The Pack's Daughter (Aysel and Magnus) novel Chapter 435

Chapter 435

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 want?”

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 born 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 smart. And that scared the hell out of you.”

“You couldn’t handle a she-wolf being better than you.”

Ronan’s face paled.

His mask cracked, revealing the shame he’d buried deep, even from himself.

And Riley saw it. She saw the truth in his silence.

“You hated that the girl running beside 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.”

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“Stop,” Ronan snapped, his voice dangerously close to trembling. “That’s not true.”

“Isn’t it?” Riley’s voice rose, cutting through the air like a blade. “You couldn’t stand to see me shine. You wanted me small. Obedient. Powerless.”

“Stop it, Riley,” he barked. “I said stop.”

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!”

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.

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He staggered back, touching his jaw, blood staining his fingers.

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