but it’s clear. It’s Lyra. Her silver hair is unmistakable, splayed out against a dark

background. She’s in a bed, and there’s a guy–that bastard Ryan–wrapped around her. The angle of the picture makes it clear that

they are holding each other tightly, their lips pressed together in a deep, passionate kiss. She looks like she’s pulling him closer. She

looks… willing.

My vision goes red. The world literally turns the color of blood. A roar starts in my chest, a sound that isn’t human. I can feel Vlad

taking over, my bones cracking and shifting as my Lycan tries to force his way out. My eyes are burning, glowing a lethal red.

“Kai! Hey!”

Damon’s voice sounds like it’s miles away. He grabs my shoulders, trying to shake me out of it.

“Hey! Calm down! Why don’t we just calm down for a second? Maybe there’s a mistake. Maybe it’s not what it looks like. Just listen

to her first, Kai. You know how her sister is.”

I yank Damon’s hands off me with a snarl that sounds more like a bark. I shove him back against the wall, my claws digging into the

fabric of his shirt.

“I know what the fuck I just saw!” I growl. My voice is deep and distorted, the beast’s voice mixing with mine. “She was probably

fucking that bastard all along! She went back there to be with him! She played me! She acted like she was completely alone!”

The image of them together burns in my mind like acid. I thought we had something… a connection that went beyond words. And

all this time, she was just waiting to go back to the fucking boy who rejected her?

“I will kill him,” I hiss. “I will kill this Ryan guy for even daring to touch what belongs to me. I’ll tear his throat out in front of her.”

I turn toward the door, ready to burst through it and shift right there in the palace grounds. I don’t care who sees. I don’t care about

the laws or the treaties. I want blood. Vlad wants blood.

“Kai, stop!”

Damon lunges at me, wrapping his arms around my waist to hold me back. I’m half–shifted, my muscles bulging, and I’m much

stronger than him, but he’s desperate.

“Please! Don’t go and make things worse!” he shouts.

I struggle against him, throwing my elbow back to hit him in the ribs. I’m going to break his bones. I’m going to break everything in

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this room. “Let go of me,

Damon! I’m going to Valeria!”

“No! As your Beta and your best friend, I can’t let you make this mistake!” Damon yells, his voice strained with the effort of holding me. “If you go now, it will be pure chaos! You’ll start a war! And the King–think about your father, Kai!”

The mention of the King makes me pause, though the rage is still screaming in my ears.

“The King must not find out that you still have Lyra in your mind,” Damon says, his voice dropping to a frantic whisper. “You know

what he’s like. If he thinks a girl from a small pack is distracting his heir and causing international incidents, he won’t just punish

you. He’ll send the executioners. You don’t want him to kill her, do you? Because that’s what will happen!”

As I listen to his warning, I stop struggling against him. My claws slowly retract, and the red glow in my eyes starts to fade, though

the fire in my chest doesn’t go out.

Damon is right. My father is already suspicious. If I show up in Valeria and slaughter their future Alpha over a girl, the King will end

her life just to remove the distraction from my path. He’d punish me for going back on my word.

I stand there in the center of the room, my hands clenched into fists. After a few minutes, I slowly sink into the chair by my desk. I

feel sick. I feel humiliated.

“Fine,” I say, my voice cold and hollow. “I’ll stay back.”

Damon lets out a breath of relief, leaning against the doorframe to catch his breath. “Fuck. That’s the right call, Kai. We’ll figure

this out. We’ll get the truth.”

I don’t look at him. I’m staring at the phone on the floor, where the screen is still turned on with the image of Lyra and fucking

Ryan.

I’ll stay back for now. I’ll play the part of the dutiful prince. But the image isn’t going away. The betrayal is sitting in my throat like

a shard of glass.

I will still kill that bastard Ryan. He can’t live after he touched her. And Lyra…

I’ll make her regret choosing him. I’ll make her regret every second she spent in that bed.

“I want to be alone, Damon,” I say quietly.

“Kai-

“I want to be alone!”

He doesn’t argue this time. He leaves, closing the door softly behind him.

I sit in the darkness, torturing myself with the image of how she was holding on to the bastard.

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