Inside the hospital, Silviana was being examined. She was in a VIP room, and the doctor attending to her was Doctor Jacqueline Brown.

Silviana sat upright against the pillows, her face swollen where Faye’s fist had landed, her breathing slow and measured as the doctor gently tapped a small light near her eyes.

While she was being examined, Kiara walked in. She pushed the door open casually, She stopped at the foot of the bed, her eyes scanning her sister’s bruised face before a slight smirk tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"When I heard you were rushed to the hospital, I thought it would be fatal and I would finally be the only child of our parents," Kiara said. She leaned against the metal railing of the bed, her chest rising with a relaxed breath.

"I’m alive, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to be around for a very long time," Silviana replied. Her voice was slightly muffled from the swelling on her nose, her jaw tightening as she looked at the woman in the white coat. "Can you give us a moment?" she asked.

There was a brief pause between the two women, which Kiara noticed. The doctor lowered her light, her fingers lingering on the medical chart for a second longer than necessary before she nodded. Kiara watched the doctor leave the room, her eyes tracking the smooth movement of the door as it clicked shut behind her.

"Sooo... you’re sleeping with the doctor now?" Kiara asked, a playful gleam in her eyes as she crossed her arms.

"What? I’m not..." Silviana shifted uncomfortably against the pillows, her face flushing slightly under the bruises.

"Yes, you are... or you want to?" Kiara teased, stepping closer to the bedside table.

"Can you not talk about that and stop trying to read body language? Let’s focus on me. Faye Grande touched me, and she is going to regret ever laying her hands on me. You have to do something," Silviana said. She winced as she spoke too fast, her hand flying up to touch her tender jaw line, her breathing turning shallow with anger.

"What do you want me to do? Burn her? Because I don’t understand why you would mention her pups during a conversation." Kiara stated, her tone dropping into something much cooler.

"What are you talking about?" Silviana blinked, her eyes narrowing in confusion.

"Oh, since you just recently joined Oakland High School, you should know that the school is laced with CCTV cameras because, during Princess’s reign as the school president, she made sure she had eyes and ears everywhere. FYI, you’ve busted yourself. Your mask is off," Kiara said. She leaned in, her voice flat and steady as she delivered the news.

Silviana looked stunned. Her mouth opened slightly, her chest freezing as she realized exactly what that meant. The camera in her office hadn’t just been recording video

"Why didn’t you inform me about the audio? And you should have done something before Princess saw the video. You’re not really helping at all. With everything that I’ve been doing for you to get her back, you’re not really putting in any effort. Why?" Silviana hissed, her fingers bunching up the white hospital sheets as she glared at her younger sister.

"Why? That is because I don’t want to. I don’t want to be with an Alpha. I want to be with someone of my choice... my choice." Kiara stated firmly, her voice rising just enough to show her irritation. She stood up straight, her ribs expanding with a deep, stubborn breath.

"You don’t have a choice here, Kiara. This is the only way for you to be free. Whatever I am doing, trying to get Faye out of the picture, is because I want to fix everything so you can finally marry Princess." Silviana argued, her head throbbing as she tried to make her sister see reason.

"Stop... just stop the pretense. You’re not doing this for me. You don’t care about me. You’re only doing it because of your stupid guilt. I don’t want your help." Kiara snapped. She turned her back on the bed, her hands clenching into fists inside her pockets as the raw honesty of the moment made the air between them feel suffocatingly tight.

The siblings fell silent for a moment as Silviana let it all sink in.

"So Princess was right about what she said. You really did cheat on her? Tell me the truth. Faye has no memory of her and Princess being together, so how did they find their way back to each other?" Silviana asked quietly, her breathing turning slow again.

Kiara took a step closer to her big sister. She put on a serious face, letting the tension stretch out between them for three long seconds, then smiled.

"Because I’m the one who brought them together... I happen to be the one who planned it all."

"Why?" Silviana whispered, her eyes widening as she stared at her sister like she was looking at a complete stranger.

"When Faye left and you made me fill the space, I thought it was a good thing dating an Alpha. She even promised to marry me after highschool. Everything was set, but then I realized that I couldn’t be in love with her. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t develop feelings for the Alpha." Kiara explained, her voice steady and smooth as she walked around the perimeter of the room.

"So I tried to make the Alpha break up with me, but she was so committed to the relationship. I even slept with her best friend, thinking she was going to snap after it, but she still pretended like we were having a perfect relationship." Kiara continued, her breath coming out in a short, amused chuckle as she remembered Beam’s frantic reactions.

"Then, at the mall, when I saw Faye, I was thrilled. The key to my freedom from that relationship was her. So yeah... I’m the reason."

Kiara said it like it was a victory. She had planned it all along. Making Beam fall in love with her, Beam’s jealousy, and drugging Faye and Princess, it had all been orchestrated by her because she wanted Princess to break up with her. She stood proud by the bedside, her chest heaving with a deep sense of accomplishment.

"You are a foolish and stupid girl. You had it all, and you just ruined it. Do you really think you can survive? You are going to die." Silviana growled....

"Well, at least I’ll be happy dying." Kiara shrugged, her expression completely unbothered by the threat.

"I’m not going to let that happen." Silviana said, her jaw tightening into a hard line.

"Well, I have game practice today, so that’s enough for the chitchat... and your weird moments with the hot doctor is definitely weird..." Kiara said, adjusting her bag strap one last time.

Kiara opened the door and found the doctor standing just outside. Doctor Jacqueline quickly lowered her hand from where it had been resting near the frame, her face flushing bright red as she got caught eavesdropping. Kiara glanced back at her sister, giving her one final, knowing look before walking away down the bright corridor.