The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Lylah’s POV

A few moments earlier…

Everything had been perfectly normal.

I was standing between two glass display tables, studying a selection of handcrafted ties while the boutique staff eagerly offered suggestions. I still couldn’t decide what would suit Ezra’s grandfather best.

That was when someone suddenly grabbed my hand.

‘Lady, please… please help me.”

I turned in surprise.

A young woman stood before me, her entire body trembling. Her fingers clutched mine desperately, as if I were the only thing keeping her from collapsing.

‘Are you alright?” I asked quickly. “What happened?”

There’s a man,” she whispered breathlessly. “He’s been chasing me since yesterday. He… he wanted me to leep with him.”

Her voice shook violently.

When I refused, he started hunting me down everywhere.”

My expression hardened.

Before I could respond, heavy footsteps thundered through the boutique.

The man appeared moments later.

Several staff members tried to block him at the entrance, but he shoved them aside like they weighed nothing.

‘Come here, you disobedient slut!” he snarled, his eyes locking onto the terrified woman. “You think you can run after taking my gold?”

The girl flinched behind me.

Instinct took over before I could even think.

I stepped forward and pushed her behind my back.

“That’s not how you treat someone,” I said coldly, meeting the man’s gaze.

He bared crooked teeth in a mocking grin.

“And who the hell are you supposed to be?” he scoffed. “Move aside. I’m about to punish this little liar for scamming me.”

When he lunged for the girl again, I caught his arm and shoved it away.

Chaos erupted immediately.

He swung wildly, trying to grab her while I blocked every strike I could. The boutique erupted with shouts as the staff scrambled away from the fight.

But the man was stronger than I expected.

Before I could fully dodge, his hand whipped across my face.

The impact exploded against my cheek.

The force sent me staggering sideways, my vision briefly blurring.

The man seized the moment and grabbed the girl by her collar.

Then-

A scream ripped through the air.

But it wasn’t hers.

“Alpha!” Damon’s voice thundered from somewhere behind the man.

“Argh! My arm!” The man howled in agony.

Blood splattered across the marble floor.

I looked up just in time to see why.

Ezra stood behind him.

One of the man’s arms hung grotesquely twisted where Ezra’s claws had ripped through flesh.

“Are you hurt?” he asked quietly.

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