The Broken Alpha Heiress

Dark circles ringed his eyes. They gathered for breakfast. Alpha Alaric’s tone was firm. “Riley, you’ll go to the Blackmaw Pack house today. Ronan expects sincerity. Make sure he sees it. Our alliance depends on this.” Riley didn’t respond. Zara placed a calming hand on Alaric’s arm. “Let her eat first.” Servants brought out a…

Then everything spun. And she collapsed. Kael moved fast-faster than anyone thought possible-and caught her before her head hit the ground. His voice cracked. “Riley…” Zara rushed forward. “What’s happening? Is she-?” Alaric scoffed. “She’s pretending.” Kael’s head whipped around. “Pretending? She passed out! You’re more concerned about your damn ego than your own daughter’s…

“Get out.” Zara blinked. “What?” “You or me. Someone leaves. Now.” She stood, shocked. “How did you become so unreasonable?” I snorted. “Five years of beatings and isolation will do that.” “You had a roof over your head-“ I snapped. “I had prison walls! You let me take Scarlett’s fall. You deleted the footage. You…

I said nothing. He jogged to catch up and grabbed my wrist. “Hey, I’m talking to you. You deaf or-“ I wrenched my arm away. “If it makes you happy, Theo, you can think of me as deaf. Or mute. Or dead. I don’t care. Just pretend I don’t exist.” He looked genuinely taken aback.…

I wanted to run. But I couldn’t move. I couldn’t fight him. So I did the only thing left to do. I dropped to my knees. “I’m guilty. I wronged your sister. Please forgive me.” My head struck the floor. Hard. Again. And again. The impact reverberated through my bones, but I barely felt it.…

She was back in prison. Or wherever the hell they sent her. Reliving something I’d never seen. I lowered my arm slowly, the weight of it suddenly unbearable. “You can go,” I said, quieter this time. My voice sounded foreign to my own ears. She didn’t move. Part of me wanted to grab her again.…

No right to act like I mattered. “Who did this to you?” he asked, eyes narrowing. “Tell me, Riley. I’ll make them pay.” I almost laughed. He was serious. He thought this was how it worked. But I remembered it all-how he had stood across from me in the Court of Elders, not beside me.…

Coward. Riley’s POV By the time I returned to the Ebonclaw Pack manor, the night had fallen completely. The courtyard was quiet under the cloak of darkness, the scent of roasted meat and pine smoke drifting faintly through the wind. Mia was already standing outside the front gate, her wrinkled hands anxiously wringing the hem…

I gestured to my head, where fresh gauze still clung to a crusted wound. “I walked in like this. Mia noticed. And yet the two people who A Broken Alpha Heiress’s Revenge claim to love me didn’t say a word.” My voice rose, sharp and unfiltered. “Not one of you asked what happened. You just…

But no. I let out a soft, bitter laugh. Even in dreams, I couldn’t pretend she loved me. Only Mia ever stayed. Author’s POV The Ebonclaw Pack dining hall was unusually quiet that morning. Alpha Alaric, Luna Zara, Kael Vale, and Scarlett had already taken their seats-but none of them had touched their food yet.…