Chapter 88 A She–wolf

SERAPHINA

I kept my eyes low on the nk sheet in front of me, careful not to nce in their direction. Not just Ronan or Ryker but also Finn band /bAsher. Both were seated right across from me, this made me even more ufortable.

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 bAlphas /bin thebat, he lost his as well.

My stomach twisted. Why? Why had they done bthat/b?

The weight of that unanswered question weighed on my chest. The guilt tangled with something worse, emotion. Something unnameable. Something bthat /bmade it hard to breathe around them.

I couldn’t look at them. Not without all thoseplicated feelings wing back to the surface. Not when I didn’t even know what I felt anymore.

“What the fuck is this?” A suddenlyzy yet familiar voice made everyone look at the man entering the library. Alpha Jude.

Taller bthan /bmost, broader than some, wrapped bin /ba 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 bferal/b, 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 bsat/b, it did not btake /bbhim /ba second to light the cigarette band /bsmoke 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 bthe /bbpride /bof a bloodline Alpha. His presence was jagged, wild. Like a creature that bhad /blived too long outside a pack’s rules, too long without bbeing /bchallenged. And yet

He reeked of power.

“Do you bknow /bwhy you’ve all been summoned to the blibrary /btoday?” Alpha Jude asked, his eyes sweeping across the room.

bSilence /banswered him until Asher muttered drylyb, /b“Let me guess, bwe’re /bhere to bwrite /bsome pointless crap about the Supreme Alpha race. Like who we think deserves the final spot besides ourselves? Or who’s bworthy /bof the throne other bthan /bbus/bb” /b

bAipha /bJude bit down on bhis /bcigarette and bgrunted/b, “Correct. We’re here for that kind of bullshit. Do you know why?” His bgaze /bsharpened as he scanned the room, clearly annoyed. “Because bmost /bof you assholes ended up with fractured ribs, dislocated bshoulders/b, and bbroken /bblimbs /bduring the bst /btrial.”

The room shifted ufortably. The bAlphas /blooked everywhere but at himb, /btrying to bmask /btheir embarrassment. For ball /btheir bravado, even the bmost /bbdominant /bof them bcouldn’t /bbstand /bbeing reminded of bweakness/bb. /bMale pride, bespecially /bbAlpha /bpride, was fragile like that

Still, I couldn’t entirely me them. Thest trial had been brutal. Alinost half thepetitors had taken up residence in the healer’s wing. Even Ryker was having his bribs /bchecked daily after that bbrutal /bbstandoff /bbwith /bbRonan /b

Alpha Jude’s eyes lucked on Reed next. How the bhell /bdid you break your wrist a bday /bbafter /ba btrial/bb?/b”

Reed threw a bitter nce at me before muttering. “Just a little bident/b.

He couldn’t badmit /bthe truth, that I had been the one to break it. Not when it would crush his bimage /bin front of the other Alphas

Then Alpha bJudes /bbgaze /bshifted 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 bas /bfuck.” 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.

b“/bbYou /bpromised me you’d stop smoking, didn’t you?” said a melodic, feminine voice that instantly cut through the tension like a de.

Every Alpha in bthe /broom bwent /bstill.

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 epted only males. Yet here she was gorgeous, poised, and bradiating /ba calm confidence that could rival any Alpha in this room.

Unlike me, whose presence bwas /bba /bwell tended secret, she was no secret.

Unlike bme/b.

the men weren’t stunned into silence, they were undressing her with their beyes/b. d bin /ba crimson, shoulder–strap bodycon maxi dress, she was all curves and confidence, her cleavage deliberately framed, her figure impossible to ignore. bAlpha /bJude 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, bAlpha /bJude,” she sweetly replied, her voice as smooth bas /bhoney. “I’m not here to cause trouble. I’ll deal with

father.”

with ba /bdifferent kind of

I caught the ripple in the room, the collective sharp inhale. Every man was watching her bnow/b, but w emotion, mainly lust.

Subconsciously I found myself stealing a nce at Ronan. His gaze was on her but unreadable, cool as ever. Until his eyes shiftednding 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 fingerszily ying with a lock of her dark hair. “Alpha Gideon.”

bGasps /bfilled the air.

bmy /b

Muscles tensed bacross /bthe room. Every scrap more bthan /bweight. Frar. Authority. Power.

ap of lust or confidence drained from the Alphas‘ faces. That bname /bheld

bweight/b,

bNo /bwonder she walked into the all–male Academy without bflinching/b.

“She looks a little like lum, doesn’t she?” Phina murmured binside /bbme/bb. /b

I nodded silently. The

emnce bwas /bthere, in the sharpness of her bjaw/bb, /bthe defisat tilt of her bchin/b, the steel in her

otherwise gentle eyes

“Now that you’re done ying, go home, Grace Alpha Jude muttered bwithout /bsparing her a second nce. “This isn’t a bce /bfor 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 bsmile/b. Tim not here to parade” she said softly. “Tu here to find bmy /bmate. 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

yed un olliin. Disconnect /li/ol

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She, Grace Gideon, slowly swept her gaze over the entire room, scanning one Alpha after another.

Her expression bwas /bunreadable. Observing.

Until her eyesnded at the back bench.

Where we bfive /bsal

She smiled.

And then said. “Looks like the next two days bare /bgoing to be my final search.”

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