Chapter 11 Retribution came swifter th than anyone expected . Edward's cousin called me , her voice shaking with excitement . Edward had collapsed - stroke , the healers said . Even if he recovered , he would never walk again . Hall a wolf , half a man . So Edward was finished . Now it was Vivian's turn . Through a broker I learned she had rented a crumbling den in one of the oldest districts . I sent the address straight to the Shadow - Brokers . By the time I arrived , the hunt had already begun . Three enforcers dragged Vivian and her crippled sons down the stairs . The leader struck her hard across the face , blood blooming at the corner of her mouth . " Debt unpaid . You thought you could hide ? " Vivian collapsed to her knees , clutching his leg . " Please - I can pay ! Just give me more time ! " The leader's grin was all teeth . " Time ? Fine . Give us a date . If you fail , you'll pay in flesh . " Vivian's lips trembled , but before she could answer , Nathan's cold voice cut through the air ." " She has no money . She spent it all carving her face - so she could crawl into the black - market streams , whoring herself to humans abroad . " His words were daggers . The enforcers ' eyes gleamed . One lifted Vivian's chin . " A pretty face indeed . Worth every coin ? Perhaps we will send you across the borders . You'll earn for us one way or another . ' Vivian screamed , thrashing , terror flooding her eyes . " No ! I'll stay - I'll repay you ! Please , I have two sons , I can't- Her plea only drew jeers from the onlookers . Wolves from the block crowded close , none lifting a hand to help . " Isn't she the one who beat her pups bloody ? " " Now she begs for them ? Shameless hag . " " Out of our territory ! Get her out ! " The mob's voices rose in one unified snarl . Vivian was dragged away , spitting venom . " Nathan ! You ungrateful curl You traitor mmph ! " Her voice was muffled as the enforcers . shoved her into the van . I turned , heading back to my car , my work finished . Weeks later , fate granted me another glimpse of Edward . I was crossing the underpass with a colleague when I saw him : a filthy beggat crouched on the stones . His left trembling uncontrollably . He bowed his head to every passerby , " Spare a coin . Spate a coin My colleague softened . " Poor man .. here , I'll give him something " I caught her wrist " Don't . Most are liars . " We walked on , but I looked back once more . His left hand curled like a claw , Edward Stone . The proud wolf who once mocked me , whose sons became beggars , now reduced to one himself , Retribution complete. Chapter 11 N WebNovel I cant hel FACE His cousin had told me weeks earlier : the Stones had cast him out . A burden they refused to carry - half - paralyzed , incontinent , ruined by Mira's failed pregnancy . Left to rot alone . Then , one night as I scrolled the feeds , an ad appeared . " Exotic beauties , Watch now . " I almost scrolled past - until the face caught my eye . Vivian Her surgically carved face smiled in a cheap bikini , lips painted too red , body twisting for a faceless crowd on some foreign black - market stream . She had become what the Shadow - Brokers promised : a toy for strangers across the sea . As for Nathan and Ethan ? No one saw them again . That winter , I went to the station to meet my sons . From afar , I saw two tall , radiant young men running toward me , their strength and light filling the cold air . " Mom ! " " Mom ! " Their voices rang clear , steady , sure . I smiled , my chest full , my heart at peace . This - this was what happiness tasted like .