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At Mooncrest Second Hospital, the tension was suffocating, the doctor had barely walked out of the emergency ward before his temper exploded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind of pack family are you?\u201d he barked, eyes blazing as he looked at Lucien and the others. \u201cDo you know what you\u2019ve done? This girl only has one kidney! And you still let her drink like that? Were you trying to kill her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit like thunder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne kidney alone already puts massive strain on her body. Now, her blood alcohol level is dangerously high. If the remaining kidney hadn\u2019t been so healthy, she could\u2019ve suffered multiple organ failures-maybe even died.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou got her here just in time. She\u2019s stable for now, but this is still extremely serious. We\u2019ll do our best to keep her safe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matriarch Duskgrave staggered, nearly collapsing, and had to be held up by Mrs. Beck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mia\u2019s eyes widened in shock, her whole body frozen. One kidney?\u00a0<\/p>\n
How could that be? Their Luna, their beloved Riley-how could she only have one kidney?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctor returned to the ward, leaving a stunned silence behind him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matriarch Duskgrave turned with trembling lips and a broken voice. \u201cMia\u2026 How could Riley only have one kidney?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mia was still in shock. \u201cThat\u2019s impossible\u2026 When she was sentenced to the rogue prison five years ago, she was completely healthy\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That sentence fell like a bomb in the middle of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucien, Matriarch Duskgrave, and Mrs. Beck all froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Healthy before prison. One kidney after.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was only one horrifying conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucien\u2019s mind flicked back to the confidential documents Duke had retrieved. There had been no mention of a missing organ, but the abuse Riley had endured during those years\u2026 it all made sense now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who could harbor such hatred against such a fragile, young woman? What kind of twisted cruelty could take this from her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even Lucien, a hardened Alpha who had seen the worst of war and betrayal, felt a bone-deep fury rising inside him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But with that fury came something else-something that chilled them all to the bone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe only has one kidney\u2026\u201d Mrs. Beck whispered, voice trembling. \u201cBut\u2026 we\u2019ve seen her shift.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe\u2019s a wolf,\u201d Mia confirmed, voice full of awe. \u201cI saw her that day in the ward-bleeding, cornered, barely conscious-and then she shifted. I didn\u2019t believe my own eyes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that shouldn\u2019t be possible,\u201d Matriarch Duskgrave whispered, almost reverently. \u201cA wolf needs both kidneys functioning to channel the energy required for transformation. It\u2019s\u2026 it\u2019s a biological law of our kind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And yet, Riley had done it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the face of everything-imprisonment, torture, betrayal, and now this devastating revelation-she had still awakened her wolf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucien lowered his gaze, hands clenched into fists at his sides. His jaw was tight, his chest heaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had no business surviving. No reason she should have become a wolf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And yet\u2026 she did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not just a wolf-a white wolf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A miracle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A warrior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s stronger than any of us,\u201d Lucien murmured, voice heavy with guilt and awe. \u201cWe should\u2019ve protected her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
No one argued. No one could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because they all knew-Riley wasn\u2019t just another Alpha.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was the one who had endured the unendurable and still rose, still shifted, still howled under the moonlight with the blood of warriors running through her veins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A survivor. A legend in the making.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kael Vale looked nothing like the proud heir he once was. His beard was unkempt, eyes hollow with regret. He dragged himself toward his father\u2019s recovery room like a ghost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as he reached the door, Dean Elira Blackthorn stepped out. Her face was flushed and her lips oddly swollen. She jumped, clearly startled to find Kael at the entrance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung Alpha Kael,\u201d she greeted with an awkward smile, avoiding eye contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael merely grunted, not even sparing her a glance. His mind was drowning in chaos. He brushed past her and entered the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inside, Alpha Alaric Vale was fastening his robe, looking rather\u2026 satisfied. Kael thought nothing of it-he\u00a0<\/p>\n
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assumed his father had just come out of the bathroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sank into a chair like a man defeated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric frowned. \u201cStill no sign of that ungrateful girl?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael\u2019s jaw clenched. \u201cHer name is Riley. And she\u2019s your daughter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric scoffed. \u201cShe tried to kill me. She\u2019s no daughter of mine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kael turned toward him, disbelief in his eyes. \u201cShe\u2019s missing, possibly dying somewhere alone in the wild. And you don\u2019t care?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet her die. Maybe then I\u2019ll finally have peace.\u201d Alaric waved him off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael stared at him, stunned by the inhumanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe gave everything to this family. You used her and cast her aside. Now you want her dead just to avoid guilt?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric leaned back, cold and dismissive. \u201cShe was never valuable. Even if she threw herself at Lucien Duskgrave, he wouldn\u2019t want her. What Alpha wants a damaged she-wolf?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael\u2019s hands tightened into fists..\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cForget her. Focus on getting Duskgrave to back the Eastern Border development. That\u2019s what matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael looked at his father like he was seeing a stranger. \u201cDad\u2026 if you\u2019d given even half the love you gave to Tessa to Riley, she might not have ended up this broken.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the mention of Tessa, Alaric\u2019s face darkened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the one who caused all this. Don\u2019t act like I\u2019m the villain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael\u2019s voice trembled now, barely above a whisper. \u201cWas it true\u2026 what I suspected last night? You always knew Riley wasn\u2019t the one who lured Tessa to the Darkwoods. You knew she wasn\u2019t the reason the rogues\u00a0<\/p>\n
attacked.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric flinched, his eyes betraying the truth Kael had feared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew,\u201d Kael whispered. \u201cYou knew it was a lie, and you let her take the blame. You made me testify against my own sister.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re being dramatic. That was years ago. Let it go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet it go?!\u201d Kael\u2019s laugh was hollow, bitter. \u201cYou told me to say she was guilty. You made me look her in the eye and call her a traitor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is my sister. And I destroyed her with my own hands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael wiped away the tears that now ran freely down his face. \u201cNo wonder she can\u2019t forgive me. No wonder\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alaric slammed the table beside him. \u201cEnough! We can\u2019t change the past. Focus on the deal with Duskgrave. That\u2019s all that matters now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kael looked up, his eyes colder than ever. \u201cThat\u2019s all that\u2019s ever mattered to you, hasn\u2019t it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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