Chapter 144

• Riley's POV
• "I've already paid with a broken leg and a stolen organ," I said quietly, voice like steel wrapped in silk. "That should be more than enough to repay them for the so-called ‘gift of life.'"
• Kael-no, I refuse to call him my brother anymore-stared at me like I'd slapped him. The words weren't meant to wound, but they cut deep anyway, slicing through the falsehoods he still clung to like a coward hiding from a storm.