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The heavy wooden door slammed shut behind them with a thunderous bang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the next instant, Ronan Duskgrave shoved Riley Vale hard against the door, his muscular frame radiating heat and fury as it caged her in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you lost your mind, Riley?\u201d he growled, his voice low, gravelly, and full of Alpha authority. His face hovered inches from hers, his scent-dark pine and aggression-thickening the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley was trembling, but not out of fear. She was seething.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her chest heaved as she stared back at him with eyes blazing in defiance. \u201cLet go of me!\u201d\/\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Ronan didn\u2019t loosen his grip. His large hand was clamped around her wrist like iron, claws barely sheathed, his wolf on the verge of surfacing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you trying to do?\u201d he demanded, his eyes glowing faintly amber.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s breath evened. Her voice turned ice cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d she hissed. \u201cThe real question is-what are you trying to do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was locked in a rogue prison for five years. Five years. I lost my future. My health. My name. Everything I worked for-burned to ash because of you and your precious Vale pack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI became this\u2026\u201d Her voice cracked, but she forced the rest out, \u201c\u2026this broken thing. And you stand here asking me what I want?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes locked onto his, daring him to deny it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I\u2019ve ever wanted,\u201d she said slowly, each word soaked in venom, \u201cwas to stay the hell away from you people. Is that too much to ask?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a split second, something flickered in Ronan\u2019s eyes-guilt? Regret?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Riley was past caring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gave a bitter laugh. \u201cYou crushed my wings, Ronan. Do you even know what it feels like to be grounded when you were born to soar?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to ask myself-what did I do wrong? What sin did I commit to deserve this? But now I get it. I was too good. Too strong. Too fast. Too smart. And that scared the hell out of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou couldn\u2019t handle a she-wolf being better than you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s face paled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His mask cracked, revealing the shame he\u2019d buried deep, even from himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Riley saw it. She saw the truth in his silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou hated that the girl running beside you in training could outpace you. That the warrior you couldn\u2019t catch up to was the same girl you were falling for. So you broke her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause if I was ordinary,\u201d she spat, \u201cthen maybe-just maybe-you could believe I belonged to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cStop,\u201d Ronan snapped, his voice dangerously close to trembling. \u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t it?\u201d Riley\u2019s voice rose, cutting through the air like a blade. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t stand to see me shine. You wanted me small. Obedient. Powerless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStop it, Riley,\u201d he barked. \u201cI said stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a coward, Ronan Duskgrave. You destroyed the girl who once loved you-just to feel superior.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit like claws raking across his chest. Ronan staggered back a step, his breath unsteady.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then his wolf snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a flash, he surged forward and kissed her-hard and unforgiving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His mouth crushed against hers, not out of love, but out of desperation. Possessive. Punishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley froze, stunned. For a heartbeat, she couldn\u2019t even think. Then rage flooded every vein in her body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She struggled violently, fists pounding his chest. \u201cGet off me!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Ronan wouldn\u2019t budge. His arms locked around her, his body pressing her deeper against the door like he could consume her whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t kissing her-he was claiming her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that was the final straw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s wolf surged beneath her skin, a blinding flash of white heat clawing to the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes burned gold. Her canines lengthened. She could feel the transformation pressing against her\u00a0<\/p>\n
bones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she held it back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not here. Not now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today is Lucien\u2019s grandmother\u2019s birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andy worked so hard on my look.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t let this turn into a bloodbath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But her restraint had limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She bared her teeth-and bit down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan groaned in pain as blood bloomed on his lip. He recoiled just enough, and that\u2019s when Riley slapped\u00a0<\/p>\n
him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sound cracked through the room like thunder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He staggered back, touching his jaw, blood staining his fingers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re disgusting,\u201d Riley spat, wiping her lips with the back of her hand. \u201cYou make me sick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words sliced through him far deeper than her teeth or slap ever could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eight years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had loved her for eight long, wasted years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He never touched another woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He waited.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He waited for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even after she was imprisoned, even after the world called her a traitor, he still dreamed of the day she\u2019d come back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now she looked at him like he was filth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think I\u2019m disgusting?\u201d he choked, voice rough. \u201cI-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley didn\u2019t give him the chance to finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get to play the victim now, Ronan,\u201d she said coldly. \u201cYou were never my mate. You were just the boy who envied the girl he couldn\u2019t keep up with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she walked past him, shoulders straight, leaving behind the shattered remains of what used to be love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And behind her, Ronan stood alone in the silence-bleeding, humiliated, and for the first time in his life, unwanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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