Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

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Chapter 19

Lucas remained frozen, his hand rising slowly to touch his reddening cheek, stunned disbelief

written across his unshaven face.

"You're... real?" he whispered, staring at her as if she might evaporate.

Aria had reached her absolute limit with this absurd day. She laughed-a sharp, brittle sound utterly devoid of humor.

"Real? Sure. Apparently I'm trapped in a real-life horror movie where my supposed death wasn't enough to get you out of my life."

Without deigning to look at him again, she pivoted sharply toward the staircase.

"Aria, wait-please!"

Lucas lunged after her, alcohol and desperation making his movements clumsy. As he grabbed for her wrist, the combination of his unsteady state and her quick evasion created disaster-her foot slipped on the polished marble step.

"Look out!"

Despite his impaired reflexes, Lucas managed to pull her against him as they fell, positioning his body to take the impact.

Their bodies hit the marble stairs with a sickening thud that echoed through the foyer.

Cushioned by Lucas's intervention, Aria escaped with minor disorientation. Lucas, however, wasn't as fortunate-a crimson stain began spreading across the white marble beneath his head.

"Alpha!" Davis's horrified voice cut through the sudden stunned silence.

The household erupted into chaos. After fifteen minutes, both were being loaded into separate ambulances.

with Lucas still hospitalized, Aria decided it was finally time to

escape.

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few belongings and headed confidently for the main entrance, only to find her path blocked by

hardened

glances. "Luna, we have strict

the premises

disbelieving laugh escaped her. "Are you seriously trying to hold me prisoner? That's

choice."

attempted to push past them toward the

doors.

and physically restraining a clearly unwilling woman, the guards hesitated to use force, instead trailing after her

Collins, please reconsider-Alpha

pleas only accelerated Aria's determined stride toward the

with tinted windows glided to a stop directly in her path. The rear door swung open to reveal

Her name emerged with an unsettling combination

call me that," she snapped, actual revulsion contorting her features. "It makes

Lucas. She'd recognized the reality that neither she nor her family could match the Thornwood pack's resources or

avoidance-minimal contact, neutral responses if they did encounter each other, nothing that might escalate the situation

how her careful restraint would be misinterpreted. Her silence read as invitation.

her performances, sending messages she systematically ignored. When blocked,

his orbit.

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