Chapter 79 Snap
SERAPHINA
The Next Day:
The late morning sun filtered through the high academy windows, gilding the halls with light. My arms ache slightly under the weight of the box I held against my chest, but I didn’t care.
I was free.
After so many days that actually felt like forever, I wasn’t under suspicion, wasn’t locked away in that prison–like suffocating room. Though it had an attached bathroom and even a window, it felt more like a gilded cage than any sort of living space.
But now…now I was allowed back into my room.
My dorm room.
I pushed the door open with my shoulder and stepped inside, the familiar scent of clean linen and pine–scented soap Jinstantly grounding me. My bed was exactly the way I’d left it–neatly made, the dark comforter folded at the foot.
1 inhaled deeply and smiled faintly. Home. Or at least, the closest thing to it.
Setting the box down on the bed, I moved around the room, returning everything to its place–my comb, the cracked mug I kept for tea, my worn training pants, and the old photo of my mother that I always kept safely in the drawer.
However, looking at her, the dream I had with her and Dante the other day once again appeared in my mind.
In reality I still could not believe that Dante was dead. He was like a ghost living inside my mind, chasing me and laughing as he shouted at me to ‘Run.
The most terrifying fact about the whole exchange was that he knew my real name. My chest tightened. How could he know
my name?
No matter how clear my name was, nothing about his death sat right with me. He had been a monster in the end….but who killed him?
I shook my head, pushing the thoughts down as I walked to the mirror. With a sigh, I peeled off my uniform shirt, then the rest of my clothes, until 1 stood in front of the mirror in nothing but the binding around my chest and my black cotton
underwear.
That’s when it hit me.
I had no injuries.
Not a scratch. No bruises, no bloodied knuckles, or twisted joints. For the first time since entering this Academy, I’d returned from a trial completely unharmed. Because of him.
Konan
My breathing slowed at the thought of him. I slowly ran my fingertips along the smooin skin of my waist, remembering his arm around me and his hand possessively holding mine as we ran through the rain, his fingers gripping mine like they’d never let go
His voice played in my head–low, rough, teasing. “Give me a kiss.”
I squeezed my eyes shut and curled up on the bed, heart thudding so wildly I could feel the pulse in my throat. Why did his voice linger in my ears like a song I couldn’t shake?
“Why the hell am I thinking about hun?” I bit my lips and clutched my chest.
F’dineant to rest for only a moment, but sleep dragged me under fast, cradled in the warmth of memories I couldn’t outrun.
The loud clang of the lunch bell jolted me awake.
I shot upright, eyes wide. “Shut”
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It was in the afternoon.
Throwing off the blanket, I scrambled into my uniform, brushing out my hair with quick fingers. My stomach growled like it had a grudge. If I got there late again, those assholes would eat everything. And I wasn’t about to miss another meal
I rushed out into the hall and weaved through a corridor buzzing with late stragglers. But then-
A chill swept across my skin like a drop of ice down my spine.
My wolf went rigid inside me, alert. Danger. High–level danger.
My body paused mid–stride, heart thudding, breath stilled.
Someone had just passed me.
A tall man in the Academy uniform, walking confidently down the corridor. His back was straight, his steps calculated and cold. The aura coming off him was like knives in the air–sharp, deadly, and powerful enough to bring even an Alpha to his knees.
Who?
Iturned, but the moment I caught sight of him again…he was gone.
Someone bumped my shoulder hard, breaking the moment. “Watch it,” the man grumbled. I blinked, then shook my head. trying to chase off the lingering chill crawling down my spine. There was no one there.
“Did I imagine?” I asked myself.
I exhaled and moved toward the cafeteria, brushing the incident off.
The cafeteria was loud, as usual. Conversations dulled as I entered, but I kept my chin high, ignoring the eyes that burned holes into my back and the low, accusing murmurs trailing behind me like ghosts.
I sat alone at a table by the window, focusing on the tray in front of me. Food. Just eat.
“Looks so delicious,” I stabbed at my roasted meat and potatoes, enjoying it fully and also noticing Finn had yet to come. Asher was also not there and Ronan either.
“Wait, why was I looking for him?” I clenched the fork harder, scolding myself..
Focusing back into the food as I was halfway through, shadows fell across my table.
My hand froze. Not again.
Cassius and Reed.
With them, the rest of their venomous little entourage. They moved like snakes–slow, slithering, and smiling far too sweetly to mean anything good.
Reed sat across from me with Cassius and leaned in, arms folded. “So, Seth,” he sneered, “what strings did you pull to weasel out of a murder charges?”
As expected they could not digest the fact that I was not the murderer and was still in the Academy. I ignored them and continued caling
Cassius scoffed. “Must’ve given the investigator a really good time”
They all laughed.
“His ass must be worn out then someone said loudly to make everyone laugh.
I didn’t stop chewing. Didn’t look up I calmly reached for my cup
Too proud to answer now just because you escaped this time, you little fucker? Reed pushed, his eyes gleaming with cruelty. “Or do you think you are some kind of big shot because you made it back after committing a murder? Should I be scared of you now?” he laughed loudly with othe
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But no matter how low their comments became they could not get a response from me. Suddenly Cassius reached over and dipped his fingers into my food, scooping up a bite and shoving it into his mouth with exaggerated delight.
My fork froze in my food as I slowly lifted my gaze and met his glare, “Hey Tiny, how dare you give us the silent treatment? I will fucking smash that pretty face of yours and pull your gut out.”
Reed purred, “Cassius, don’t smash this pretty face…” he put his finger under my chin and grinned. “…Until I get a good fuck out of his little ass today.”
Everyone laughed and one of them said. “Geez, you are so horny that you are willing to do it with a dude?”
“Dude? All I see is a eunuch?”
?” Cassius sneered, “But as long as there is a hole, it does matter to me either.”
Reed met my gaze, “See, now Cassius also wants to have a piece of your ass, What do you say, Seth? Tiny tools like yours are as useless as your existence here, how about pleasuring us through your.”
Snap
“AHHHHHHH… Reed’s scream startled everyone in the cafe.
As an uproar broke out, “HE BROKE REED’S WRIST!”
