Novels by Hatzia Apoty

Kaels POV “Where are you going?” Kaiden asked as I turned back.“I forgot my history manual,” I muttered.Kaiden raised an eyebrow. “You? Forget?”I didn’t answer. He wasn’t wrong. I never forgot. Maybe I was losing it. Maybe Ironclaw was in my head more than I wanted to admit.Kaiden sighed but followed me anyway. “Fine. I’ll wait outside.”When I pushed the door open, I wasn’t ready for what I saw.Ironclaw…. no. Aiden was standing in the middle of the room, shirt gone and chest bare. A chest that wasn’t flat. My eyes locked instantly on the curve of it, the bandages lying discarded on the floor.Boobs.Big ones.For a second, my brain stalled. Everything I thought I knew about him, every suspicion, every twisted thought, snapped into something else entirely.He jerked around, face pale, and rushed for the blanket. “Don’t…!” he shouted, wrapping it around his chest.“Aiden….”“Kael?” Kaiden’s voice carried from the hall, closer now. The handle rattled.Panic shot through me. Withou

Aria’s POVNo… no no no no.I froze in the doorway. Kael leaned against the desk like he owned it, that smug grin spreading across his face.When the Council had announced we’d be sharing partners, I’d been worried enough. Worried about who I’d get, worried about hiding my identity. The last thing I wanted was someone too nosy.But this?This was worse.Of all the heirs in the Academy, I had to end up with the one who had been following me like a shadow. The one who kept pushing, pressing, circling me like a wolf with a bone he refused to drop.Kael Draven.And now he was smirking at me like he had just won a prize.A thought crossed my mind before I could stop it. Was Kael… gay? Was that why he kept watching me like this?I looked at him again. The smugness, the arrogance, the way he carried himself.No. I didn’t think so.Kael tilted his head, eyes glinting like he was already enjoying this too much.“Don’t look so disappointed, Ironclaw. You could’ve gotten worse.”I dropped my bag

Kael’s POVIronclaw was hiding something. I could see it in the way he moved, the way he always held back just when the fight started tipping in my favor. No heir fought like that, controlled, careful, almost desperate not to show too much.It gnawed at me.Kaiden caught up with me after sparring, falling into step beside me as we left the grounds. His glasses were crooked, as usual, but his tone was calm.“You’re pushing him too hard, Kael.”“He can take it,” I muttered.Kaiden gave me a look, the kind that said he’d already read too much in my silence. “Or maybe you’re trying to break him because you can’t figure him out.”I didn’t answer.Every time I looked at Ironclaw, something inside me twisted. My wolf stirred like it had found something it wanted.Like I was attracted to him. The word burned in my head, ugly and wrong. He was a male. This wasn’t supposed to happen.Kaiden sighed when I didn’t speak. “You’re obsessed. And that’s dangerous. Ironclaw isn’t just anyone, he embar

Aria’s POV“Kael?” My voice caught in my throat as he stood in the doorway, broad shoulders filling the frame like he owned it.He didn’t answer right away. His eyes scanned the small dorm, then landed back on me. I pulled the sheets higher over my chest, heat rising in my face at how close I had come to being exposed.“What are you doing here?” I forced my tone sharp, like I wasn’t rattled.Kael stepped inside without asking. The door creaked wider behind him, torchlight from the corridor spilling across the floor. “You sleep lightly, Ironclaw.”“You broke my door open,” I shot back. “Anyone would’ve woken up.”He smirked at that, not even pretending to feel guilty. His gaze lingered too long, studying me the way he had in the arena, like I was some kind of puzzle.“What do you want, Draven?” I asked, tightening the sheet around me.He tilted his head, crimson eyes narrowing just slightly. “To look you in the eye without an audience.”I gritted my teeth. “Congratulations. You’ve see

Aria’s POV“Stand straight, Aiden Ironclaw,” Kael Draven’s voice echoed across the stone arena. It was deep and sharp enough to stir the restless heirs crowded above us. “You look like a twig ready to snap.”Laughter rippled through the stands.“I’d worry about yourself,” I shot back, gripping the staff tighter. “You’re breathing heavy already. Or was this what passed for strength in the Draven pack?”Some students gasped as others whistled.“You dare?” His crimson eyes flared, glowing under the torchlight. “Do you even know who you’re speaking to?”“The boy everyone swore was the Alpha-King’s shadow?” I tilted my head. “The one who won with reputation, not skill?”The crowd stirred again, whispers rolling like waves.Kael’s jaw tightened. “I’ll crush you.”“You’ll try.”He lunged, staff crashing against mine. The heirs roared in approval, their shouts echoing off the arena walls.“Pathetic,” Kael growled, forcing me back step by step. “Blue Core trash shouldn’t even be here.”“Then s