Chapter 347\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she\u2019s done nothing wrong, then why\u2019d you erase the security footage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her mouth clamped shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
0717\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fluished\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou care more about appearances than justice,\u201d I continued. \u201cWhen the Enforcers dragged me away in front of the entire Council, where was your concern about the Vale family\u2019s reputation then? Or was it only embarrassing when I survived?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She winced like the words cut deep. Good. Let them bleed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve always loved Scarlett like gold,\u201d I said. \u201cAnd me? Just a weed growing where you didn\u2019t want one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes welled again. She clutched her chest like my words physically hurt her. \u201cRiley, please\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t. I don\u2019t need you to lie again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her wolf was trembling inside her-I could smell the shift, the way it recoiled in guilt and shame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew you wouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d I said, voice cold as stone. \u201cSo don\u2019t bother pretending you would\u2019ve.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d she surged forward, grabbed my hands-clutched them like a drowning wolf. \u201cPlease, Riley, just give me one more chance. I\u2019ll do anything. Anything! Just\u2026 don\u2019t shut me out again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t answer right away. I let the silence stretch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let her drown in it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I met her eyes and said, \u201cFine. One more chance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her breath caught. Her fingers squeezed mine. \u201cThank you-thank you-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut,\u201d I added, voice razor-sharp, \u201cif you want forgiveness, if you want to keep Scarlett in your precious house, you\u2019re going to climb all 999 steps of Sacred Howl Ridge to the summit temple. Kneel. Prostrate. And beg the Moon Priest for a blessed protection charm. Then bring it back to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She paled instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The climb to Sacred Howl Ridge wasn\u2019t for the faint of heart. Even warriors trained in endurance struggled to complete the ascent. The elevation was brutal. The stone stairs were steep, uneven, sacred. Most wolves attempted the climb as part of a coming-of-age trial-at sixteen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was fifty. A Luna in title. A stranger in truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her lips trembled. \u201cRiley, that climb is dangerous. I-I\u2019m not as strong as I used to be. Even the Alpha hasn\u2019t done it since his twenties. What you\u2019re asking\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t even close to what you owe,\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t yell. I didn\u2019t growl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I just looked at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 347\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I watched her break.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just a little.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enough to make me wonder if she would actually do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enough to make my wolf, Nyra, growl softly in the back of my mind: She won\u2019t climb. She\u2019s already chosen the other one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t answer her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because I knew Nyra was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But still\u2026 I wanted to give her the choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let her fail on her own this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Pack\u2019s Daughter\u00a0<\/p>\n
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