A Broken Alpha Heiress' Revenge (Riley) novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Just then, the door burst open.

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Luna Zara stormed in, her face pale with fury.

“Alaric Vale!” she snapped. “Riley has been missing for weeks! How can you sit here plotting like nothing has happened?”

Alaric didn’t even flinch.

“If that filthy little wretch wanted to leave, let her. She’s nothing to this Pack.”

“She’s your daughter!”

“She’s a stain on the Ebonclaw name,” he snarled. “And the sooner she disappears, the better.”

Luna Zara opened her mouth to protest again–but Scarlett stepped in.

“Mother, don’t worry. I’ll make sure we get what we want.”

And she would.

Riley Vale had stolen enough already.

Now it was time for the ‘real‘ daughter to claim what was hers.

Luna Zara felt as if her heart had plunged into an icy cellar the moment Alaric’s ruthless words hit her. Tears welled up swiftly in her eyes, swirling painfully before spilling over.

Her voice trembled as she choked out, “Riley is our daughter too. How can you be so heartless toward her?”

“She was lost because of you when she was little. She suffered so much–don’t you feel even a shred of guilt?”

Alaric’s face twisted into a mocking sneer. “Heartless? Guilty? Don’t forget, it was you who deleted the surveillance footage that could have proved her innocence. You destroyed the only evidence that cleared Riley. If anyone is cruel, it’s you.”

Zara’s body shook, struck to the core by his words. Pain and regret etched deeply across her face, tears streaming endlessly down her cheeks.

She sobbed, voice breaking with helplessness, “I… I did it for Scarlett. She was so young, it was unintentional. I just didn’t want her to bear such a heavy burden at such an early age…‘

“Now you blame me?” Alaric spat. “I was foolish then–are you any less so now?”

Nearby, Scarlett immediately threw on the most pitiful expression she could muster and clung to her mother, tears filling her eyes. “Mom, I never meant it. I regret it every day. If I had known how badly Riley would be hurt, I would have confessed no matter what.”

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