Chapter 331\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those warnings echoed like thunder in my skull\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
My chest heaved with fury, and the strands of hair on my forehead trembled with the force of it. I glared at Kael, my so-called brother, with a look that could flay a wolf\u2019s hide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWas it you?\u201d I demanded, my voice razor-sharp.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael sat leisurely, fingers laced over his lap like the purebred Alpha heir he was bred to be. His expression remained unreadable-cold, superior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWas what me? I\u2019ve no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d he replied smoothly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took a threatening step forward, barely able to keep my wolf from surging to the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you order the council to expel Mia\u2019s daughter from her academy? Did you threaten her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His gaze narrowed, something dangerous glinting in those pale gold irises. I could see it-he didn\u2019t like how much I cared for someone who wasn\u2019t blood. Someone who wasn\u2019t him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if I did? What would you do about it?\u201d he sneered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will tear you down, Kael,\u201d I said, voice low, trembling with barely restrained rage. \u201cI will burn everything down, even if it takes me with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
s expression twisted. \u201cI\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
your brother. Is that how you treat your Alpha blood?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t answer. I didn\u2019t need to. He could see the truth in my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then his phone rang. Kael checked the screen and lifted it to his ear, eyes never leaving mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I saw the flicker of something behind his gaze-satisfaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pressed the button and Mia\u2019s voice spilled out through the speaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaster Kael, please, I didn\u2019t know who else to call. The school\u2026, they\u2019re talking about expelling Carman. She\u2019s worked so hard, she\u2019s a good girl. If she\u2019s expelled now-please, can\u2019t you help?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t need to hear the whole thing. I could read the desperation on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because I was staring straight at her, through the pack estate\u2019s exterior gate camera,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Someone had locked her out, left her at the iron bars like a stranger. But she didn\u2019t hang up. She stood there, face pressed close to the callbox\u2019s camera, praying someone would answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I saw her lips moving. I understood every word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d learned to read lips in prison-when my wolf was collared, my hearing gone, and silence was more common than kindness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/\u00a0<\/p>\n
12:56 Fri, Dec 26 M\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 331\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael muted the call and looked at me. \u201cHelp her? Fine. But you\u2019re going to Blackmaw Pack House. You\u2019ll kneel beside Ronan\u2019s sister\u2019s bed and apologize. Beg for forgiveness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My throat closed up. You want me to beg the wolves who put me in a cage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael\u2019s lips twitched. \u201cYou want Mia\u2019s daughter to finish school, don\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands trembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine,\u201d I said hoarsely. \u201cI\u2019ll do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael turned back to the phone, voice honey-sweet. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mia. Everything will be fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then he stood. \u201cI\u2019ll drive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take a cab.\u201d I snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m faster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at you makes me sick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The blow landed. Not physically-but Kael flinched like he\u2019d been struck. Then, with a roar, he kicked the coffee table, sending porcelain crashing across the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley, you\u2019ve gone too far!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t respond. I turned and left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outside the manor gates, I ran straight into Theo Hale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He leaned against his car, sunglasses low on his nose, and gave me a slow once-over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn. You look like you got hit by a bus. Twice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I brushed past him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Theo frowned. Once, I used to wait on him like a maid-pouring tea, smiling like a fool. He\u2019d barely noticed\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now I ignored him completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you going? Need a lift?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I said nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He jogged to catch up and grabbed my wrist. \u201cHey, I\u2019m talking to you. You deaf or-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wrenched my arm away. \u201cIf it makes you happy, Theo, you can think of me as deaf. Or mute. Or dead. I don\u2019t care. Just pretend I don\u2019t exist.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He looked genuinely taken aback. \u201cWhat the hell is wrong with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a lunatic,\u201d I snapped. \u201cStay away from me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 331\u00a0<\/p>\n
I left him standing there, confused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind me, he called out, \u201cCrazy bitch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blackmaw Pack infirmary towered like a fortress-cold and sterile. The Alpha\u2019s sister, Tessa, lay comatose in a private wing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stepped into her room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My breath hitched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I remembered Tessa as a stunning she-wolf. Curled golden hair, fierce smile, voice like a silver bell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But now-\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was pale and skeletal. Her once radiant skin clung to brittle bones. Her magic-gone. Her light- extinguished.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I should\u2019ve felt nothing. She\u2019d always hated me, always chosen Scarlett.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I pitied her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because I knew exactly what it felt like to be alive and buried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had hated me based on lies-Scarlett\u2019s lies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett had pushed her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric had seen it. He\u2019d watched. And instead of stopping it, he let me take the blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They knew I hadn\u2019t done it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I had been in the wrong place. At the wrong time. The only one who knew the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So they buried me instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now, here I was, standing over the broken shell of the woman I supposedly tried to kill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael wanted me to grovel. Ronan wanted blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted justice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
730\u00a0<\/p>\n
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