The Pack\u2019s Daughter\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 491\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third Person\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zara\u2019s tears streamed uncontrollably down her cheeks, falling in heavy drops onto the hospital sheets, blooming into dark stains like blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Desperate, she struggled wildly and-with a loud thud-tumbled from the hospital bed onto the cold floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t feel a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She lay sprawled on the ground in utter disarray, her once-proud form crumpled, eyes locked onto Riley\u2019s retreating figure, her gaze brimming with desperate hope-hoping, praying, that Riley might turn back, might glance at her with even the smallest flicker of care.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley didn\u2019t stop walking. She didn\u2019t even pause at the sound of the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And even if she had heard it, she wouldn\u2019t have looked back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Riley\u2019s silhouette vanished at the threshold of the room, Zara\u2019s pupils dilated in horror. Her face twisted in fear and despair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, don\u2019t go-!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome back-Riley, come back! Please, I\u2019m begging you-!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zara lay there on the floor, trembling violently, her body wracked with sobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tears fell like a dam broken. Her hands stretched forward, clawing at the air in futility, as if she could drag Riley back just by willing it hard enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley! Riley-!\u201d she screamed hoarsely, each cry soaked in heartbreak and crushing regret. Her voice grew ragged and sharp, echoing painfully in the sterile room. But there was no answer. No one came.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley was gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Out in the corridor, Riley walked forward step by steady step, her pace unwavering, her mind resolute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But when she reached the corner of the hall, she suddenly halted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum Knox stopped behind her, a flicker of confusion in his sharp amber eyes. \u201cMiss Riley, is\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Riley stood at the perfect vantage point-just ahead, she could see Alabic\u2019s hospital room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes narrowed slightly. A glint of icy cunning flashed in her gaze, like a silver blade catching the moonlight. Then her lips curled into a smile-subtle, knowing, and darkly amused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She murmured, \u201cTake a guess. What do you think the Zara will do next?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum Knox thought for a moment before answering calmly, \u201cShe\u2019ll likely go confront Alabic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley chuckled softly. There was no warmth in that sound.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the same. And a show like that\u2026 how could I possibly miss it after coming all this way?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a flicker of surprise in Caelum Knox\u2019s eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019d known Riley for just over a month. In that time, she had always struck him as composed and graceful. But in this moment-calculated, merciless in her justice-he saw another side of her. A side forged in fire and betrayal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t help but feel a quiet awe. Beneath her seemingly gentle exterior was a spine of steel. Anyone who had once underestimated this she-wolf would pay dearly for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And sure enough, not long after, they saw Zara being wheeled with urgency straight into Alabic\u2019s room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u2019s eyes gleamed. Like a hunter catching the scent of prey, she picked up her pace and followed swiftly behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum Knox trailed closely, ever-vigilant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inside the hospital room, Alabic\u2019s expression was as dark as storm clouds over the ridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Moments earlier, he had received grim news from his secretary-news that had shattered what little peace he had left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Ebonclaw estate, once the most powerful in the Southern Territories, had collapsed overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael-his heir, his son-was sitting in a prison cell, charged with embezzlement, tax fraud, and illegal pack fund transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Scarlett, his precious daughter, had been arrested by the Lycan Tribunal for robbery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fall of the Ebonclaw fortune, he could tolerate. That was a part of his calculated plan-he\u2019d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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placed Kael as the legal owner of their shady operations years ago, just in case things turned sour. That was the cost of shielding himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Scarlett?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett getting locked up was unacceptable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His darling girl, the only one who reminded him of his youth and his ambition-sitting behind silver bars like a common rogue?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn that girl-Riley!\u201d he seethed, bloodshot eyes gleaming with fury. \u201cIf I still had my legs, I\u2019d drag her back myself!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As he furiously mulled over how to bail Scarlett out, the door burst open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zara stormed in, seated in her wheelchair, her eyes red and wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alabic froze for a moment, surprised by her sudden appearance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then his expression shifted-calculating, sly. A new idea sparked in his scheming mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he wanted to save Scarlett, it would take gold. Lots of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The embroidery Scarlett destroyed was valued at over twenty million. They\u2019d have to pay every coin of it to the Lunar Trade Guild.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But money alone wasn\u2019t enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With someone like Lucien involved-Riley\u2019s future mate and a judge of the High Lycan Tribunal-getting Scarlett out would require heavy bribes, hush money, and political favors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It would cost at least forty or fifty million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Technically, he still had that kind of wealth. Years ago, he\u2019d already funneled every coin of the Ebonclaw fortune into accounts under Blackthorn\u2019s name,\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that money was meant for their future abroad-for new identities, lavish estates, endless pleasure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To waste it now, just to protect the illegitimate daughter of a dead empire?\u00a0<\/p>\n
His gut churned with rage at the thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not because of the risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But because he hated spending money\u2026 when he wasn\u2019t the one holding the leash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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