Chapter 421\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roman Duski\u2019s head throbbed as if split by a thousand efter hare He kept selling herself tha\u00a0<\/p>\n
everyihuse he had done to Riley was for Try the only thing he grinert in whiny was freest berning haired.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He suda\u2019 understand how things had spiraled so far out of control.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan remained rooted to the spen, watching as Tessa\u2019s fragile figure dowly vanished at the end of for Corridor. Yet her resentment lingered in the air like a bitter scent, lawing as his mind, refusing to let pri\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time slipped away unnoticed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eventually, the emergency room doors creaked open. Theo Hale removed his mask, exhaustion etched deep into his features. \u201cKael Vale suffered a perforated stomach. He\u2019s out of immediate danger, but nearls to stay under observation for now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alpha Alaric and Luma Zara exhaled in relief. But the momentary calm shattered as Zara\u2019s tears welled anew. \u201cThis is all Riley\u2019s fault. If not for her, Kael wouldn\u2019t be suffering like this\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Theo\u2019s patience snapped. His voice dropped cold and sharp, cutting through their self-pity. \u201cStop decerving yourselves. Riley is the one who\u2019s been hurt. Kael\u2019s condition is a product of his own guilt eating him alive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you truly cared about Kacl, you\u2019d reflect on how you\u2019ve treated Riley all these years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that. Theo turned away from the stunned couple and pushed Kael\u2019s gurney back into the ER.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In another room nearby, Maddox was wheeled out, his entire lower leg swathed in thick bandages. The narcotics still dulling his senses kept him unconscious, but his furrowed brow betrayed the agony coursing through him even in sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After emergency treatment, Kael had already slipped into unconsciousness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s gaze darkened as he watched both men vanish behind hospital doors. Ever since Riley\u2019s disappearance, those who had wronged her seemed cursed-one after another, misfortune following close behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He thought of the truth-that Riley was innocent, that she was not responsible for Tessa\u2019s broken body. And the harsh years Riley had endured behind cold bars. The weight in his chest grew heavier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was this\u2026 retribution?\u00a0<\/p>\n
A wolf\u2019s justice, clawing back at those who had once inflicted pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan lingered outside the ward for a long time, feet dragging, weighed down by dread and guilt. His first thought had been to return to his own room, but the haunting image of Tessa\u2019s deranged expression kept him rooted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He changed course and entered Tessa\u2019s room instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There, she lay motionless on the bed, eyes wide open, staring into the void outside the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had refused to close her eyes since waking from her five-year slumber.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:00 Fri, Jan 9\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 421\u00a0<\/p>\n
Five years lost to darkness, five years stolen from the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
94\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Closing her eyes meant surrendering once more to that living nightmare of nothingness-the empty husk she had become.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan approached softly, voice low and cautious. \u201cTessa\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gave no sign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tried again, voice tinged with desperation. \u201cIt\u2019s me, your brother. Are you not glad to see me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Glad?\u00a0<\/p>\n
A bitter, mocking smile curled at Tessa\u2019s cracked lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Ronan truly cared, he wouldn\u2019t have defended Scarlett.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he truly cared, he would have pursued justice for the sister who had been shattered, and for Riley, who had paid dearly for another\u2019s sins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he wasn\u2019t here to see her recovery-he was here to witness her suffering.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A cruel hypocrisy more poisonous than any fang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was another cruel truth gnawing at her: since waking, neither father nor mother had come to see her\u00a0<\/p>\n
once.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before her fall into the void, her parents had been devoted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She refused to believe they would simply ignore her awakening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only explanation was that Ronan had concealed her recovery from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He feared that if her parents found out, they would demand answers-would pry into the dark secrets that might shatter the fragile fa\u00e7ade protecting Scarlett.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Scarlett\u2019s sake, Ronan had spared no effort to bury the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hadn\u2019t he once claimed not to care for Scarlett?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hadn\u2019t he pursued Riley relentlessly through high school for three years?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hadn\u2019t he planned to break off the engagement with Scarlett for Riley\u2019s sake?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet when Scarlett\u2019s monstrous acts were on the verge of exposure, her \u201cbeloved\u201d brother turned his back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He chose to deceive their parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He chose to let his sister suffer in silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He chose to allow Riley to carry the label of attempted murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Laughable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fin, Jan\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 421\u00a0<\/p>\n
Absolutely laughable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A wolf who abandons his own blood is no brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And those hollow words-\u201cIt\u2019s me, your brother. Are you not glad to see me?\u201d-felt like the sharpest betrayal, mocking her shattered spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
94\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tessa\u2019s heart, fragile and bleeding, curled inward, torn between the wolf\u2019s fierce instinct to survive and the ghost of betrayal cutting through her soul like a silver blade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
982\u00a0<\/p>\n
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