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Just as Riley Vale stepped out of the private suite, her eyes locked on a chaotic scene at the corridor\u2019s end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andi was tugging desperately at the embroidered silk scroll, while Scarlett Vale clutched it to her chest, both refusing to let go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then-\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRip-!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unmistakable sound of fine silk being torn cut through the air like a blade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andi froze, hands trembling. His lips parted, but no words came out. He could only stare in stunned horror at the ruined remains of the embroidery now sagging between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett, for a brief moment, allowed a flicker of schadenfreude to cross her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then, like flipping a switch, her expression twisted into a mask of innocence. Her wide doe filled with tears as she turned to Riley and whimpered, \u201cSister I didn\u2019t mean to! He tried to snatch it from me-I only wanted to help protect it for you\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Riley\u2019s breath caught in her throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The image of the delicate embroidery being torn into si reds-that she\u2019d spent weeks sewing by moonlight, every thread a symbol of silent redemption-blurred her vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That wasn\u2019t just silk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the two-million-dollar gift that Alpha Lucien had personally entrusted her to deliver to the Elder Matriarch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The symbol of reconciliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only thing that could justify her presence here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now it was destroyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She saw red.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With her wolf howling in her blood, Riley lunged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She seized Scarlett by the hair and slammed her head against the marble wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDie, Scarlett!\u201d Riley snarled. \u201cYou ruin everything you touch!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett shrieked in pain, blood splattering against the white stone as her scalp cracked open. She collapsed against the wall, sobbing and clutching her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andi stumbled back, eyes wide in shock. \u201cOh my goddess\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had never seen Riley like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not even during her worst days behind the bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then came the thunder of heavy boots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ronan emerged from the room like a storm. His gaze swept over Scarlett\u2019s bloodied face, then shot to Riley\u2019s trembling form.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you doing?\u201d he barked, storming forward and shoving Riley off her sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley staggered but caught herself. Her eyes burned with fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, I\u2019m the one making a scene now?\u201d she shouted, voie shaking. \u201cWasn\u2019t it your precious Scarlett who tore up my work? Who clawed at my hair and spat on my name-and you defended her!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s jaw clenched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care who started it,\u201d he growled. \u201cThis is the Elder\u2019s birthday celebration-if you can\u2019t control yourself-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley cut him off with a sharp laugh. \u201cControl myself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou stood there and watched while she destroyed everything I had left. And now I\u2019m the one causing trouble?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She bent down and picked up the torn embroidery, holding it out like a bloodied offering. Her hands shook as she held the two shredded halves before Ronan\u2019s facel\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was handcrafted,\u201d she said through gritted teeth. \u201cThis was the piece Alpha Lucien won for two million silver marks to honor the Matriarch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s eyes narrowed, voice going cold. \u201cWhat did you just say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett\u2019s smile stiffened. \u201cT-two million?\u201d she stammered. \u201cThat can\u2019t be right\u2026 it\u2019s just a piece of cloth-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s gaze sharpened into daggers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis \u2018piece of cloth\u2019 was designed by Elder Sera of the Northern Weavers, embroidered by my own hands over weeks. It was gifted to Alpha Lucien. He entrusted the to deliver it as a gesture of goodwill on behalf of Stormridge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she turned her burning gaze to Scarlett.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t just tear silk, Scarlett-you insulted an Alpha\u2019s honor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan\u2019s expression twisted with disbelief. His throat bobbed as he swallowed, and for the first time tonight, he looked afraid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Lucien found out\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett paled, her lips trembling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI-I didn\u2019t know-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andi couldn\u2019t take it anymore. He stepped forward, spiting fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think everyone lives in your shallow little world of ip gloss and pity money, don\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe offered you something priceless, and you think you can buy your way out of it with your daddy\u2019s allowance? Are you out of your freaking mind?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Scarlett flinched. \u201cI was just trying to help\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cHelp?\u201d Riley\u2019s voice sliced through the lie. \u201cYou grabbed it like a hyena in heat. You wanted to destroy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never expected anyone would give me something o valuable. You couldn\u2019t stand that it was me and not you. So you ruined it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a step closer, the power beneath her skin dangerously close to snapping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan felt it-the white wolf stirring inside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her aura flared, brushing the edges of Alpha strength, a blinding shimmer behind her irises. For a moment, he thought she might shift right then and there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She inhaled once. Twice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today was the Matriarch\u2019s birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t let blood stain the celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And she wouldn\u2019t let Scarlett or Ronan see her lose control again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So she straightened her shoulders, raised her chin, and with deliberate slowness\u2026 tore the ruined embroidery once more, right down the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow,\u201d she said coldly, dropping the remains at Scarlett feet, \u201cit\u2019s worthless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she turned her gaze on Ronan-sharp, accusing, final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember this, Ronan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may think you\u2019re still the boy I once admired. But how I know the truth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not strong. You\u2019re not noble. You\u2019re just a man too weak to stop the wolves in your own home from tearing others apart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she turned to Andi.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andi looked at her like she was glowing, eyes wet with admiration and fury. He scooped up what was left of the embroidery, shoved it into his bag, and followed Riley down the corridor like a knight behind a queen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind them, Scarlett knelt on the ground, blood still thiling down her temple.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ronan stood frozen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And the remnants of Stormridge\u2019s goodwill lay shredded at their feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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