Chapter 265

Ava’s POV

What?

Dylan chuckled, tilting his head slightly, eyes gleaming with twisted amusement. “Oh, don’t look so shocked, Ava.” He let out a slow breath, tapping his fingers against the wheel in an almost lazy rhythm, his voice dripping with satisfaction, “Did you really think Damien was invincible? That he couldn’t be stopped?” He scoffed, eyes darkening with something sinister, “He underestimated me. And her.”

My stomach twisted violently, dread clawing up my throat.

I shook my head, my pulse pounding as I tried to process what he was saying, “Crystal-“My throat tightened. “Crystal killed Damien?”

The words felt foreign even as I said them.

It didn’t make sense.

Damien raised her. She had worked with him all this time, stood beside him, protected him. Damien had molded her, shaped her, turned her into the weapon she was. It wasn’t right that he had stolen but she owed him everything.

So why?

Why would she turn on him?

How could she kill him?

And then–another realization slammed into me like a freight train, knocking the air from my lungs.

Crystal had acted like Dylan was in the dark about everything. She made it seem like he had no clue what was going on, like she was playing the game alone, maneuvering through the chaos without his knowledge.

But now?

Now he was telling me otherwise.

Dylan smirked, tilting his head slightly, watching me with the kind of satisfaction that made my skin crawl, “Oh, she hated him.” He said smoothly, his voice almost… delighted, “Despised him, really just as much as he raised her to hate the lot of you. And all it took was a little… push.”

A shiver ran down my spine.

My breath came out unsteady, but I forced my voice to stay firm. “Why?”

Dylan arched an eyebrow, feigning innocence.

it?” I snapped, my voice sharper now,

satisfied grin, he said, “Again, that will be discussed later because your sister–oh yes, I’ve known exactly who she

fists, the anger burning beneath my

Dylan?” My voice shook, but I didn’t care, “I’m sick of this. I am not playing this twisted game anymore. Whatever vendetta you have planned is your business. Yours and Crystal’s.

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unbearable, “you tell her that we are not sisters. She is nothing

me and-”

watch that tone if I

voice sliced through mine like a blade, sharp and quiet, but the

My breath caught.

then—he smirked. Leaning back slightly, voice eerily calm, he added,

sooner.”

The world tilted.

him, my heart hammering against my

something planned for each of you,” He continued, dragging out the words. “Starting with Rickon and Isabella. Their car?” He exhaled dramatically, his fingers tapping against the wheel

sharp, suffocating terror

No.

No, no, no-

aside and reached for her again. Pushed

where she should have

desperately

was nothing.

My pulse pounded, panic burning

the silence–the silence–was suffocating, “Just–just tell me what the hell this

uncle’s book–the one about becoming King. But don’t worry.” His lips curled into a smirk. “I’ve played the long game for

going to pick us off one by one until you take the throne? Why

I was missing something obvious. Then his eyes darkened, and his voice dropped into something sharper, colder, “Oh shut up Ava and spare me the self–righteous act. You’re the fated mate of the Alpha King. You stand above every other Luna, and you

about titles. Do you think I enjoy being hunted, being manipulated, being used like some–some pawn in your sick little game? I have never once thought about my status above others

eyes like my words were nothing more than an annoying buzz in his ears. “I told you to shut up. You sit there, pretending like you’re so different, so

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