A Broken Alpha Heiress' Revenge (Riley) novel Chapter 216

Chapter 216

For a moment, all words seemed to choke in the throat, caught by an invisible hand-

“Scarlett, don’t be afraid. Tell your father–he will avenge you.”

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-no one could utter a single syllable.

Alpha Alaric’s voice broke the silence, but before Scarlett could respond, a low, icy voice cut through the tension.

“It was me. What kind of revenge does Alpha Alaric plan to take against me?”

Alaric stiffened, eyes wide in disbelief as he turned to see Lucien Duskgrave lounging casually on the sofa. His long legs were crossed with effortless grace, his demeanor lazy but imbued with an innate regal authority.

Lucien was like a predator toying with its prey–aloof, superior, untouchable. Though seated, his gaze bore down from an impossible height, calm and indifferent, yet commanding undeniable respect.

That look was like gazing upon trash.

Even Alaric, steeped in arrogance, couldn’t help but doubt himself in that moment. Had Lucien truly released Scarlett from the holding cells out of respect for Alaric’s status?

Suddenly, the prince’s earlier words echoed sharply in his mind: “The real show is about to begin.”

A show?

Alaric’s instincts screamed that whatever Lucien meant, it wouldn’t bode well for him.

As self–doubt gnawed at him, Tessa’s mother–her eyes bloodshot and wild with fury–could no longer contain herself.

Like a lioness defending her cub, she lunged toward Scarlett and delivered a resounding slap across her face.

The force sent Scarlett’s head snapping sideways, five distinct fingers branded sharply on her pale cheek.

“My daughter was guided to the forest by you,” Tessa’s mother hissed through trembling lips. “And yet you dare to frame Riley? You’re no human–you’re a monster!”

Scarlett’s actions had left Tessa a vegetable for five long years. And Riley had endured unimaginable torment while the Ebonciaw Pack’s traitors–Scarlett and Alaric–mocked them all behind their backs.

The Blackmaw family had been played like fools, their fury and sorrow all aimed at innocent Riley.

Five years of blind vengeance, a lifetime destroyed–not just Riley’s, but Tessa’s too.

Tessa had been just fifteen when she became a vegetable, a promising student admitted to Mooncrest Academy–the most elite high school in Mooncrest, where only two from the upper echelons had been accepted: Riley and Tessa herself.

Riley’s university years were spent behind bars.

She raised her hand again, ready to strike, but Ronan Duskcliff grabbed her arm firmly.

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