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bNyssa /bpov

I sat on the window ledge as I listened to the noises downstairs. Aria and Kieran were arguing and it involved me in particr. Apparently, Aria was furious that Kieran was still hung up on the fact that I broke off the engagement. He wanted to know how I found out they were cheating. He wanted to make up with me because losing me also meant losing his shot at bing Alpha

I already knew all of this, and honestly, I wasn’t surprised.

What did surprise me, however, was something Aria said.

What did she mean by Kieran getting revenge on my father? Why would he want revenge against him? And the fact that everything he did in my past life was also part of that revenge–it shocked me.

I

always thought it was just about power. That his ambition to be Alpha had driven him to manipte and lie. But now, realizing that he had pretended to love and care for me solely for revenge…. it made me sick.

I didn’t know what my father had supposedly done to him but I knew my father. He was a good man. He would never hurt anyone without a reason.

My hands clenched into fists as the truth settled deep in my chest:

I had been the reason Kieran got his revenge. bI /bhad helped him destroy my father.

“I’ll make them pay. Both of them,” I hissed under my breath, my nails digging into my palms just as the sound of footsteps

approached.

I took a deep breath, forcing myself to calm down, and unclenched my fists. Sitting straighter, I turned just as the door burst open and Aria stormed in only to freeze when her eyesnded on me.

For a moment, she didn’t speak. Didn’t even blink.

A soft gasp escaped her lips bas /bI tilted my head and watched her silently.

She couldn’t see eme clearly, but she could feel the killing baura /bI’d let out.

“bW/b–who are you?” she stammered, finally snapping out of her daze and taking a step back.

The corners of my lips curved into a smirk as I watched her in silence. That alone seemed to frighten her more, her body trembled, and her breathing grew rapid.

“Me?” I finally hummed, my hand reaching into my side and pulling out the dagger I’d bkept /bhidden.

As the moonlight caught the de, her eyes widened in horror. I leaned in slightly, my voicew and calm as I whispered,

s the me

“Someone who’s here to end your life.”

As I expected, she opened her mouth to scream, but before she could, I was already in front of her. My hand reached for her face and mmed her against the wall, a muffled groan escaping her as I covered her mouth with my bgloved /bhand.

Couldn’t have my fingerprints on her, could 17

She sucked in a sharp breath as I leaned in closer, the brim of my cap casting a shadow over my eyes.

“I’m here to kill you, Aria,” I murmured, bringing the dagger to her neck, Her eyes fluttered shut the moment the cold metal kissed her skin.

“To finally put an end to you and Kieran being a threat.”

At those words, her eyes snapped open in shock. I felt her lips move against my palm, and though it was muffled, I heard it, my name.

A smirk tugged at the corner of my lips. Slowly, I tilted my head up, allowing her to see my face clearly

The second she did, a gasp tore from her lips and her eyes narrowed in disbelief.

“Hello, Aria,” I said smoothly. “How have you been?”

The surprise vanished as quickly as it came, reced by anger shing in her eyes. She raised her hands to push me off, but I didn’t budge. Instead, I pressed the dagger closer to her neck, making her hiss and re at me.

“Mmmmmm-”

She tried to speak, but her voice came out muffled as she struggled, still careful not to let the de cut her skin.

“Aria,” I said calmly, and she immediately froze.

But before she could react, my hand flew to her face, snapping her head to the side. She hit the ground with a soft thud, her hand flying to her cheek as she stared up at me in shock, touching the spot where I’d struck her.

In the next second, I stepped toward her, pulling out the small bottle from my pocket. Without hesitation, I reached for her throat, gripping it tightly in my palm, and before she could scream or move, I forced the contents of the battle down her

throat.

She tried to resist, her hands flying up to p the bottle away, but I tightened my grip on her neck, forcing her mouth open instinctively as she swallowed every drop.

“Mmmm!” Her eyes began to water as I finally pulled back, releasing her throat and tossing the bottle to the ground.

She stared at me in horror, hands flying to her throat as she coughed, desperately trying to spit the substance out, but it

was no use.

bWhat /bI had just given her was a deadly poison that would take effect the moment it entered her mouth. After She told me she would kill both Kieran and Aria, she taught me how to create it. It was actually simple, only two ingredients were needed to make the toxinb, /band both could be found in the woods I often visited. So after sneaking out of the packhouse tonight, I’d gone there first, made the poison, and thene here.

She had called the poison Moonrot. She said it was ban /bancient toxin. I didn’t question how she knew about it–I didn’t care. As long as it killed Aria and Kieran, that was all that mattered to me.

“What-“she coughed, “what did you do to me?!” she screamed, and I chuckled, stepping back as I stared down at her,

Right then, the door burst open and Kieran rushed in, freezing as soon as his eyesnded on me. I didn’t even nce at him, my grin bwas /bstill fixed on Aria.

“I poisoned you, Aria. And you’ve got ten minutes before you die.”

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