Chapter 157 Blood in the Water

Aubrey’s POV

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“So I deserved to be used by you? Used, hated, and trampled underfoot? Mariana – and who exactly gave you that right?”

I spoke slowly, each word pressing down on what was left of her dignity.

“Family background? You can’t compare to the White family or the Howard family. Looks? You’re not even a tenth of me. As for ability or character-”

I let out a short, derisive laugh and shook my head. “With your petty, thieving nature and almost nonexistent talent, what makes you think you’re in any position to look down on me?”

Her pupils contracted sharply.

“But I’ll give you this – there’s one thing you do better than me…” I leaned in close, my voice low at her ear. “Your shamelessness far surpasses mine.”

“Bitch!” Mariana shrieked, swinging her hand toward my face only for me to catch it midair.

In my eyes, her flushed, furious face was no more threatening than a clown stumbling in a circus act.

“Angry? Rattled? What a rare sight – I didn’t think you had it in you to lose control. Do you know what you remind me of? A hyena catching the scent of carrion – revolting.”

I stared her down. “I still can’t fathom how you could be brazen enough to steal credit for saving a nine- year–old girl’s life. Just looking at you makes me feel filthy.”

terms of character, you as a beta aren’t even worth as much as me – a


spoke each word like a sentence passed. “You are

then. She collapsed backward onto the ground – not because I’d used much force, but because the killing intent in my eyes had turned her knees

Pathetic.

humiliation, then turned to leave. But I hadn’t expected that I’d pushed her too

Mariana shifted into her wolf form on the

“Watch out!”

the jagged stone of a nearby rock formation, trapping me

“Aubrey!”

voice cut across the night. He’d come looking for me and in a blur too fast for

that split second, Mariana’s claws were already descending toward

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him bleed.

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her life I cared about it was the certainty that if

chaos.

no longer be hidden. The rebel–minded alphas from other packs would descend like hyenas on fresh meat,

to

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