Chapter 340\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
My fingers trembled as I shielded Mia with my body, her cries echoing in my ears as Alpha Alaric-my\u00a0<\/p>\n
father-raised the belt again. The pain lashed across my back, fire blooming along my spine, but I barely felt\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something inside me had cracked open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A voice growled in my mind, low and vicious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The voice wasn\u2019t mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNyra.\u201d I whispered without thinking. The name came to me like a memory from another life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey hurt us. Again. Again. And again. You won\u2019t stop them. But I will.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My vision blurred. Heat rushed through my veins, pulsing in time with my heart. My nails blackened, lengthening into curved claws. My teeth ached-no, grew. My spine stretched, bones shifting, cracking. I could feel my ears sharpening, hear every heartbeat in the room. My pupils split and narrowed, golden and gleaming like molten metal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKill them,\u201d Nyra hissed. \u201cMake them pay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am still trapped and unable to shift, but I will give you the power.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shoved Mia aside, ignoring her gasp, and staggered to my feet. Blood dripped from my arm where the belt had torn skin, but I barely noticed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I limped into the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment my hand closed around the hilt of the knife, I knew it wasn\u2019t me anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We were one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I stepped back into the living room, the entire Vale family went still.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley, put that down!\u201d Luna Zara cried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t answer. My grip tightened on the blade. My gaze locked onto Alpha Alaric.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou touch Mia again,\u201d I snarled, my voice deeper, layered with Nyra\u2019s resonance, \u201cand I\u2019ll tear out your throat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I lifted my head and met Alpha Alaric\u2019s eyes, the full force of his Alpha aura slammed into me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The air thickened like a storm front crashing through the room. My lungs refused to expand. My limbs trembled-not from fear, but from the sheer weight of his dominance. Even Scarlett, cowering behind the\u00a0<\/p>\n
26\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
R\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
couch, whimpered and bowed her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou dare raise a blade in my house?\u201d Alaric roared. His voice cracked through the air like a thunderclap, resonating with years of unquestioned authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He took a step forward, and the power of his wolf surged, pressing down on everyone in the room. Luna Zara stumbled back. Mia whimpered. The chandelier trembled overhead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t flinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nyra surged within me like a wildfire refusing to be snuffed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet him roar. He\u2019s not our Alpha anymore,\u201d she growled. \u201cWe are.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A low snarl escaped my throat-feral, unrecognizable, mine and not mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took a step forward, cutting through the weight of his dominance like a blade through fog. My body trembled, but I kept walking. Nyra\u2019s power pushed back against his aura. The pressure on my chest lessened. The fear in my limbs evaporated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tried again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPut the blade down, Riley,\u201d Alaric ordered, voice thick with Alpha compulsion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My ears rang. My knees almost buckled-but I didn\u2019t obey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead, I smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A flicker of uncertainty crossed his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not that girl anymore,\u201d I said. \u201cThe one you locked away. The one you silenced. The one who bowed her head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My claws gleamed under the chandelier. I held them up for all of them to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis bloodline you\u2019re so proud of? It runs through me too. But I\u2019m done letting it chain me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric\u2019s lips curled into a sneer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe this show? You\u2019re clearly performing for attention, but it\u2019s pathetic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He took a step closer, nostrils flaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t smell a wolf on you, Riley. Not a single trace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tilted his head mockingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOr maybe there\u2019s something. Faint. Sickly. Like she\u2019s dying. I\u2019d wager you haven\u2019t even completed your shift, have you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice dropped into a cruel whisper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
26\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
R\u00ae III O\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u043e\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter anu\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep defying me, and you might just kill your wolf before she ever gets free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nyra snarled. My chest constricted-not from fear, but fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took another step.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were.\u201d I said softly but I don\u2019t feel your power anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was panting. My eyes burned. My fingers ached from gripping the knife too hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Nyra was laughing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s scared now. They all are. Good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley, please\u201d Luna Zara tried to step between us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shoved past her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m done asking nicely. I\u2019m done surviving. I want justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to kill someone!\u201d Zara screamed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe that\u2019s what it takes!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett whimpered behind the couch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe deserves it,\u201d Nyra hissed. \u201cShe ruined us. Let me end her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My body shook. I raised the knife again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d Luna Zara cried, wrapping her arms around me. \u201cRiley, please. Please don\u2019t. I know I failed you. But I\u2019m still your mother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not,\u201d I said flatly. \u201cYou\u2019re just the one who gave birth to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes widened in horror.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I held up my free hand. My claws gleamed under the chandelier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want repayment for giving me life? Fine. I\u2019ll give it back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I slammed my hand onto the table, spreading my fingers wide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA child owes nothing to a parent who only gave her pain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
730\u00a0<\/p>\n
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