The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 185

Chapter 185

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The moment Cora heard that a patient had arrived with a dead pup still inside her womb, she had already decided the outcome: Death.

It was inevitable. No student in this MDT project possessed the skill to handle a case that severe-not even under pressure, not even with a senior stepping in. Even Professor Corvin Vale had deemed it hopeless.

So when she strode into the ward, she expected stillness. Silence. A covered body.

Instead, she was met with movement.

The patient was gone.

“Where is she?” Cora demanded, her sharp gaze sweeping the room.

“She’s been transferred to the treatment room after the surgery succeeded, Lady Cora,” the ward assistant replied quickly.

Cora stilled. “Alive?”

“Yes.”

A flicker of disbelief crossed Cora’s face, quickly hardening into something colder.

“Who performed the surgery?” she asked, her tone dropping. “Even Professor Vale said there was no hope. Who dared take that case?”

The procedure was successful because of Lylah, lady,” the assistant said. “She led the operation… with Soren assisting her.”

For a heartbeat, the air seemed to freeze.

‘Lylah and Soren?” Cora repeated, her voice snapping like a whip. “Together?”

Something ugly twisted in her chest-hot, suffocating. Fury, sharp and immediate. Betrayal, bitter as poison.

Soren.

That insolent, defiant girl who had placed herself against Cora… was now working alongside Lylah?

And not just working, but succeeding. Without the slightest fanfare.

Cora exhaled slowly, though it did nothing to steady the storm building beneath her ribs. Her woll paced restlessly, hackles raised, threatened by something it could not yet see but instinctively feared.

No.

She would not allow this.

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The mere thought of them standing side by side felt dangerous.

She turned sharply, striding out of the ward with purpose, intent on finding Soren-only to nearly collide with her in the corridor.

Perfect.

“I heard you and Lylah performed surgery together this morning,” Cora said, her voice deceptively calm, though her eyes gleamed with accusation. “What is this, Soren? Have you decided to become her ally?” Her lip curled. “Have you forgotten that stray was the one who stole your place under Professor Grimwood? And now you lower yourself to serve her?”

Cora’s tone sharpened, cutting deep. “You must have lost your mind.”

A low, dangerous tension settled into Soren’s posture. Her wolf stirred, bristling at the insult.

“Mind your own business,” Soren replied coolly, her voice edged with steel. “Focus on improving your own skills. Then perhaps you’ll be capable of performing what we did.”

Cora recoiled as if struck.

‘What?” she barked, her composure cracking. “You insolent-did you just insult my skills? You think you’re better than me?”

Soren didn’t hesitate. “Oh, I know I am, Coraline.”

The name landed with deliberate weight.

‘And after witnessing Lylah’s skill,” Soren continued, her gaze slicing through Cora with merciless precision, “I finally understand the scale of your inadequacy. You’re not even worth comparing to her,” her voice dropping into something cold and lethal. “And among everyone in this MDT, among all of Professor Vale’s students, you are the only one who wears that title like a lie.”

Silence fell.

Cora’s eyes widened, shock flashing into fury so intense it bordered on feral.

“You’ve grown far too comfortable with your words,” Cora said, “I will see to it that my mate hears of this. And when he does… neither you nor your father will like the outcome.”

Soren let out a soft, mocking whistle, utterly unimpressed.

“Mate, mate, mate,” she drawled. “Always hiding behind Alpha Rowan’s shadow.”

Her lips curved faintly, but there was no warmth in it.

“Though I suppose it makes sense, considering that’s exactly how you earned your place here.” Her gaze darkened, cutting straight through Cora’s pride. “It does make me wonder… if his influence were taken from you, just how far beneath you’d fall?”