Chapter 67 Whispers
SERAPHINA
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That was all I could see, and then…..
“Seraphina Nightbane, you should have run.”
Dante.
He was smiling.
Half of his face was torn away and flapping, blood gushed down his neck and muscular chest. Yet somehow, he didn’t falter. His stance remained strong. His twisted smile never wavered.
How
How was t
this possible?
How could he still be on his feet after tearing his
face off?
How could he still be alive–still smiling?
time, “Run, Seraphina…”
That smile sent a shiver down my spine as he whispered, louder this t
When he called my name again, my mother’s old warning echoed in my head like a cracked bell tolling in the fog. My body didn’t think, it just moved.
I spun so fast my feet barely touched the ground before I was sprinting down t branches–I didn’t care. I just knew I had to get away.
“HAHAHAHA RUN, SERAPHINA NICHTBANE!! RUN!!
the slope. Mud, moss, sharp rocks, broken
Dante’s laughter exploded behind me, each syllable scraping down my bones like a serrated blade.
He was chasing me.
Laughing
The sound reverberated through the forest, inhuman and manic, ricocheting through the fog like there were a thousand
Lantes all around me
His speed…it was monstrous. Unnatural. He wasn’t running like a werewolf. He was moving like the wind itself bent to his will. hurling him forward in blur after blur of motion.
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, SERAPHINAII”
He was behind me in the blink of an eye.
I screamed, nearly tripping over my own fear.
Then it happened, my foot caught in the inud.
My body pitched forward. The ground vanished. And there it was
My mind went blank. My eyes widened in disbelief.
How could there be a cliff here?
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Dark. Endless Avoid of nothingness that reached up to swallow me whole.
1fell
My vision blackened.
Darkness consumed everything.
hat suffocating black, there was warmth.
But in that
Arms–strong as steel. hot as fire–wrapped around me midair.
I was lifted
And then a breath–warm, close, whispering against my ear.
“Seraphina Nightbane, you are not allowed to die now
1jolted awake.
Casping. I sat upright in my spot, heart pounding against my ribs like a caged bird.
What the hell did I just dream?
No, remember.
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at day
in the fog forest? Dante had chased me,
and then
someone…someone else…
Was it a dream, or did it actually happen that someone else was there.
“Ronan, Phina whispered in my mind, confirming what I feared.
I pressed a trembling hand over my racing heart.
Dante hadn’t been the only one there that day.
Ronan had been there too.
But how? And why?
What
did his comment mean?
You are not allowed to die now.
Sweat gathered at my brow as I struggled to steady my breath. For the past three days, I’d been wondering how I ended up at the foot of the mountain–alive. And now I’d remembered part of it. Dante. Ronan. The two of them.
Then the sound of laughter echoing in the bathroom gave me a reality check. “He is taking so much time inside the toilet. He must be jerking off.”
I pursed my lips, never opening the door of the toilet stall. They did not know who was inside and it was better that way. I had only come in to wash my face but just as Reed and Cassius entered the toilet, I entered one of the toilet stalls to avoid trouble with them. They had been picking on me at every turn and I wanted peace for a little while, However, I did not realize that while I was waiting for them to leave I ended up dozing off and dreamed about that day.
The Dante I’d faced then hadn’t been dying. He’d been something else entirely
A monter
powerful. Intent on something.
t on me.
What had he meant by giving me “one last chance” to run?
Hun from what? From the Academy?
He always w
wanted me out of his way. this this sounded different.
warning. A twisted
mercy. Ora gaine.
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And then Ronan’s voice returned to me–low, mad, dangerous.
Now I will not hunt you. I will strip you bare
My heart thudded wildly at the memory of his insane promise.
As if the threat he’d delivered with his eyes over lunch wasn’t enough, now this.
I hadn’t even had the chance to reco
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to recover from that searing look of his. And now I recalled something far worse, something! would have rather left buried
I knew lying to him, was going to have consequences. But this?
He was unhinged.
Possessed.
There was danger rolling off him like thunder miles away.
I get it. But
“Why the hell is he acting like a lunatic?” I hissed, clenching my fists. “If he was angry about me failing the trial, I’d j this.this is something else entirely.”
He wasn’t just angry.
He was a walking dagger, bleeding me with his aura and intentions alone.
I had to avoid him. Completely.
Forever, if possible.
Besides, he couldn’t touch me or harm me
ne within the Academy wall. That wasaline even he wouldn’t cross
I looked at my hands, steady now. No longer cold or trembling.
This entire situation was temporary.
The Alpha instructors had been investigating Dante’s murder in the fog forest for the tomorrow my name would be cleared. I hadn’t killed Dante.
Once I was cleared, I’d return to my rightful place and claim iny throne.
All I had to do now was avoid Ronan at all costs and focus,
three days. And tomorrow…
With that thought, I shoved away thoughts of both Dante and Ronan and prepared to leave the bathroom stall when I heard. someone whispering
“Did you see Ronan this morning training on the grounds? He was completely unbothered with the same arrogance as before, after killing Dante who was the biggest obstacle to the throne. And with the lack of proof everyone including Ronan would be free. He is truly a monster! It must have been him that killed Dantel”
“How can you be so sure? Why do you call him a monster?”
“Don’t you know about his mother?”
My ears perked up as they paused and the air thickened
“What about her inother?”
The answer came after a suffocating long pause, “He murdered his mother.”
My breath hitched in my lungs. And my wolf stilled just like me
Ropan killed his mother?
Everything fell still in my surroundings as I could not think of anything else. But one thing I realised was that I did not know
Hojan at all
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That’s when a sudden announcement blared:
“All Alphas report to the Academy Hall immediately.”
The Alphas rushed out of the bathroom at lightning speed. Phina stirred
Why were they called suddenly For the murder case? The investigation was over? That meant I was proven innocent!
I rushed to the hall, where most of the Alphas had already gathered. Some glared. Some sneered. I ignored them all and took my place at the back, holding my breath as Alpha Instructor Hugo stepped onto the raised platform
I braced myself. He had been leading the investigation.
This had to be it.
“My name will be cleared,” I whispered to myself.
Then Hugo’s voice rang through the hall–loud, clear, final.
“From this moment forward, the run for the Supreme Alpha throne begins!”
My world cracked.
What
I froze, unable to comprehend what I’d just heard.
Hugo pulled down a velvet curtain, revealing a gilded list behind it.
“The Alphas listed here will enter the race for Supreme Alpha,” he declared. “Your trial starts now!”
Excitement erupted around the room. Cheers. Cries. Celebrations from those who made the cut. Crushed silence from those who didn’t
And I
I stood frozen
I didn’t breathe. I couldn’t move.
My eyes locked on the list, scanning it again and again.
My name wasn’t there.
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