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.”

this. In terms of character, you as a beta aren’t even worth as much as me – a wolf–less


spoke each word like a sentence passed.

because I’d used much force, but because the killing intent in my eyes had turned her knees to water, though she probably didn’t even

Pathetic.

appreciate her humiliation, then turned to

Mariana shifted into her wolf form on the spot and lunged

“Watch out!”

into motion. I tried to sidestep, but my gown snagged on the jagged stone of a nearby rock formation, trapping me just

“Aubrey!”

fast for the eye to follow, he closed the

second, Mariana’s claws were already descending toward him. My heart clenched. I could not

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him bleed.

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dangerously contagious. If Mariana touched it, she’d be infected with the Kajit virus. It wasn’t her life I cared about it

chaos.

hyenas on

thinking, twisting to reverse

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