Chapter 46 Before They Find Me
SERAPHINA
“Lily.” I sighed in disbelief. “How did you…?”
She looked up from beneath the cap, her eyes glinting with mischief. “Did you forget I’m a soon–to–be witch”
Relief crashed over me so hard my knees nearly buckled. She cast a wary glance at the Academy building before murmuring. “But my limbs are still shaking just thinking about you entering this wolf’s den alone. I couldn’t help it after that phone call. You were in heat, and I’ve been dying of worry ever since. I had to see you.”
I pressed my lips into a tight line. “Let’s not stand out here. Someone might suspect.”
She nodded and handed off the mattress with a grunt, and I stepped in quickly to lift the other side.
We didn’t say another word.
Not here. Not yet.
Two wolves moving in perfect sync, we hauled the oversized mattress toward the dormitory. Anyone watching would’ve seen two “men” struggling with a delivery. And since every Alpha here was an asshole, thankfully no one was going to jump in helping me.But l’had to actually avoid Finn. Because if he saw he would definitely rush to help.
I walked and walked, but halfway through the second hallway–I tugged us down a side corridor.
No windows. No patrols. I pushed the nearest door open with my foot.
We slipped inside with the mattress and led the door behind us.
Only then–when the silence wrapped around us like a cloak–did Lily finally yank off the cap and drop the disguise. No, more like lifted her magic that was actually her disguise.
I stared at her, throat tight. “Lily, you should not have come. If the pack finds out then….”
“You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.” She rushed to
The
for a hug.
My heart warmed and I could not finish what I meant to say; that if my pack found out she e came here she would be banished
or worse.
“I missed you too,” I hugged her back.
Lily grinned, and then her eyes filled with tears. “You, my crazy Alpha,” she whispered, pulling away from me and taking my hands. You always do things that no one can have ever imagined. But this time you have put everything you have ever worked for on the line, Sera,” she squeezed my hand. She was scared.
“I had no choice. You know my wedding was not even a day away. I had to escape or I would already be pregnant by now and living in a gilded cage for the rest of my life.”
Lily’s eyes shook, she was well aware of the fate of an Alpha’s daughter. A obedient daughter, a perfect Luna and then sacrificing mother
She nodded, taking a deep breath, then her expression turned sharp. “So? Tell me what is going on? I am sure your heat blocked and you win it but you look disturbed for some reason. Is everything alright?”
Thesitated. Then whispered the words that had haunted me for two nights. “There’s an Alpha here. He might know.”
Laly went still. “Know what?”
I didn’t need to say it. She already knew.
Her face drained of color.
I don’t know how much he’s figured out.” I added quickly “But he’s watching me. Closely. Too closely. And he’s smart, Lily
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Chapter 46 Before They Find Me
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Too smart.
“This is a disaster!” She gripped my arms. “You need to run. If he exposes you—”
“I can’t.” I said hoarsely. “If I leave now, I will leave with nothing. My escape from the pack would have been for nothing, my hard work to make a spot in the Academy would turn to nothing but ash. I came here for my throne and I am not leaving without it. Especially when I know that the world outside is no safer….” I trailed off, closely watching her changing expression. “Am I correct right? What is happening outside! Tell me.”
The silence was thick as Lily slowly sat down on the mattress, her eyes wide and shaking
“It’s true,the world outside is a trap that’s been set for you,” she admitted quietly and fearfully.
My heart pounded. “What happened after my escape?”
Lily stared at the floor like she was reliving it. “Your father… he went mad, Sera. Not just angry. Unhinged. The entire pack wa locked down. Every werewolf pack was checked. And he did not even spare your aunt’s pack. She was investigated for days but she did not spill the beans. Of course, that only added fuel to your father’s anger and the humiliation that he felt over your escape.”
1 clenched my fists. “He’s still looking?”
“Every second. Every shadow.” Lily looked up. “And now… now there’s no wedding.
I blinked. “What do you mean?”
“I mean if they find you, it won’t be an altar waiting for you,” she whispered.
For some reason, I had a very bad feeling; as I started to ask, “then?”
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“It’ll be his bed. They’ll drag you to the Alpha King like a debt paid in flesh. No vows. No ceremony. Just a sealed fate.”
A chill ran down my spine. My mind conjured the image against my will–my father’s pride shattered, his rage volcanic. He wouldn’t tolerate humiliation, especially not in front of royalty. In his eyes, the moment he arranged that marriage, 1 already belonged to the Alpha King as his Luna and wife.
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Lily reached out, gripping my hand. “So you can’t be discovered. Not by that Alpha here. Not by anyone. If your secret gets out, they’ll take you straight to the Alpha King. Run Sera. Run away!”
“No,” I shook my head, my heart quickening every second with emotion. “I ran here to achieve my dreams, my future, and if I ran from here now, I will be running for the rest of my life.”.
Lily’s eyes widened, “Sera….think wisely. That Alpha….that Alpha that knows…you…”
“I am at the point in my life where the throne has not become only a dream that I wanted to achieve but the only place where no one will be able to drag me back or dare to touch once I take my place on it,” I looked at my hands that were no longer cold or shaking “Now I will gain my throne even if the almighty Alpha who might know my secrets stands in my way
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