Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 522 Confrontation

Hayley’s POV:

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My wolf, Hera, was still in her dormant state. I didn’t have the energy to fully overpower Lisa. Brute force wasn’t an option with the injury on my hand far from healed. All I could do was dodge, weaving through her relentless attacks as the glint of her knife sliced through the air.

In the chaos, we somehow switched positions, each now standing where the other had been moments ago. Another tense confrontation ensued.

“If my wolf weren’t in hibernation, I’d have transformed by now and torn through your throat. I wouldn’t have to waste my time dancing around with a knife in hand,” I growled.

Lisa’s breaths came fast and heavy. Her hands tightened around the hilt of the knife, pointing it at me with desperate determination. Her eyes glinted with a wild edge as she spat, “Stop running, Hayley. You can’t escape this. This is your fate. You were supposed to pave the way for Irving and me. Accept it already.”

I met her glare, my voice cold, and said, “You’re the one who needs to face reality.”

I couldn’t believe someone could

ld go to such extreme lengths as to commit crimes on behalf of a man who showed no regard for her.

“Irving doesn’t love you. He never did. Even if I weren’t in the picture, he wouldn’t spare you a second glance. How much longer are you going to lie to yourself?”

other! He just pays attention to you out of jealousy for Benjamin! I’m the only one who truly understands him We’ve already mated!” She fiercely yelled at me,

gone, the three of us will be

gaze instinctively dropped to her stomach. It was flat. I tested the

more than any response

approach, I said calmly, “If you kill me, your child will have a murderer as a mother. How can you live a happy life then?”

Lisa’s POV:

trapped myself in. My grip on the knife faltered as I stared down at it, then back up at Hayley. Fear and

think about was erasing Hayley’s existence, convinced it would solve everything. But I’d let rage cloud my judgment, completely

status in werewolf society in the

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Chapter 522 Confrontation

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admit that Hayley was right. I couldn’t keep doing reckless and insane things for the sake of my child. But

Hayley’s POV:

knife after struggling for a long time. Sensing her hesitation, I seized

I won’t pursue Irving again, and can even help you get out of here and live a good life in

want … ”

slamming down on the handle. However, instead