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Claire gently supported Addison, guiding her step by step as she limped away in pain. From the outside, it looked like Claire was on the verge of tearsher expression contorted with concern, as if she were the one injured. But Addison knew better.” 

She tried to shake Claire off, attempting to pry her arm free, but Claire held on tightly, her grip like iron wrapped in velvet. Despite Addison’s efforts, she couldn’t break free from the woman pretending to be her savior

Then, in a soft voice dripping with faux sympathy

Claire added, Let’s head downstairs and have the pack doctor take care of your wounds. I heard you’rewolfless, right? So they won’t heal on their own. You’ll need proper treatment even for something this minor.” 

Her words, though lightly spoken, hit their mark

To someone else, it might have sounded like random musing born out of worrybut Addison could hear the 

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quiet cruelty woven beneath them. The implication was clear: she was weak, incomplete, a burden

That such a small injury required the attention of the pack’s medical professionals; in Claire’s eyes, she was not only pitifulbut a waste of resources, and the doctor’s efforts should’ve gone to someone useful

Addison didn’t respond. She didn’t need to. Claire’s mockery may have been hidden under layers of concern, but Addison heard it alland each word burned more than the glass in her skin

Addison ignored Claire’s veiled mockery, saying nothing as she focused on each painful step forward. But just as they reached the stairs, Claire abruptly let 

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And thenit happened

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A sudden force shoved Addison from behind. There 

was no time to react, no moment to brace herself. The world tilted violently as her body went tumbling down 

the staircase

She barely managed to shield her head as she crashed 

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into the sharp edges of the stairs, the brutal impact jarring through her bones. Pain exploded through her limbs, and she felt something crack in her armmaybe more than one place

Though the stairway wasn’t especially long, the way her body slammed down each step made it feel endless. By the time she hit the bottom landing, the pain was so overwhelming she couldn’t even cry out

And before the dizziness could fully take holdbefore the shock could numb the agonyshe was yanked up off the ground like a rag doll

Addison! What the fuck are you doing?!” 

The voice boomed with fury, shaking her to her core. The person who yanked her upnone other than her 

mate, Zion

The mate she hadn’t seen in days

She had imagined seeing him againbut never like this. Never with him glaring at her with eyes filled not with longing, but murderous rageas if he wanted to strangle her on the spot

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Before she could gather her thoughts or even speak

he threw her

She crashed into the wall with a sickening thud, the back of her head slamming hard against the cold surface. A wave of dizziness washed over her, pain crashing through her body. Her vision blurred, black spots dancing at the edges

But just before the darkness pulled her under, she saw himZionkneeling beside Claire, who now lay on the ground as well, her eyes closed, unmoving

Claire,Zion breathed, his tone laced with worry and gentleness as he knelt beside her. He scooped her up in his arms as if she were the most precious thing in 

the world

And he didn’t even spare Addison so much as a glance

Left there on the cold floor, broken and bleeding, Addison’s heartonce numbed from everything- cracked wide open again. She thought she couldn’t feel pain anymore, that she had turned to stone. But watching her mate cradle another woman while leaving her behind… 

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That hurt more than anything else ever could

A single tear slipped down Addison’s cheek before everything faded to black

When she awoke, the air was damp, cold, and heavy 

with the scent of mold. Darkness surrounded her. She 

was lying on the hard, filthy ground of a dungeon cell. Her body screamed in pain

Ughshe groaned hoarsely, every syllable dragging across her throat like broken glass

Her limbs trembled violently as agony coursed through her. Every breath felt like firesharp, shallow, and unbearable. A sickening crackle in her chest confirmed what she feared: at least one rib was 

broken, maybe more. Maybe it had happened when she fellor maybe when Zion threw her against the 

wall

Zion

Her own mate had slammed her like she was nothing. Had he forgottenno, worse, had he even caredthat she couldn’t shift? That her body, without a wolf

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couldn’t heal on its own? To him, it hadn’t mattered

He hadn’t even hesitated

Addison let out a faint, selfmocking laugh, the sound bitter and broken

But even that tiny motion sent a bolt of pain ripping through her torso. She gasped, her laughter dying in her throat as fresh agony bloomed. Her pale lips trembled, drained of color, and her skin was ghostly beneath the dim glow of the dungeon’s torchlight

Left alone. Unattended. Unwanted

She was starting to realize that the only thing keeping 

her alivewas her sheer will not to die like this

Haha haAddison let out a weak, bitter laugh, the sound barely escaping her lips. She had to breathe through her mouthdeep breaths pulled at her broken ribs, and even the act of laughing sent pain slicing through her

She felt utterly miserable

Whathappened

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Her mind, hazy from the pain, began to retrace the events. Slowly, the memory came backClaire’s voice, the fake concern, the fall down the stairsand Zion’s 

rage

Addison’s chest tightenednot just from injury but from the weight of betrayal

Claire had schemed against her. So easily. So blatantly

And she’d succeeded

That only meant one thingClaire didn’t see Addison. as a threat at all. She had the audacity to plot in plain sight, to humiliate her openly and still have everyone 

believe her

Just the fact that Addison had woken up in this dungeon said everything

They believed she’d attacked Claire. They probably thought she pushed her down the stairsand then 

tumbled after her to make it look like an accident. The 

perfect narrative: Claire, the everkind Lunatobe, helping Addison down the stairs to treat her wounds- and Addison, bitter and jealous, lashing out

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Addison’s jaw clenched, her body trembling

Did Claire really fall, though? Was she even hurt

Or was that part of the act too

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense. Claire knew exactly how to make herself look selfless, even if it meant faking her own injuries. No one would question the image of a loving woman trying to help her rival

And Zionhe believed it without hesitation

He didn’t even look at her. Just threw her away

Addison wasn’t sure what to believe. Would Claire 

really go so far as to hurt Zion’s pup just to frame her? She doubted it. Nowhat Addison suspected was that after pushing her down the stairs, Claire had simply walked down, laid herself beside her, and waited for 

Zion to arriveplaying the part of the helpless victim and pretending to pass out

But Zion was a werewolfan Alpha, no less. With his strength and senses, he should’ve easily seen through Claire’s act. Or was he so consumed by worry for 

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Claire’s safety that he missed something so obvious

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