Chapter 473\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucien\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
I forgot she couldn\u2019t hear me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley had her back to me, completely unaware of what I\u2019d said. The weight of her silence struck me like a sharp snap of cold wind-I\u2019d spoken, and she hadn\u2019t even flinched. That\u2019s when it hit me: she didn\u2019t hear me. Of course she didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without a word, I walked over and took her hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She turned at the contact, her eyes flickering up to mine just as I mouthed, \u201cDon\u2019t panic. Sit down-we\u2019ll take this slow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She nodded, her fingers trembling slightly in mine, and followed me to the couch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment we sat down, her attention snapped back to Theo Hale like a wolf tracking prey. Her gaze never left him-never even blinked, like she was terrified that if she did, she\u2019d miss some vital truth that might finally explain everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Theo settled across from us and cleared his throat. He tried to keep his voice steady, but I could hear the strain buried beneath it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley\u2026 I know you want answers. I wish I had more to give. I don\u2019t know who took your kidney. I don\u2019t know who has it now. But I do know this-it didn\u2019t happen randomly. Someone targeted you long before you ever went to prison.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He laid the file folder on the table. One by one, he began pulling out sheets, placing them neatly between us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese records-they\u2019re from a compatibility screening. A renal match evaluation, done eight years ago. I need you to look. Was this your test? And if it was\u2026 who brought you in for it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley reached out with shaking hands, as if the papers might explode on contact. Her eyes devoured the information.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eight years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I saw the moment she realized what that date meant. The way her pupils dilated. The way spine stiffened,\u00a0<\/p>\n
her\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEight years ago, she returned to the Ebonclaw Pack-to the family that had abandoned her. That was when her so-called parents took her to the Mooncrest Central Hospital. Told her it was just a physical. Routine check-up, they\u2019d said. A precaution. They were concerned for her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She believed them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She thought-gods, she thought they cared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was all a lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
I watched her freeze, then begin to tremble-first slightly, then uncontrollably. Her entire body shivered as the realization sank in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t bring her back out of love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They brought her back to harvest her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was just a donor to them. A walking organ bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The tears came next-hot, furious tears that burned tracks down her cheeks. And in that moment, I swore I could feel her heartbreak like it was my own.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice, when it came, was hoarse. Raw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEight years ago\u2026 the day after I came back\u2026 they took me to Mooncrest Central. I thought it was just a full-body checkup\u2026 but it wasn\u2019t. Was it?\u201d Her voice cracked. \u201cThey planned this from the start\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The whole room held its breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up at Theo again. \u201cThey didn\u2019t love me. They never did. But this? This is what I was worth to them?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice faltered, drowned in disbelief and betrayal. Her lips quivered, her fists clenched in her lap. She wasn\u2019t crying out of sadness-no. This was grief sharpened into rage. Into hate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And gods, it took everything in me not to burn the Ebonclaw Pack to the ground right then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone was quiet-Duke, Mia, even Matriarch Duskgrave who\u2019d joined us in silence. No one knew what to say. They were all staring at Riley like she might shatter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I, on the other hand, felt the pressure building in my chest like a storm. My blood ran ice-cold. My breathing slowed to a lethal rhythm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They hurt her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They carved her apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And they did it with smiling faces and parental concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve seen monsters in my time-but Abaric Vale and his families redefined the word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still\u2026 I couldn\u2019t lose control. Not yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I forced myself to stay focused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne year ago,\u201d I said, my voice cutting through the room like a blade, \u201cwho in the Ebonclaw Pack was hospitalized?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
All eyes turned to Theo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He blinked, ran a quick mental scan. \u201cNo one. Not that I know of\u2026\u201d Then he paused. \u201cWait. Scarlett. She was overseas a year ago. Only returned recently.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My jaw clenched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coincidence? No. I didn\u2019t believe in those. Not in this game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll know soon enough,\u201d I said coldly. \u201cGet the travel records.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duke shot up from the couch, almost knocking it backward. His fingers grazed the worn edge of the medical documents. \u201cI\u2019ll find out everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I glanced at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cYou need rest. This goes to Caelum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duke hesitated mid-step, surprise flickering across his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t look away. Didn\u2019t blink.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sat forward, elbows on my knees, my voice low and unwavering.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This wasn\u2019t just another mission now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I would raze every stone of the Ebonclaw Pack before I let them touch Riley again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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