Chapter 274 Scorched and Exposed


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    "Tessie, look out!" Ysabel''s pupils shrank in shock. She hadn''t awakened her wolf yet-there was no way she could react in time.


    Without even turning around, Tessa reached back and seized Winona''s wrist. A flicker of silver shed in her ice-blue eyes.


    It was the glow unique to high-rank werewolves, pulsing with overwhelming power.


    "Winona, are you trying to die?"


    In an instant, Winona froze,pletely immobilized.


    She was stunned. She had just unleashed every ounce of her wolf power, all to destroy Tessa''s face once and for all.


    So why-why had she been subdued so easily?


    She had no time to think. A secondter, her transformed wolf ws were mmed straight into the boiling hot soup.


    The m chowder had juste off the stove. The temperature was scalding. Steam hissed as flesh met the surface-followed by the sizzle of burning skin.


    “Ah-!” Winona''s scream,ced with a werewolf''s signature high-frequency shriek, shattered several nearby sses.


    Fangs bared in agony, she tried to pull her hand from the soup-but she couldn''t budge an inch under Tessa''s grip.


    Searing pain tore through her palm. Tears welled up uncontrobly.


    Tessa stared coldly at her sister''s howling, twisted expression. "I already gave you


    a chance, Winona. Did you really think I wouldn''t put you in your ce?"


    Everyone in the shop-students and staff alike-stood frozen, tense and wide- eyed.


    At that moment, Tessa looked just like one of the ancient war wolves from werewolf legend: terrifying. unchallenged.


    That bloodthirsty chill radiating from her seemed almost tangible, like it was pressing down on the air itself, paralyzing the instincts of everyone around her.


    Even Ysabel was shaken.


    Though she hadn''t awakened her wolf, she still trembled under the sheer pressure of Tessa''s aura. Her body reacted inactively, quivering ever so slightly.


    That deep, bone-level dread-she''d only ever felt it once before, in the presence of Uncle Landon, a high-level alpha. And now... she was feeling it from Tessa.


    After a long moment, Ysabel finally came to her senses. Tessie, let her go!"


    Chapter 274 Scorched and Exposed


    If this kept up, Winona''s hand would be ruined.


    And with so many peopleing and going near the school, it wouldn''t look good.


    In the shop, Winona''s pig-like screams pierced the air.


    No one dared speak-except Ysabel.


    Only after hearing her voice did Tessa release Winona''s wrist.


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    By then, Winona''s wolf-shaped hand had already been boiled to the point where fur and skin peeled off in patches. The acrid scent of burnt hair filled the air.


    After reverting to her human form, her hand was swollen and raw, red as fire-a truly ghastly sight.


    "Tessa, I''m your sister. How could you be so cruel to me? You-" Winona was crying now, her voice choked with usation.


    "Oh? Wasn''t it you who attacked first? All I did was burn your hand. Meanwhile, you were aiming to ruin my face, weren''t you? What-my face offends you that much?" Tessa reined in her alpha pressure and stared her down coldly.


    "Youngdy, her injury''s too serious-it won''t heal on its own. She needs to go to the hospital, now!" the soup shop owner finally found his voice.


    "No worries. It''s just a hand. With Ms. Sinir''s worth, I''m sure everything can be handled with money. I can afford her hand," Tessa said mockingly.


    A chill ran down Winona''s spine. A bad feeling crept in


    She immediately shouted, "Tessa, stop spouting nonsense!"


    "Oh? Nonsense?" Tessa''s eyes narrowed. "Weren''t you the one who sent those photos to Anna for the forum post? I hear Anna''s having a rough time these days. What''s wrong-you''re not nning to help her out?"


    She had hit the mark. The truth behind the forum scandal was now out in the


    open.


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