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The heavy wooden door slammed shut behind them with a thunderous bang.
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In the next instant, Ronan Duskgrave shoved Riley Vale hard against the door, his muscular frame radiating heat and fury as it caged her in.
“Have you lost your mind. Riley?” he growled, his voice low, gravelly, and full of Alpha authority. His face hovered inches from hers, his scent–dark pine and aggression–thickening the air.
Riley was trembling, but not out of fear. She was seething-
Her chest heaved as she stared back at him with eyes blazing in defiance. “Let go of me!”
But Ronan didn’t loosen his grip. His large hand was clamped around her wrist like iron, claws barely sheathed, his wolf on the verge of surfacing.
“What the hell are you trying to do?” he demanded, his eyes glowing faintly amber.
Riley’s breath evened. Her voice turned ice cold.
“No,” she hissed. The real question is– what are you trying to do?”
“I was locked in a rogue prison for five years. Five years. I lost my future. My health. My name. Everything I worked for- burned to ash because of you and your precious Vale pack.”
“I became this…” Her voice cracked, but she forced the rest out, this broken thing. And you stand here asking me what I
Her eyes locked onto his , daring him to deny it .
“All I’ve ever wanted,” she said slowly, each word soaked in venom, “ was to stay the hell away from you people. Is that too much to ask?”
For a split second, something flickered in Ronan’s eyes– guilt ? Regret?
But Riley was past caring.
She gave a bitter laugh. “You crushed my wings, Ronan . Do you even know what it feels like to be grounded when you were bom to soar?”
“I used to ask myself– what did I do wrong ? What sin did I commit to deserve this? But now I get it. I was too good. Too strong Too fast. Too amart And that scared the hell out of you.”
“You couldn’t handle a she wolf being better than you ”
Ronan’s face paled
cracked, revealing the shame he’d buried deep, even from himself.
And Kiley saw it She saw the truth in his silence
“You hated that the gut running brude you in training could outpace you That the warrior you couldn’t catch up to was the same girl you were falling for So you broke her”
“Because if I was ordinary she spat, then maybe just maybe you could believe I belonged to you”
“Stop” Konan snapped, his voice dangerously close to trembling “That’s not true”
That I Haley’s vane ruse cutting through the air like a blade “You couldn’t stand to see ine shine. You wanted me small. Obedient Powerless
stop it Kaley he barked 1 sand stop
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But she didn’t stop.
You’re a coward, Ronan Duskgrave. You destroyed the girl who once loved you–just to feel superior.”
The words hit like claws raking across his chest. Ronan staggered back a step, his breath unsteady.
But then his wolf snapped..
In a flash . he surged forward and kissed her–hard and unforgiving
His mouth crushed against hers, not out of love, but out of desperation. Possessive. Punishing
Riley froze, stunned. For a heartbeat , she couldn’t even think. Then rage flooded every vein in her body.
She struggled violently, fists pounding his chest. “Get off me!”
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But Ronan wouldn’t budge. His arms locked around her, his body pressing her deeper against the door like he could consume
her whole.
He wasn’t kissing her–he was claiming her.
And that was the final straw.
Riley’s wolf surged beneath her skin , a blinding flash of white heat clawing to the surface.
Her eyes burned gold. Her canines lengthened. She could feel the transformation pressing against her bones.
But she held it back.
Not here. Not now.
Today is Lucien’s grandmother’s birthday.
Andy worked so hard on my look.
I can’t let this turn into a bloodbath.
But her restraint had limits.
She bared her teeth–and bit down .
Hard
Ronan groaned in pain as blood bloomed on his lip. He recoiled just enough, and that’s when Riley slapped him.
The sound cracked through the room like thunder.
He staggered back, touching his jaw, blood staining his fingers.
“You’re disgusting” Kiley spat, wiping her lips with the back of her hand “You make me sick”
The words sliced through him far deeper than her teeth or slap ever could
Eight years
He had loved her for right long, wasted years .
He never turbed another woman
He waited
waited for her
s imprisoned, even after the world called her a traitor, he sull dreamed of the day she’d come ba
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And now
Now she looked at him like he was filth.
“You think I’m disgusting?” he choked, voice rough. “I-”
Riley didn’t give him the chance to finish.
“ You don’t get to play the victim now, Ronan,” she said coldly. “You were never my mate. You were just the boy who envied the girl he couldn’t keep up with .”
Then she walked past him , shoulders straight , leaving behind the shattered remains of what used to be love.
And behind her. Ronan stood alone in the silence–bleeding, humiliated, and for the first time in his life , unwanted.
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