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Chapter 9

Author: September
Molly stared at her father on his knees.

The fear on his face seemed to offend her more than the Royal Guards in the room.

"Why are you bowing to her?" she demanded. "She came here with no records and no guards. You always said outsiders had to obey Veyne procedure inside Silver Ridge."

Garrick's head snapped up.

"Molly, stop."

But she was too angry to listen.

"You said the visitor logs mattered more than anyone's story. You said if someone was not in our records, they could not prove what happe
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    I looked at Adrian for a moment longer."There is nothing to begin again," I said.His face tightened."I did not know who you were.""That was the point."He fell silent."You should not have needed my name to treat me with respect. You should not have needed a royal crest to stop Molly from touching my bracelet. You should not have needed Royal Guards in the room before you remembered you were an Alpha."Cassian unlocked the gray outsider tag from my wrist and sealed it with the broken bracelet, the watch, and the ring.The insult would leave Silver Ridge as evidence, not trash."Remove the evidence," Cassian ordered. "Escort Garrick Veyne and Molly Veyne to separate holding rooms. No Silver Ridge official speaks to them without Royal authorization."Molly tried to rise."You cannot do this."Cassian did not look at her."You detained a princess, damaged royal property, and admitted to abusing visitor records. We can."Before I left, Adrian tried once more."Princess Isabella, Silver

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    The Royal Guards returned with sealed record boxes and two confiscated tablets from the lodge office.Garrick saw them and seemed to age in a single breath.Molly understood a moment later. The bracelet had been expensive, but the records could destroy everything her family had built inside Silver Ridge.Garrick lowered his head again."Princess Isabella, my daughter had no formal authority to detain you. She abused access that belonged to my office. The Veyne family will compensate every loss and surrender control of visitor records until the Royal review is complete."Molly stared at him."You are giving them our records?""You already did," Garrick said through his teeth.Her face crumpled. She turned to me and dropped to her knees, but she stopped short of touching my dress."Princess Isabella, please. I was angry. I thought you were lying. I will apologize in front of the whole pack. I will remove the tag myself. I will pay whatever I can. Just do not let the Council open those re

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    "Who threatened my daughter?"Garrick Veyne's voice filled the room.Molly ran to him at once."Dad, they are trying to ruin me. I followed security procedure because she would not verify her pack, and now she claims I owe sixteen million dollars for a bracelet. They brought Royal Guards to threaten us."Garrick looked at me, then at the sealed evidence on the table."This is a Silver Ridge security matter," he said. "Visitor records and lodge access fall under my office. If my daughter conducted a review, she acted under local authority."Cassian stepped forward before he could come closer."Take another step, and this becomes an attack on the royal household."The enforcers behind Garrick shifted, but the Royal Guards moved first. Within seconds, every Silver Ridge wolf near the door had been restrained.Garrick froze.Then he noticed Cassian's uniform and the silver wolf insignia on his shoulder."Commander Thorne."Cassian did not respond.Garrick forced his voice lower."There mus

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    Adrian went still.For a moment, he only looked at me, trying to process what I had just said."If Molly acted because of you," I said, "then you can carry the consequence for her."Molly's fingers tightened around his sleeve.Adrian's expression changed at once."Princess Isabella, a payment of that size cannot be promised in the middle of a confrontation. Silver Ridge would need a formal review, pack approval, and time to assess the damage."I smiled faintly."So when Molly needed mercy, she acted for you. Now that payment is due, Silver Ridge needs a review."His jaw tightened."That is not what I meant.""It is exactly what you meant."Cassian stood beside the table, silent but watching. The broken bracelet, the watch, and the ring remained in front of Molly like evidence she could no longer explain away.I looked at Adrian."You have two choices. If Molly acted under Silver Ridge security authority, then Silver Ridge accepts responsibility for unlawful detention, misuse of pack pr

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    Eight million dollars.The number froze the room.Molly recovered first."That is impossible," she said. "It is a bracelet. You cannot name any price you want because you are angry."Cassian looked at her."The bracelet is recorded in the royal archive as the late Queen Luna's moonstone heirloom. It was altered for Princess Isabella on her coming of age and marked with the Draven crest inside the setting."Molly's lips parted."Eight million is a conservative estimate," Cassian said. "Its true value is not only in the stones or the metal."Molly looked at the cracked moonstone in my hand."I did not know. She came here with no guards, no notice, no proof. Anyone would have thought she was lying.""You were told," I said."You saying it does not count as proof.""I warned you not to touch it. I told you to wait ten minutes. I told you who I was."She had no answer.Cassian signaled to a Royal Guard. The guard collected my watch and ring from the table and placed them beside the broken b

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