Chapter 88 A She–wolf
SERAPHINA
I kept my eyes low on the blank sheet in front of me, careful not to glance in their direction. Not just Ronan or Ryker but also Finn and Asher. Both were seated right across from me, this made me even more uncomfortable.
The reason was…the other day I overheard the Alpha instructors saying that neither of them had participated in the overnight survival trial. Not because they were injured. Not because they didn’t want to win. But because of me. Because they had pressured the instructors regarding the unjustful conclusion over Dante’s murder.
However, as a result of both of their actions, Asher’s hierarchy position was gone. And Finnn who had secured a hierarchy dorim by defeating more than a hundred Alphas in the combat, he lost his as well.
My stomach twisted. Why? Why had they done that?
The weight of that unanswered question weighed on my chest. The guilt tangled with something worse, emotion. Something unnameable. Something that made it hard to breathe around them.
I couldn’t look at them. Not without all those complicated feelings clawing back to the surface. Not when I didn’t even know what I felt anymore.
“What the fuck is this?” A suddenly lazy yet familiar voice made everyone look at the man entering the library. Alpha Jude.
Taller than most, broader than some, wrapped in a long dark coat that looked more suited to a battlefield than an academy. His hair was a little messy and eyes full of boredom like usual. His aura was feral, untamed like always.
“Is this some kind of fucking high school? Why is there a desk in front of the chair I am supposed to sit in?”
Two men immediately rushed in and took away the desk before they were called. I blinked at his unexpected arrival. As he sat, it did not take him a second to light the cigarette and smoke when there was a rule of no smoking in the Academy.
There was nothing disciplined or contained about him, he didn’t wear the refined calm of the hierarchy, nor did he bear the pride of a bloodline Alpha. His presence was jagged, wild. Like a creature that had lived too long outside a pack’s rules, too long without being challenged. And yet
He reeked of power.
“Do you know why you’ve all been summoned to the library today?” Alpha Jude asked, his eyes sweeping across the room.
Silence answered him until Asher muttered dryly, “Let me guess, we’re here to write some pointless crap about the Supreme Alpha race. Like who we think deserves the final spot besides ourselves? Or who’s worthy of the throne other than us”
Aipha Jude bit down on his cigarette and grunted, “Correct. We’re here for that kind of bullshit. Do you know why?” His gaze sharpened as he scanned the room, clearly annoyed. “Because most of you assholes ended up with fractured ribs, dislocated shoulders, and broken limbs during the last trial.”
The room shifted uncomfortably. The Alphas looked everywhere but at him, trying to mask their embarrassment. For all their bravado, even the most dominant of them couldn’t stand being reminded of weakness. Male pride, especially Alpha pride, was fragile like that
Still, I couldn’t entirely blame them. The last trial had been brutal. Alinost half the competitors had taken up residence in the healer’s wing. Even Ryker was having his ribs checked daily after that brutal standoff with Ronan
Alpha Jude’s eyes lucked on Reed next. How the hell did you break your wrist a day after a trial?”
Reed threw a bitter glance at me before muttering. “Just a little accident.
He couldn’t admit the truth, that I had been the one to break it. Not when it would crush his image in front of the other Alphas
Then Alpha Judes gaze shifted to Cassius, scowling at the sight of his still swollen, broken nose. The man looked like he was about to explode.
“Thus year – baich is frustrating as fuck.” Alpha Jude snapped, exhaling sinoke with clear disdain. “Why the hell am I even here today?
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Before anyone could answer, a delicate hand reached in and plucked the cigarette straight from his mouth.
“You promised me you’d stop smoking, didn’t you?” said a melodic, feminine voice that instantly cut through the tension like a blade.
Every Alpha in the room went still.
Eyes snapped in one direction, toward the slender, stunning figure standing beside Alpha Jude. A woman. A she–wolf. The shock rippled through the room, Even I was stunned. I’d believed Lupine Academy accepted only males. Yet here she was gorgeous, poised, and radiating a calm confidence that could rival any Alpha in this room.
Unlike me, whose presence was a well tended secret, she was no secret.
Unlike me.
the men weren’t stunned into silence, they were undressing her with their eyes. Clad in a crimson, shoulder–strap bodycon maxi dress, she was all curves and confidence, her cleavage deliberately framed, her figure impossible to ignore. Alpha Jude narrowed his eyes, I never promised you anything.” he growled, lighting a new cigarette with practiced ease. “Why are you here, Grace? There’s no trial for the next two days, which means there’s no reason for you to be wandering around. Go back to your father before he realizes you’ve slipped out again.”
The room tensed at once.
Her father?
“Don’t worry, Alpha Jude,” she sweetly replied, her voice as smooth as honey. “I’m not here to cause trouble. I’ll deal with
father.”
with a different kind of
I caught the ripple in the room, the collective sharp inhale. Every man was watching her now, but w emotion, mainly lust.
Subconsciously I found myself stealing a glance at Ronan. His gaze was on her but unreadable, cool as ever. Until his eyes shifted landing on me.
I instantly turned away, my pulse racing in my throat.
Why was I watching him?
“Who’s your father?” one of the Alphas blurted out.
She smiled, her fingers lazily playing with a lock of her dark hair. “Alpha Gideon.”
Gasps filled the air.
my
Muscles tensed across the room. Every scrap more than weight. Frar. Authority. Power.
ap of lust or confidence drained from the Alphas‘ faces. That name held
weight,
No wonder she walked into the all–male Academy without flinching.
“She looks a little like lum, doesn’t she?” Phina murmured inside me.
I nodded silently. The
emblance was there, in the sharpness of her jaw, the defisat tilt of her chin, the steel in her
otherwise gentle eyes
“Now that you’re done playing, go home, Grace Alpha Jude muttered without sparing her a second glance. “This isn’t a place for you to parade around”
She didn’t inidge Instead, she sank gratefully onto the armrest of Alpha Jude’s chair and gave him a dazzling smile. Tim not here to parade” she said softly. “Tu here to find my mate. Alpha Jude”
mned silence was followed by
Excitement erigars like wildfice Several Alphas sat straighter, puffed out their chests. Hope bloomed on their faces, each one secretly wondering if he might be the lucky one
slayed un
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She, Grace Gideon, slowly swept her gaze over the entire room, scanning one Alpha after another.
Her expression was unreadable. Observing.
Until her eyes landed at the back bench.
Where we five sal
She smiled.
And then said. “Looks like the next two days are going to be my final search.”
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