Chapter 156 The Truth Comes Out


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    I stared coldly at Mariana’s false, painted innocence, the moonlight casting broken shadows over the twisted lines of her face.


    “I didn’t do anything. If you want to me someone, me yourself for all the vile things you’ve done.”


    “I don’t know what you’re talking about! What did I ever do? Haven’t I always treated you well?” She suddenly slipped on that familiar mask – wide–eyed, sugar–sweet, the voice so cloying it made my stomach turn. “Aubrey, if you’re going to use someone, you’d better have proof.”


    I shook my head. She really wouldn’t cry until she saw the coffin.


    “Proof? Your character is all the proof anyone needs. If you were willing to poison your own teacher and steal his work, then you’d never risk your life to save someone.”


    Her face changed instantly.


    “Daria… That was you?!” Her voice cracked in disbelief. “How could you possibly know about that? That’s impossible!”


    “Why couldn’t it be me, Mariana? I’m smarter than you think. When Alpha Henry learns that his ‘pure, kind‘ she–wolfmitted something that cruel, and then hears it was me who saved him back then, he’ll have no choice but to believe me.”


    I let a cold smile curl my lips. I didn’t mind striking at an enemy – and I certainly didn’t mind making that enemy hate me more.


    “You lowborn omega!” Mariana took a few quick steps forward, snarling. “Is this how you sow discord? That incident with Daria was the work of someone around me – I didn’t even know! And besides-”


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    “But the idea wasn’t yours, yet you still imed the credit as if it were your brilliant creation, didn’t you?” My voice was quiet but precise, cutting her off like a de.


    “Face it, you’re nothing but a vain, vicious, two–faced bitch. And to put it inly a whore.”


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    “Shut up!” Mariana’s voice went shrill, her face paling with fury. “Shat up! Shut up!!”


    I didn’t retreat. I stepped forward instead, my movements calm, deliberate. In the moonlight, I could see my reflection in her pupils – and the foolish girl she used to toy with was long gone.


    “Does it make you angry?” I asked softly. “When you had me mix that drug for Alpha Henry, then nudged him to suspect me when I learned the truth, I was angry too.”


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    I kept my gaze locked on her, my mouth curling in an icy smirk.


    “When we were little, you were the only one who didn’t mind how quiet I was. You yed with me. In high school, you were the only one who ‘stood up‘ for me, so every time Adelyn invited me somewhere, I brought you along…”


    “You said you wanted to get close to Adelyn, that you wished you had a big brother. I was stupid enough to introduce you, to speak well of you… And I was even stupider to take so long to realize before you came along, Alpha Henry was only indifferent toward me. But after you appeared, he grew colder and harsher by the day. Who knows what you said or did behind my back.”


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    Chapter 156 The Truth Comes Out


    “I treated you so well, Mariana. How could you be so utterly faithless?”


    Memories unspooled, sharp–edged and vivid. My voice was steady, but each word made her flinch.


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    “Remember when you broke Adelyn’s jewelry box? I took the me for you and went home to be whipped until my back was raw.”


    “When you couldn’t keep up in literature ss at the academy, I tutored you every weekend so you could graduate.”


    “You told me if we kept our distance at school, people who hated you wouldn’t target me too. Fool that I was, I agreed. But in truth, you just thought being seen with me was embarrassing, didn’t you? For all these years. I believed I’d been a good friend to you, Mariana. So why keep hurting me? And each time more viciously than thest?”


    My questions stripped away thest of herposure.


    “What are you, huh? You should be grateful I used you to pave my way!” she spat.


    She lunged, grabbing my wrist so hard I felt the bones strain. Under the moonlight, her eyes shifted fully into wolf’s eyes, gray–brown fur sprouting along her cheeks.


    “Filthy omega! How could you ever deserve an alpha’s engagement? I’ve been Shadowmoon Pack’s most outstanding beta since I was a child! The elders all said I was the perfect match for a political bond!”


    Her voice twisted with pure jealousy.


    “And me – a proud, high–ranking beta – I had to stoop to be your friend just to get into the Miguel family’s doors! Just to meet the alpha! How could a useless, worthless omega like you dare to stand above me? How?!”


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