A Broken Alpha Heiress' Revenge (Riley) novel Chapter 102

Chapter 102

Riley’s POV

Finished

A sharp crack rang out as Lucien slammed Ronan into the pavement, claws sinking deep into his opponent’s shoulder. But Ronan’s brute strength allowed him to twist free, retaliating with a vicious swipe that tore through Lucien’s side.

1 gasped, watching blood stain Lucien’s obsidian fur.

No more.

Lucien was fighting for me.

And I–I was just watching.

Frozen.

Again.

Like I had been in that cell. Like I had been when they dragged me through those corridors, chained and bleeding, for “discipline.” Like I had been when Ronan watched it all with that twisted little smile and did nothing.

No. Not again.

I couldn’t lose Lucien. Not him. Not the only one who ever looked at me and saw more than damage.

A heat surged through me so suddenly I could barely gasp. It spread like fire through my limbs, my chest, my skull. I dropped to my knees.

Nyra controls.

I couldn’t breathe..

The world exploded in light.

Paws.

I looked down.

White.

And I was angry.

Ronan didn’t even see me coming..

I launched from behind, my jaws unhinging with a sound that didn’t belong in this world. I sank my fangs into the thick muscle of his throat, right where wolf met man. His blood gushed hot against my tongue, but I didn’t let go.

Chapter 102

He roared–more from shock than pain–and I bit down harder.

Then I threw him.

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I don’t know where the strength came from. All I knew was I needed him away from Lucien. Away from me.

Ronan’s body sailed through the air like a broken doll and crashed headfirst into a jagged stone. The impact echoed like thunder. His body twitched… then went still.

His wolf form shimmered, collapsed in on itself, and left behind his human body–naked, bruised, unconscious.

Unmoving.

I shifted back.

The transformation left me breathless. I collapsed to the pavement, gasping, shaking, my skin still tingling from the white wolf’s rage.

I stared at Ronan’s body. At the blood pooling beneath his head. At his too–still chest.

“No…” My voice came out broken. “No, no, no–what have I done?”

I pulled my knees to my chest, curling into myself. “I didn’t mean to- I didn’t want-”

They’re going to send me back.

That was my first thought. My only thought.

Back to the prison. Back to the chains. Back to being nothing but a file and a cage.

I was shaking so badly I didn’t even feel Lucien until his coat was around my shoulders and his arms were around me.

“I didn’t mean to,” I whispered again, because maybe if I said it enough, the moon would hear me. Maybe the gods would believe me.

“Riley,” Lucien said, his voice low, firm, like a hand on my spine. “Breathe.”

I couldn’t.

“I think I killed him,” I choked. “Lucien, I killed someone–he’s going to die because of me-”

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