Chapter 339\u00a0<\/p>\n
Author\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael slammed his palm against the bar, his voice hoarse with fury. \u201cThat\u2019s bullshit! The law already gave Riley five years-she\u2019s paid her dues!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s icy expression didn\u2019t waver. \u201cPaid? She served her time and walked out alive. My sister will spend the rest of her life in a hospital bed, barely breathing. And you want to call it even?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice dropped, low and venomous. \u201cAs long as Tessa remains trapped in that shell, Riley\u2019s debt is far from paid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up!\u201d Kael growled. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice rasped from the strain. \u201cRiley was beaten in prison. She was mocked, stabbed, forced to kneel until her knees bled. Her leg was shattered. You ever seen someone go from a bright-eyed girl to\u2026 to that? Cold. Quiet. Hollow. She was sunshine. Now she\u2019s shadow. How is that not enough?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He staggered backward, knocking over a stool behind him. His balance was gone, but he didn\u2019t notice. His chest heaved with every breath. \u201cShe\u2019s a cripple now. Is that what you wanted?! Are you happy?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something flickered in Ronan\u2019s gaze-guilt? No. Not guilt. But something like a flinch passed behind his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shouldn\u2019t feel anything for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hurt Tessa. She ruined everything. She was the reason for the endless nights spent by a motionless body in the Frosthelm medical ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had no right to pity her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He swallowed it down. \u201cShe deserved every second of that sentence. Don\u2019t compare a few bruises to my sister\u2019s ruined future. Tessa was brilliant. She was meant to lead, to innovate, to serve the Pack Council with honor-and Riley stole that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s voice turned cruel. \u201cAnd don\u2019t forget, Kael-it was you who testified against her. You backed Scarlett. You helped bury her. You think she\u2019s forgotten that? You think she doesn\u2019t hate you for it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael flinched like he\u2019d been slapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had hoped Riley would come out of prison with new perspective. Stronger. Wiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He hadn\u2019t known she\u2019d come out\u2026 broken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The anger erupted again-white hot. He swung at Ronan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan dodged easily, stepping aside like a breeze. Kael slammed into the bar, panting, dizzy,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMore,\u201d he gasped at the bartender. \u201cGive me something stronger.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man poured silently. Kael grabbed the glass and downed it, liquor spilling from the corners of his mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan sat beside him, knuckles white around his own drink. He looked calm, but his thoughts were chaos.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2026 why couldn\u2019t you have just stayed the perfect little prodigy you were meant to be?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The music throbbed around them. Lights spun, people laughed, bodies danced-but the world outside was crumbling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back at the Vale manor, things weren\u2019t much better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett sobbed into Luna Zara\u2019s arms. Her delicate frame trembled with each breathless hiccup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zara stroked her hair gently, but her eyes glinted with disapproval.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alpha Alaric\u2019s face was carved from stone. He pointed at Riley, voice thunderous. \u201cYou pushed her. You wanted to paralyze her like you did Tessa. That\u2019s what you\u2019ve become. A savage. A threat. Kneel and beg for forgiveness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley stared at him, numb.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t even flinch when he called her savage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d stopped expecting kindness from him long ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But still\u2026 something twisted inside her. Something old and sharp and buried deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou watched Scarlett shove Tessa five years ago. You did nothing. You watched me get sentenced for it. Again, you did nothing. And now, you let her throw herself down a flight of stairs just to frame me again, and still-you. Do. Nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice was calm. Too calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric\u2019s face darkened with rage. \u201cHow dare you-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAm I really your daughter? Or was I just some mistake you never wanted to claim? You protect Scarlett like she\u2019s your blood. Maybe she is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit like a slap.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric\u2019s composure shattered. He roared, snatching his belt from around his waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zara gasped. Scarlett clung tighter to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He raised the leather and brought it down hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crack of impact echoed through the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley didn\u2019t scream. She didn\u2019t cry. She only staggered back, her shoulder ablaze with pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second strike came. Then the third.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She dropped to her knees, arms bracing her weight, body trembling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mia burst into the room. \u201cAlpha, please! She\u2019s already injured-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMove,\u201d Alaric snarled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
TWI\u00a0<\/p>\n
26\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
R\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 339\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mia didn\u2019t move. She knelt beside Riley, shielding her with her own back. The next blow landed on her\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley gasped. \u201cMia, don\u2019t-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re the Alpha\u2019s daughter.\u201d Mia whispered. \u201cYou don\u2019t deserve this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when it happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s eyes widened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something inside her cracked-no, awakened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her blood ran hot, her vision doubled. The lights blurred. Her heartbeat thundered in her ears. The pain vanished, replaced by something primal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The scent of anger. The tang of iron. The feeling of her bones pulling, reshaping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her wolf\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the first time in five years, the creature inside stirred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it was furious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
26\u00a0<\/p>\n
730\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
R\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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