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Now, learning of Riley’s tragic ordeal–wrongfully imprisoned and viciously betrayed by those unaware of the truth–Ronan and his parents were overwhelmed with guilt and heartache. Their eyes burned with sorrow as they glanced toward Luna Zara, whose presence now seemed utterly repugnant.
Ronan, collapsed and broken on the floor, was crushed beyond words, too ashamed to face Riley. Meanwhile, Alpha Alaric, confined to his wheelchair and partially paralyzed, surprisingly shed tears of regret.
Scarlett was not his daughter. For over two decades, he had been deceived, sacrificing his true daughter’s happiness to raise a stranger—an outsider with no blood ties. The very same stranger he had battered and scorned relentlessly.
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Scarlett, this wild runt, had been pampered and raised like a princess, while his own flesh and blood–Riley–was cast aside into the orphanage’s shadows, forgotten and alone.
He had sent Riley to prison in Scarlett’s place.
He had allowed his own daughter’s kidneys to be harvested for that illegitimate spawn.
Had Scarlett, that little viper, been mocking him behind his back all along?
Had Dean Elira Blackthorn and Caden Blackthorn conspired to call him a fool behind closed doors?
The crushing weight of this bitter truth pressed down on Alpha Alaric like an unbearable mountain, choking the very breath from his lungs.
“Ahh… ahh…” he tried to speak, desperate to confess his guilt and remorse, but all that escaped was incoherent babbling, saliva dribbling uncontrollably down his chin, sounds no one could understand.
Luna Zara was dragged back into the dark past by Mia’s harsh words.
Scenes of her cruelty toward Riley flashed like a relentless, tormenting film behind her eyes.
Her gaze turned hollow, those memories stabbing her heart like jagged needles–agonizing pain slicing through every fiber of her soul.
She saw a young Riley, clad in tattered Mooncrest Academy uniforms, quietly watching Scarlett surrounded by adoring crowds, her face a mask of longing and loss .
And yet Luna Zara had turned a blind eye, bestowing every shred of love and care on Scarlett alone.
“No, no..” Luna Zara whispered brokenly, clutching her head, trembling violently.
How she wished this were only a nightmare, that she could wake and rewrite her mistakes–to mend the wounds she had inflicted on Riley.
She remembered the pleading look Riley gave her when beaten by Alpha Alaric–the silent call for help she had cruelly ignored.
Now that gaze haunted her like a vengeful specter, leaving her trapped with no escape.
She pounded her chest in anguish, wishing time could reverse.
If she could, she would hold Riley close, buy her fine clothes, throw lavish birthday parties–make her the happiest daughter
alive.
But time was merciless, never turning back
She could not undo her sins; the scars she carved into Riley’s life had branded her soul forever–an agony impossible to erase.
Tears spilled uncontrolled her cries raw and desperate, as if pouring out years of pent–up remorse.
The proud woman was gone–only a broken mother consumed by pain remained.
Suddenly. Luna Zara spun around in madness, storming at Alpha Alaric with fists flying.
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“It’s all your fault! You abandoned our daughter to the Rogues! Riley should have lived a life filled with happiness and love. You stole her destiny!”
Alaric, defenseless, took the blows–his face bruised and swollen, one eye c
crooked, mouth twisted.
As Luna paused, her gaze caught the DNA test clenched tightly in Alaric’s hand.
Her eyes locked onto the paper, and when she read the truth, shock froze her.
Then, wild laughter burst forth–sharp and deranged.
“Ha! Ha ha ha—”
“Alaric, look at how pathetic you are! Scarlett isn’t your daughter at all—she’s your driver Caden’s child. You… you’re lower than a servant! Ha ha ha—”
Her laughter convulsed uncontrollably, tears flooding her cheeks in torrents.
Alaric had mercilessly hurt Riley for a stranger’s sake–but Luna Zara herself was no less guilty.
Knowing Scarlett was not her true child, she still favored the outsider, blind to Riley’s suffering.
That thought fueled Luna Zara’s fury.
She slammed the DNA report against Alaric’s face.
Then trembling, she knelt to gather the scattered papers.
Every word weighed heavily, striking her like a brutal hammer–nearly crushing her breath.
At last, the truth surfaced: Riley’s tragic fate was rooted in Dean Elira Blackthorn’s inherited kidney disease.
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