Chapter 91 A Face Prettier Than Truth

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The roar of the waterfall thundered in my ears, but it couldn’t bdrown /bout the sound of my heartbeat. I stood frozen at the edge of the cliff, staring into the bchurning /bsea below, wind whipping my hair and cloak back as my hands clenched tightly at my sides.

“Ronan…” I whispered, my voice lost in the crashing waves.

He’d jumped.

My stomach twisted as the frothing waters below swallowed thest ripple of his ssh.

I gritted my teeth and stepped a little closer to the edge, bsquinting/b, searching the depths for any sign of his bhead /bsurfacing. Nothing. Just crashing white foam and cruel waves licking at jagged rocks below.

What if he didn’te back up?

What if

A presence behind me cut through my spiraling thoughts.

I turned slightly just enough to see her, Grace.

I bblinked /bonce. Then again.

She stared at me in silence.

“Can I help byou /bwith something?” I asked, breaking the tension.

We stood face to bface /bnow. She was about my height, maybe a little shorter, but still somehow carried the kind of grace and poise that made me feel like a mountain of awkward blimbs /bstuffed into borrowed skinb. /b

Her eyes raked over me–up and down, slow and curious. Not bin /ba flirtatious way. No, her gaze was

ze was more.tactical,

Finally, her lips curved slightly, band /bshe said with a tilt of her head, “How can you be so bbeautiful/b…as a man?”

I was taken aback for a moment at her unexpected question.

My throat closed.

For a second, I panicked.

Did she know? Could she bknow/b?

bHad /bsomething slipped? My voice? My scent? My

bI schooled /bmy expression, forcing a confused bblink/b. “What?”

Grace’s expression became even more suspicious. “bThat /bface, thoseshes, those lips.” She leaned in conspiratorially. “You’re prettier than most of the girls I’ve seen at Luna balls,” she pointed out.

My blips /bparted No bwords /bcame.

Because, well, how did you respond to something like that?

She rolled her eyes. “Ugh. Don’t tell me it’s natural. Please!”

Ixleared my throat awkwardly. “I don’t really know what to say to that.”

Oh, don’t worry, I do? She stepped back, eyeing me with open frustration now “I don’t like it.”

1 tanked “Pardon?”

“Talons like that you’re prettier than me she said tatly. “It’s annoying. bI /bcame here to have fun and possibly find a mate. Not

me,”

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topete with the literal Aphrodite of this generation wrapped in a boy’s uniform.”

I nearly choked, “1–I’m not trying topete with anyone

Grace narrowed her beyes /bslightly. “Oh, rx. I’m not using you of anything…yet

“Yet!”

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She smirked. “Look, you’re obviously not into me or you would have jumped into the sea instead of standing here, bwhich /bis fine. I’m not into you either since I am into tall and handsome Alphas. No offense. I just don’t want you trying anything funny, got it?”

I blinked again. “Funny?”

You know charming me with thoseshes or brushing bthat /bhair back with a little mysterious ir. She waved her hand dramatically. “I’ve seen the way those four Alphas looked at you. It’s infuriating.

Four Alphas? Who she had been talking aboutb? /b

I coughed into my fist. “Right. Got it. Not charming.”

“Good.” She tilted her bhead/bb. /b“But I suppose bwe /bcould still be friends. If bshe /bwiggled her manicured fingers. “you tell me

byour /bsecretb./b”

“Secret!”

Grace leaned in again, eyes gleaming. “What kind of herbs are you btaking /bto look like bthat/b? Is it Moonrootb? /bbPetal /bbalm? I swear if it’s something from the Nightshade pack, I’ll throw someone off this cliffb./bb” /b

I stared

Then…ughed. I couldn’t help it. The absurdity, the tension, the honesty; it was such a shift from the formal posturing world of Alplus I’d grown used to.

She blinked at me. “What?”

I had a little hard time holding my real voice whileughing. “Nothing. It’s just…you’re a breally /binteresting person,” I answered honestly.

I’ll take bthat /bas apliment,” she sniffed.

I bcould /bbnot /bhelp but smile only to have her eyes full of suspicion once again. “By the way why did you not go after one of the pearls?”

My muscles tightened. “I have sea bsickness/b,” I quickly came up with the excuse.

She frowned band /bwas babout /bto say something when Finn jogged bover /bbwith /ba bunch of beautiful flowers in bhis /bbands, “bMiss /bbGrace/b, this is for you.”

“Wow!” she eximed so loudly that bAlpha /bJude bwho /bwas sitting by the bonfire looked over.

“They are so beautiful!” she eagerly epted bthem /band just as she took a sniff of thein she suddenly sneezed

In the bblink /bof an eye, Alpha Jude appeared and snatched the flowers from her hand. “bIdiot/b. Why do byou /bept these when you are allergic to them,” he growled.

“It’s bokay/b. These flowers are hard to find bFinn /bfound them bfor /bme around the bmountains /bwith so much difficulty. I bwill /bkeep it to myself,” she took it back

Alpha Jude grated his teeth. “Are you stupid? They are just flowers. Throw them away before they affect your health,”

Grace mici his gaer and shook her head. “I can’t break Fou’s heart so I will keep them saying that she took Finn’s hand band /bwalked away, leaving Alpha Jude belund.

Finn looked bover /bhis shouldes at me but Grace attracted his attention again. I took a deep breath. It seemed she really liked

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However, what I saw over the next hourpletely confused me.

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Asher came over with a handful of her favorite berries and she ate them while practically clinging to his chest.

I heard her impatience while waiting for Ronan, and describing him as her prince charming while we sat by the newly

bonfire.

Confused. I nced up at her. “You seem to have a hard time choosing among all of them.”

“No, bI /bam absolutely clear,” she tossed the sweet potatoes in the fire.

“bOhhh/bb…./byou just seem to be with everyone so far so I thought…”

She cut me off. “That’s because I bam /binto all of them.”

I cocked my brows, “Excuse me?“

into harems.”

She met my gaze and revealed. “I

I am inte

The stick in my hand nearly dropped. Did she just say harem? She wanted them all: Finn, Asher and Ronan? I nced past her where Alpha Jude was sleeping at the base of a thick tree trunk. What if he heard her and told her father?

“Ohh…someone is finally back!” bShe /bgot up excitedly. “They found my pearl”

I balso /bgot up as she ran past me to see the person. My eyes also curiously looked at, my heart taking a sudden race. Did Ronan find it!

However, the face that came in front of me left me stunned.

“Alpha Ryker!” bGrace /beximed.

Drenched in water, shirtless and showing off his eight pack abs. I blinked. So it was Ryker who returned with her pearl? When did Ryker jump into the sea? bWas /bhe also trying to impress Grace?

Ryker stopped in front of Grace and smiled, “Miss Grace, I think you dropped it in the sea,” he yfully slid the pearl ring. onto her finger.

Grace blushed. “Yes, it was my ring that I dropped,” she smiled happily and hugged him, “You found it for me, Alpha Ryker. 1 like you.”

Ryker hugged her with one arm but his eyes came to me as he stated, “I like you too.”

As he said those words looking me, a fear shot deep in my heart.

What was bthis /bfeeling? That same danger. That unspoken fear.

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