Return of The Alpha Heiress Chapter 51: Clarissa – Family or Bullies?

I stared at Darren in disbelief. So now he was joining the attack too. He must have gotten tired of being just a spectator.

The chaos Alpha Will created echoed through the entire house. Edwin ca down from the first floor and imdiately gave a mocking look.

It seed my list of bullies had grown again. Were they actually my family or my bullies? Huh?

Darren wasn’t done with . He ran a hand through his hair, a habit he had whenever he was extrely stressed.

"Clarissa, how dare you try to produce the shifter’s aide at another company using your own na?!" he accused .

He already knew? I had clearly told FrostAe to keep it confidential until everything was finalized.

Darren’s face turned completely red. He looked furious, probably because I wasn’t reacting or responding the way he wanted.

"That device isn’t yours! It belongs to Shannon! You should be ashad!" he shouted right in my face.

Once again, wolf pressure crashed down on , freezing my body and stealing my voice.

But slowly, another force helped stay upright.

Only then did I realize Larry was still supporting from behind. He must have been the one who broke the pressure’s hold on .

Why would he—

I didn’t have ti to think. Edwin suddenly stepped in front of .

"How thick-skinned can you be to have no sha at all?!"

Smack!

Edwin slapped my face from the side.

Larry clearly hadn’t expected it. He couldn’t stop him in ti, and I collapsed onto the floor.

My shoulder hit the ground hard, producing a loud, painful sound.

"Ah!" Shannon scread suddenly, shocked by the noise. No, not just shocked. It clearly hurt to hear.

"Please stop..." she whispered while crying in Luna Eileen’s arms.

My eyes t Luna Eileen’s. She looked like a child who had been caught stealing from the family vault.

She looked deeply guilty. She had told so many tis that she would protect , yet she never once truly did.

Finally, she spoke. "Stop. Don’t hit Clarissa anymore."

She was imdiately t with hostile looks from Alpha Will, Darren, and Edwin.

"Mother, she cheated and tried to produce Shannon’s device under her own na!" Edwin raised his voice and pointed at .

Luna Eileen still tried to intervene.

"Everything can be settled peacefully. There’s no need for violence. The production can be canceled imdiately. You should understand... Clarissa cheated because she wanted to be first just once."

"Luna, you’ve spoiled her too much!" Alpha Will shouted. "That’s why she keeps getting worse. Because you keep covering for her!"

After that, Alpha Will began listing all of my so-called mistakes, the ones Luna Eileen had supposedly hidden all this ti.

I stopped listening.

My mind couldn’t process what was happening anymore.

What did Luna Eileen an by that? Was that how she was defending ?

And what were those "mistakes" Alpha Will was talking about?

Who were they even talking about? Why didn’t I understand any of it?

"AHHH!" I scread until my throat burned.

Silence.

Finally, no one spoke. Finally, I didn’t have to hear their nonsense anymore.

"You people..." I looked at their faces one by one. "...did you bring here just to drive insane?"

Smack!

Alpha Will struck my head. I had just managed to lift my face, and now I was forced to look down at the floor again.

"Watch your mouth," Alpha Will threatened. "Don’t bring the filthy habits from your rotten past into this house."

"Clarissa, you should be grateful to the Green family instead of causing trouble and ruining our na!" Edwin shoved my head down repeatedly.

My teeth clenched violently. My eyes burned with tears, not from sadness, but from uncontrollable rage. My fists trembled.

Suddenly, a small, pale, soft hand touched my shaking hand.

"Sis Clar, please apologize to Father and Mother, and promise not to—"

I pulled my hand away. Too forcefully. Shannon stumbled to the side.

Alpha Will’s large hand, the sa one usually used to strike , caught her before she fell. He helped her stand and gently told her to step back.

Blatant favoritism like this... did it hurt ?

No. I never had expectations of Alpha Will.

Even from Luna and my so-called siblings, I never expected equal treatnt.

I only wanted sothing normal. Just normal. Stop accusing with baseless lies.

"You’re beyond forgiveness now, Clarissa. You even tried to hurt your own sister."

Hurt her? Shannon was perfectly fine.

Suddenly, Alpha Will grabbed my arm roughly. "There will be no rcy for you!"

He dragged without caring if I crashed into tables or chairs. My body and legs slamd against furniture, as if I were just an object that couldn’t feel pain.

Behind , I heard voices trying to stop him. Begging the pack leader not to take away.

Luna Eileen... and Larry.

But Alpha Will kept dragging outside.

I thought he would throw out, maybe leave in the cold.

But he didn’t stop.

We went to the back of the house, toward a small building I knew was used for gardening tools.

Was he going to lock in there?

We went inside.

But he still didn’t stop.

He opened a door hidden behind a painting. I never even knew there was a door there.

Behind it was a staircase going down.

Alpha Will didn’t go down. He pushed .

Thud!

My body crashed at the bottom of the stairs.

"Think carefully about your mistakes," he said, before the door fully closed.

The sounds from outside vanished. No light remained.

Every part of my body hurt. My head, arms, stomach, thighs, legs. Everything.

But I had to get out.

I didn’t co into this house just to be locked in a basent.

"Let out!" I scread while forcing myself up the stairs.

Ignoring the pain, I reached the top and pounded on the door.

I could still hear Luna and Alpha Will outside. They were still there.

"Let out! Let out!"

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