The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88

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3rd Person’s POV

It happened too fast for Alexander to react. One moment he was standing there, and the next, pain exploded along his temple. Warm blood trickled down the side of his face.

But worse than the pain, was the humiliation.

A lowborn she–wolf had dared to strike him.

“You’re a monster!” Cora shrieked, her voice slicing through the lab. “Lylah, how could you hit Alex?!”

“Didn’t you see what he did to my friend?” Lylah stepped in front of Iris, shielding her. “You only found your voice when he got hurt?”

“You bitch!” Alexander roared. His eyes burned a savage yellow, claws slicing from his fingertips.

“I swear by the Goddess,” he snarled, “you will pay for this.

“I will kill you!”

He lunged-

“Enough!”

The single word struck the room like thunder.

“Stop this nonsense. All of you.”

Corvin Vale stepped forward, his presence alone crushing the air, his silver–streaked hair gleaming beneath the laboratory lights.

Behind him came Thane Blackridge and the rest of the Vale team, their sharp eyes sweeping the

commotion.

Alexander froze.

The rage drained from his face, replaced by something uglier.

Fear.

“Professor Vale…” he swallowed.

“Alex,” Thane said, his voice hard as he stepped forward. “What the hell happened? You were placed in charge. And this is what we walk into?”

Alexander didn’t hesitate. He pointed at Lylah.

“She started it! That feral stray attacked me!”

He gestured to the broken glass and the blood on his forehead like trophies of injustice.

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“She tried to kill me.”

Lylah didn’t flinch. If anything, she looked amused.

“So fragile. A vase is all it takes?” she asked quietly.

“Enough!” Corvin Vale’s gaze speared into her, eyes narrowed. “You have quite the tongue,” he said coldly. “Which department are you from?”

“Traditional Healing,” Lylah answered.

She forced herself to remain calm, swallowing the anger clawing up her throat, and then she told him everything.

As she spoke, a fragile hope flickered inside her chest. This was Corvin Vale–a man whose name carried authority across Verdanth.

He would see the truth.

However, when she finished, silence fell. Vale’s expression didn’t soften. It darkened.

His thin lips curved, not into sympathy but into something smug. Displeased.

“Professor Vale, please,” Iris begged, her voice trembling. “Lylah deserves justice.”

“No.” The single word fell without hesitation.

“My student, Alexander, has already given a clear reason for the rejection. Is that still too difficult for you to understand?”

His eyes hardened.

“You broke the rules by forging a signature. Alexander had every right to reject you even at the final minute. You have no grounds to protest.”

Behind him, Alexander’s fear melted into triumph.

A slow smirk spread across his face as he exchanged a satisfied glance with Cora.

Iris’s eyes widened, disbelief etched across her face. The great Corvin Vale–the man praised as the fairest mind in modern healing–was openly defending misdeed.

“So you’re choosing to protect your student regardless of the truth,” Lylah said quietly.

Vale’s eyes darkened.

“You barged into my laboratory,” Corvin Vale said, his voice lowering “caused a disgraceful scene, assaulted my student, and still stand there without an ounce of remorse.”

His next words fell like a sentence. “Apologize to Alexander now. Or I will see you expelled from Lunar Grace permanently.”

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The words sucked the breath from the room.

Iris went pale.

Alexander’s smile sharpened.

Even the other Vale students shifted uneasily.

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