Alpha Hayley’s Destined Mate

Chapter 523 Taking the Upper Hand

Hayley’s POV:

1 pressed the cold, sharp edge of the knife against Lisa’s skin, the icy contact making her flinch instinctively.

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Her gaze dropped to the knife mere inches from her, and she trembled violently. It was human nature to value life, particularly for someone like her, who loved rving.

“You won’t dare,” Lisa said, narrowing her eyes in a fecile attempt to gauge my resolve.

1 tilted my head, lips curling into a cold, mocking smile “Why don’t you try me?”

Lisa must’ve sensed the unyielding chill in my tone because she fell silent.

I immediately took the initiative and commanded her, Get up!”

She obediently did so.

Keeping her firmly in my grasp, I glanced toward the door. “Open it,” I ordered.

Lisa walked over and reached for the handle and told me calmly, “It’s locked.”

I refused to believe her so easily. “You’d better not be playing games with me.”

a gesture of surrender “If you don’t believe me, try it yourself. Do you think Irving would leave you an easy way

crap. Irving might return at any time, and I don’t

stand with her back to me. With one hand gripping the knife against her, I reached for the door

It didn’t budge.

subsided slightly when she saw that I was unable to open the door.

“Irving will be back shortly. Before that happens, you’d better head back to

sit and wait like prey for

knife, my eyes scanning the room for another escape

Lisa, she wasn’t my concern. She was never a match

of the circumstances, didn’t dare provoke me further. Instead, she leaned back like a quiet observer, her steely eyes silently watching

study, desperately looking for a way

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a subtle sheer, “And even that door is specially reinforced. It’s impossible to cut, break, or even dent. Not even an Alpha’s wolf could break through it. Unless you have the key, you might as well stop

left with no choice but to retreat to the living

despair began to creep into my heart, Hera, my wolf, stirred inside me. She suddenly perked up, her excitement surging. I smell

I held

steady my pounding heart. Moments later, a deep, steady voice came from outside. “Hayley, are you

exploding like a flood. “I’m here! Benjamin, I’m

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