Chapter 47 No Way To Turn Back
SERAPHINA
Lily was silent for a long time as she listened to me. Then her voice was soft but sharp as a dagger. “Sera is the Alpha who is suspicious of you the same one who triggered your heat?”
I froze.
“No.” I said immediately. Too fast. Too defensively.
Lily narrowed her eyes. “Are you sure! You know heat is directly connected to a she wolf’s emotions and that is ninety nine percent triggered by a male that we are attracted to. I already told you that before. Of course, a girl like you that no male had not been able to attract so far is attracted to an Alpha here is a huge danger_
“I told you I am not.” I sharply cut her off. “How could he trigger my heat when I can’t even pick up his scent due to my own perfume.” I reasoned.
But the heat simmering under my skin told a different story.
A flash of memory hit me–the faint scent under that cologne, dark and magnetic, pulling me under. The way my pulse raced when he was near. The way my control shattered when he touched my forehead or check
I clenched my fists. No. It wasn’t him. It couldn’t be him. He could not trigger my heat. And why the hell he would? Why only
him?
I forced the words out. “It was Dante. He tampered with the cologne using some kind of berry to mess with me. That’s what triggered my heat.
Lily tilted her head, curious. “Dante? Who’s that?”
“Another jerk Alpha like Ronan,” I muttered. Thanks to him, I was about to be expelled, blamed for in–fighting and violence”
“What an evil act to perpetrate,” Lily frowned. “What’s his full name?”
“Alpha Dante Blackwood,” I answered casually.
Lily went still. “Blackwood?”
“What’s wrong?” I raised an eyebrow.
Her expression darkerled with something close to alarm. “Sera, that’s not just any name. If he is the heir from the Blackwood family then he comes from The Bloodfall Pack, one of the most powerful parks in the East realm. Their wolves are feared by everyone and the heirs are seen as the biggest threat to the werewolf realm. Especially Dante Blackwood-
I frowned, “Why?”
“Because his mother’s side they always made people uneasy!
I blinked. “What do you mean?”
“No one knows much about her, just whispers. That she was once part of something dark. Some say she was a shadow–walker. Others say she vanished after giving birth to him. The council never talks about her openly”
I felt a chill ripple down any spine. I knew Dante had secrets, but this… this was more than I expected.
He always suuled like he had a blade hidden behind his back. But now that blade felt real
Lily kept watching me, as if expecting me to connect the dots. But my thoughts drifted, spiraling
Dante His obsession with kicking me out of the Academy. His hatred. And of course his last threat. Then there was..his ryes his wolf watching me during the trial. his silent states it was something
A sudden bang slammed against the door.
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Both Lily and I jumped out of our skins in surprise,
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My heart leapt into my throat as I stared at the door. No one used this room so no one should have come this way unless I held my breath tightly, realizing that someone had been watching this whole time.
“Who is it?” Lily quickly got up and rushed beside me as we stared at the door.
Another bang louder. Heavier. Something pounded against the door like a battering ram.
“They’re breaking in. Lily hissed.
My heartbeat quickened and I quickly looked around.
“Window, Now.” I said, shoving her toward the back. “Don’t get caught.”
“Sera
“Go! We can’t be seen together. You know what’ll happen.”
Another blow shook the entire frame.
Lily didn’t argue again. She nodded once and rushed to the window, slipping out just as the door burst open, slamming against the wall with a deafening crash.
My eyes snapped to the door where Dante stood.
His eyes scanned the room like a hawk. He caught the faintest glimpse of someone escaping through the shadows of the window.
He smiled. “Having a secret meeting, huh?
He started walking towards the window.
I moved.
Before he could take a step forward, I was in his way. Solid. Unmoving.
“Dont,” I said, voice low.
“So desperate. You really have a lot of secrets, huh?” He tried to sidestep. I blocked him again.
His jaw tensed. “Who was that?” his eyes darkened.
“None of your business.”
“I think it is-
“No, it’s not,” I said sharply, and then–before I could think better of it–1 shoved him hard against the wall seeing as Lily was not in her disguise and we both could be exposed if Dante saw her. His back hit it with a dull thud
He was taken aback by my sudden move but I did not care. I had to stop him or I was completely fucked at this point.
I caged lum ini, pressing my hands to the wall on either side of his shoulders, any body angled dangerously close to his. Too
cluse
“If you’re so desperate to chase someone.“I whispered, my breath brushing his check, “maybe you should start chasing your sannty first. I’m not your game. And this isn’t your den”
His eyes changed, locked with mine,
I could feel the shift in him. The crack in his mask or whatever it was. The sudden flare of heat that sparked behind his eyes like wildfire. His scent spiked, rich and feral
Then I realised how dangerous the situation I was in was. But I casually put my hands down to free him from the cage and took a step back just enough to make sure he couldn’t look away
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Lily was gone, probably outside of the Academy’s lands and he was surprised enough to not chase after her.
“Don’t act like a rogue, just to tell me how much you hate me. I murmured, each syllable slow. “Or I’ll remind too.”
you I hate you
Saying that I tore my gaze from his unblinking one.
I grabbed the mattress and walked through the busted door, not sparing him another glance. Not until I was safely out of sight. Out of the room.
And as I walked down the corridor, I finally let out a breath that I had not realised I had been holding behind the calm facade. And my heart…it was drumming in my chest. But thankfully things had not gone wrong.
At least that’s what I thought. But unknown to me back in the room, Dante had his head lowered, the half of his face in shadow before the corner of his lips curled up and a small laugh escaped his lips.
Dark. Unsteady. Almost hungry.
He slid down on the ground, against the wall, biting his lip.
“You should not have gotten that close, Dante murmured to himself, eyes gleaming, ears flushed red, his wolf clawing just beneath the surface.
He grinned, wide and wicked as his head tipped back against the wall.
“Now there’s no way to turn back…”
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