Chapter 378 A Bond Unraveled


    Kirby’s POV


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    Finished


    Leiss was practically beaming as he pointed toward the banquet hall. “Look how beautiful it is! Her only request was to design the marking ceremony herself–every detail done the way she likes. As long as she’s happy. For a girl, you’ve got to give the right gifts.”


    Where Leslie’s “right” was, I had no idea. My chest dropped and my face went dark.


    Leiss pped my shoulder and winked. “We’ve got an event nnedter–my mate set it up. I’ll get you an opening. We’re brothers–now that the bond’s repaired, I can’t stand to see you still suffering.”


    I said nothing. I didn’t want to hear his boasting; I walked inside.


    An <i>opportunity</i>? <i>Ha</i><i>. </i><i>If </i><i>Leslie </i><i>wanted </i><i>to </i><i>give </i><i>me </i><i>one</i><i>, </i><i>she </i><i>would </i><i>have </i><i>already</i><i>, </i>Lance muttered in my head.


    <b>Leslie’s </b>POV


    Eren came in behind me. No one was going to stop a child; he was thrilled to be free.


    Carl and I exchanged greetings with some acquaintances while Eren found a table and dug into desserts.


    The ballroom was dreamy and pristine. Every corner showed careful nning–Leiss had clearly spared no expense on this marking ceremony.


    <i>What </i>a <i>production</i><i>, </i>Asphodel snorted. <i>Does </i><i>every </i><i>Crimson Moon </i><i>beta </i><i>have </i><i>this </i><i>much </i><i>money</i>?


    I was about to tell Eren not to eat too much when the giant screen in the center went dark, drawing everyone’s attention.


    After a stunned silence, the screen flickered back on–and my heart dropped. A slideshow began: photos of Leiss intimately posed with various women.


    He was shown holding models on shopping trips, kissing small–name actresses, even in bed with several naked women.


    A few of the images looked disturbingly familiar–weren’t they the ones I’d once exposed


    online?


    The effect was explosive. Laughter and clinking sses died mid–air. The hall froze; the upbeat background music turned grotesque.


    <b>19:14 </b><b>Thu</b><b>, </b><b>Sep </b><b>25 </b>


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    <i>The </i><i>show’s </i><i>starting</i><i>! </i>Asphodel purred. <i>Leiss </i><i>is </i><i>finished</i><i>–</i><i>and </i><i>Leslie</i><i>, </i><i>did </i><i>you </i><i>expect </i><i>this</i><i>? </i>


    I kept my face neutral and scanned toward Leiss and Kelly.


    Finished


    This marking ceremony was about to be the biggest joke across the Northern Continent.


    Leiss<b>‘ </b>POV


    My mind went nk. It felt like someone had struck my head.


    The photos scrolling on the main screen were a knife tearing apart the happy fa?ade I’d built. I lunged frantic for the backstage area and shouted, “Stop! Who put those pictures up? Change it!”


    My voice shook. Panic rose like a tide. <i>Moon </i><i>Goddess</i>, who <i>did </i><i>this</i>?


    No one answered. The images kept scrolling, each one peeling away the lie I’d woven about my “happy” life.


    This ceremony should have been my triumph. Now it was turning into the continent’s biggest humiliation.


    The guests‘ congrattions sounded like mockery in my ears.


    I had to get to the backstage–only one thought drove me: Kelly must not see this. She can’t see <ol><li>it. </li></ol>


    But before I could reach it, there was another wave of shock from behind me.


    I whipped around and saw several women stepping onto the red carpet–dressed in white wedding gowns, parading like models on a runway.


    They were the very women from the screen.


    My heart clenched. Fear flooded every pore; my face went white.


    It’s <i>over</i><i>! </i><i>This </i><b><i>is </i></b><i>truly </i><i>over</i><i>! </i>a wolf howled in my head.


    Send Gifts


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