《The Alpha's Scorned Bride》全部章節：第 241 章 - 第 250 章

Ava's POVKingsley’s face darkened instantly. Then his eyes flicked briefly toward Anderson. That single glance told me everything. He was afraid, afraid that Anderson might actually hear me.Before I could react, he suddenly grabbed my wrist and yanked me toward him harshly.Pain exploded through my arm. I gasped.His grip tightened so brutally it felt like my bones were grinding together.“I’m warning you,” he hissed under his breath, his voice low and savage enough that only I could hear. “Watch your mouth.”My wolf snarled immediately, claws pressing painfully beneath my skin.“Say one more word in front of Anderson,” Kingsley continued coldly, “and I’ll make sure your little friends go down with you.”I tried pulling free, but his fingers only tightened harder around my wrist.A sharp crack echoed faintly beneath the pressure. Tears instantly burned my eyes.My wolf whimpered in pain, but Kingsley didn’t stop.“Laura’s clean,” he growled. “Don’t drag her down with your mess.”His

Laura's POVI stood at the edge of the deck and watched Ava disappear beneath the ocean.The black water swallowed her whole within seconds.One moment, her terrified face was visible beneath the moonlight.The next... Nothing.Not even a ripple remained.The sea was calm again, as if it had never taken a life at all.My wolf purred softly inside me, and for the first time in my entire life... I felt free.A small smile curled across my lips as the cold ocean wind tangled through my hair.Finally... there is no more Ava, no more comparisons, no more shadows hanging over me.Just me, the only daughter everyone would remember.The only one that mattered.I tilted my head slightly, staring into the endless dark water below.When did I start hating Ava?Honestly... I couldn’t even remember anymore.Hatred had always existed inside me like instinct, like breathing, like shifting beneath the full moon.Even as children, everyone in the family despised her.She was the unwanted wolf, the inc

Ava's POVThe ocean at night was nothing like it looked from the safety of a ship.Out here, it was a monster... cold, bottomless, and hungry.The second my body hit the water, freezing darkness swallowed me whole.The impact knocked the air from my lungs, and icy seawater surged around me like chains wrapping tightly around my limbs.My wolf cried out instantly inside me as the brutal cold pierced through skin, muscle, and bone.I nearly kicked upward on instinct, but fear stopped me.What if Laura was still watching?What if she realized I hadn’t drowned yet?She’d send someone after me, and this time, they wouldn’t fail.So I forced myself deeper instead.My lungs burned violently as I swam away from the ship beneath the surface, blindly pushing forward through freezing black water.My wolf growled weakly.That’s the wrong direction, Ava.“I can’t tell,” I thought desperately.Everything looked the same.Darkness above, darkness below.The ocean swallowed all sense of direction unt

Ava's POVAnderson's powerful aura immediately filled the room.My wolf instantly reacted, tense and wary.I looked away first.The room around me was unfamiliar.It had old wooden walls, a faint scent of sea salt lingering in the air, and rain tapping softly against the windows.This was not the hospital, nor was it home.I pinched my arm hard, and pain shot through me immediately.I was alive.The realization left me strangely numb.Slowly, I turned back toward him.“Mr. Shelton, I...”Anderson quickly lifted a finger to his lips.His movements instantly sharpened with caution as he walked to the door and cracked it open slightly, checking outside.His wolf instincts were fully alert, scanning for danger.Only after a few seconds did he shut the door again.Then he walked toward me and sat beside the bed.“Don’t call me that here,” he said softly. “Call me Andy.”I frowned weakly.“Andy?”“There are still people looking for you,” he explained quietly. “I don’t know if they’re trying

Ava's POVAnderson stared at me without blinking. My pulse pounded harder.“Wouldn’t that explain the tire marks?” I continued softly.Silence stretched painfully between us.Then Anderson smiled, not happily.It was the kind of smile a wolf gave when realizing something monstrous had been standing beside him all along.“You believe it was premeditated?” he said quietly.I nodded weakly.“Like pushing me off the ship,” I said. “Maybe she did the same thing to Juliet.”The thought made me nauseous.“She meant to kill her.”Even saying it aloud sounded insane.I quickly shook my head.“I mean... it’s just a theory,” I said hurriedly. “I could be completely wrong...”“I’ll have someone check.”Anderson’s voice was distant and unreadable now.Then he looked at me again.“But honestly...” His eyes darkened dangerously. “I think you might be right.”Suddenly, Anderson stood up.“The soup’s cold,” he said quietly. “I’ll heat it up.”Panic flickered through me unexpectedly.Before I realized