Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 277

Bound To The Broken Alpha

Chapter 277 Pathetic

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Clara stepped closer, chin jutted forward like she wanted round two. “You’re completely unhinged. No wonder Mark-”

“Don’t finish that sentence.” The warning slipped out of me so fast and sharp it sliced her momentum in half.

She flinched, just a little. Enough to satisfy me.

“You think hitting me makes you tough?” she sneered. “Makes you right? Makes you-”

“It makes you quiet,” I cut in. “Which is already a major improvement.”

Her mouth snapped shut, then opened again, grasping for words like a fish thrown on land.

“You’re pathetic,” she finally spat. “You always have been Mark was too good for-”

“Again,” I interrupted, holding up a finger. “Don’t finish that sentence.”

People were watching now, but I wasn’t bothered. I wasnt raising my voice, I wasn’t throwing things, I wasn’t causing a scene. Clara was doing that with her existence alone.

She scoffed loudly, tossing her hair over her shoulder. “You’re jealous. That’s what this is.”

I stared at her, almost amused. “Jealous? Of you?” I shook my head. “You’re not even a competitor. You’re

noise.”

Her nostrils flared. “You think you’re better than me?”

“Absolutely.” No hesitation. No apology. “And the best part is, I don’t need to prove it. My life already did.”

Her face twisted. She wasn’t used to me being this version of me.

“You can’t just slap me and act like you’re morally superior,” she snapped. “That’s crazy!”

I sighed, almost tired. “Clara, trust me. If I wanted to stoop to your level, I’d need a shovel and a medical team on standby.” I took a step closer and lowered my voice. “But I won’t. Because you’re not worth that kind of effort.”

She blinked, furious and speechless all at once.

“You must be really shameless to walk around in public after everything you’ve done,” I added, keeping my tone flat. “But that’s your problem to live with. Not mine.”

Her mouth opened again, but I was already done.

I turned away, cool and controlled, and picked up the blazer I’d been looking at before she showed up.

Clara called my name sharply behind me, a desperate mix of outrage and wounded pride.

I didn’t give her the dignity of a backward glance.

She wasn’t a threat.

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She wasn’t even competition.

She was a footnote in a chapter where I’d already outgrown the entire plot.

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And as I walked toward the cashier, shoulders relaxed, steps confident, one truth settled over me like armor:

I wasn’t the woman she used to bully.

I wasn’t the woman Mark thought he could break.

I was the woman they were both going to regret underestimating.

The moment I got home, I knew Daniel felt something was off. He didn’t rush to me or bombard me with questions.

He just stood at the bottom of the stairs, watching me with that instinctive caution he only used when he sensed my emotions before I even processed them myself.

He didn’t say my name.

He didn’t need to.

“What happened?” he asked quietly.

That soft tone of his always got to me. It wasn’t pity – it was… love. He already knew I had fire simmering under my skin, and he was trying to make sure it didn’t burn me along the way.

I dropped my bag on the couch and sat on the armrest, crossing my arms. “I saw Clara.”

His expression tightened just a little, barely noticeable unless you knew him like I did. “Where?”

“At the boutique.”

Daniel exhaled once. “And?”

“And I put her in her place. Properly.”

A slow, proud smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. “Good.”

“But,” I added before he could get too smug, “you should also know she tried to provoke me. I refused to give her the satisfaction.”

He nodded. “Better. Much better.”

“I’m not afraid of her anymore,” I said, and I wasn’t exaggerating. Something had shifted in me the moment. I decided I wasn’t going to be the girl who cowered behind grief anymore. “I’m prepared for whatever she tries next.”

“You should still be careful,” he murmured, walking toward me. “Clara is the kind of person who doesn’t know when to stop, especially when she feels cornered.

I held his gaze. “I’m ready for her, Daniel.”

He studied me for a second longer, then nodded. “I know.”

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There was a pause.

Then I said what I’d been thinking all day.

“I want to see the footage from the day she attacked me

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