Chapter: 10CHAPTER TEN.IVY’S POVA sharp knock at the door was the only thing that saved me from the suffocating weight of Aiden’s gaze. I didn't wait for him to speak. I slipped away from the bed, my skin still prickling where he had pinned me, and heaved a silent sigh of relief. He met the guards halfway, their voices dropping into hushed, urgent tones. “An emergency assembly," Aiden said, his eyes suddenly shifting from the intense heat earlier to a cold, detached golden color. He paused at the door, his silhouette blocking the light. "Don’t play smart, Princess, I'll be back.” He left before I could even find my voiceI heaved a sigh of relief.The announcement for the emergency came before sunset.They gathered us in the central hall, rows of bodies packed tightly, shuffling feet against the stone floor, inaudible whispers travelling through the air. No one knew why we had been called, but curiosity could be seen in the eyes of everyone, tension was palpable in the air.I stood somew
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Chapter: 20CHAPTER 20RAIN ANDREA RIVERTON Prophecy or not, we were still students of Kingsbury High. It didn’t matter what we knew, or who we slapped. Attending classes was non-negotiable. Especially when they involved training. We were going to die one way or another, better to put up a good fight.“I am pleased to see some more familiar faces from the remaining aspirants the first trial didn’t wipe out.” Professor Bengal raised his chin. Hands behind the back of his robe, Dr Zia stood behind him like she always had been. “Do not rejoice yet, you still have three more to survive and win.”Three.Total of four. Not three like the Acolytes had done, Or as Aunt Eloise had in her time. Four. “Why does everything about our set have to be fucking different?” Nazeera frowned. Lix stood next to us with her Kitsune blade tugged in an X shape behind her fight gear.“Right?” Lix sneered. “It’s like they are trying to get us killed on purpose.” Professor Bengal continued. “You have today and tomorrow
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Chapter: 19CHAPTER 19RAIN ANDREA RIVERTONShivers trailed down my arms in waves as I looked up to his tall frame. There was no surviving the rage that was in his eyes.“I have to cover my fish,” Nazeera said and walked away without waiting for a response.What in the world of betrayers?“I have to go help her cover her fish.” Leon hurried along. My eyes widened at how fast they were to betray me. Leaving me with this raging monster in front of me. But I couldn’t blame them, I’d do the same.“It wasn’t intentional.” I frowned, turning fully to him.“Do you even have any idea of what you have done?” His eyes flashed.Kai was angry. Murderous even. The hallway was empty, most students were in class already and I was in danger. “I kept it safe!” I shot at him. “I tried to, at least.” He scoffed, silver eyes blaring into mine. Suddenly, his ears twitched and he grabbed my wrist forcefully. Electricity passed through my veins and straight into my brain as he pulled me towards him, my face going to
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Chapter: 18Chapter 18RAIN ANDREA RIVERTON“Ward nine, section five members have always been first in Kingsbury. So it would be absolutely wrong for me to say I am surprised.” Councilman Omen said with hands behind his back in high prestige. I could see the resemblance between Kamari and Ivella with their father. Were they as fucked up as he was too? Did he take the key? Did Nazeera take it?“Good job, once again.” His eyes scanned the hall.Our formation of three was behind our flags as always. Wards three and six stood beside us. “Your second trial comes in three days.” “Three days?” Voices were raised in protest, “We barely survived this one.” My brows squinted as I stared at Omen. Whatever his soul was made of, it was so dang obvious mine hated it. “Why the rush?” Naz mumbled beside me. “Aunt Eloise’s dairy stated we had at least two weeks to rest before the next trial.” I still didn't trust that she didn’t take the key. But I couldn’t accuse her if I didn’t witness it myself. Besides,
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Chapter: 17If you are reading this, it means your first trial went well and you are still breathing. I am proud of you. You’ve always been a smart girl, Rain. Pay attention to details, patterns, and things that repeat themselves. And at the same time keep an eye on the council. And always remember. Once is a coincidence, and twice is a pattern. ~A GUIDE TO SURVIVAL AT KINGSBURY HIGH, GIFTED TO RAIN ANDREA, RIVERTON. FROM ELOISE RIVERTON (section5) ~ Chapter 17 RAIN ANDREA RIVERTONHome. Sweet. Fucking. Home. Well, maybe not exactly my idea of home, but at least I was back in my room. No corset. No long gowns. No cupcakes. And certainly, no Kai Malek. The slight movement from the other end of the room reminded me that Nazeera was still my roommate.Taking a deep breath, I let the sleep wash over me.***“Do you think you are worth anything? Do you think your father would find excuses to travel every time if you were so worth it?” Mother’s voice pierced through my ears, my little legs s
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Chapter: 16CHAPTER 16RAIN ANDREA RIVERTON“It’s time,” Kamari stated. Each of us on either side of our beds was already dressed in our fight gear. My hair was packed in a high ponytail and two strands braided on either of my checks. Seconds later, we were pulling up to the tower to the meet-up spot Ward nine had picked. Lix moved from one foot to another with worry in her eyes. Naz? She wore a scowl more than half the time, I could barely read a thing out of her.I cleaned my sweaty palms over my gear. I was going to survive. My name was not going to be added to the death board.“Divide yourselves into groups of five,” Kai ordered. Unlike us, he wore a round-neck black top that highlighted his muscles. Only his pants were the school fight gear. “After tonight, we will either win or barely make it out with our lives. Because then, it will be obvious what we came for. I can guarantee that Aldamar will not let anyone leave alive.”“With our number and the guards we will have to kill, would he
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Chapter: 15CHAPTER 15 SOPHIEClasses went by in a breeze, I was barely myself mentally, but then, when was I ever? There was no Ace, and no Jaxon. And though the first person on the list hurt, I promised myself I would do my best to force hatred whenever my brain brought him up.Ofcourse, like the other three hundred things I’ve tried, that was a failure. But practice made perfect. “OHMYYGADDDDD!!” Maddison screeched, staring at her phone as we walked to our lockers to drop off our books for the completion of today’s lectures. “You will not believe what the school just posted for the Magazine club!”I turned to her with wide eyes. “They are getting you new printing machines?”“I wish…” She huffed. “It is a hockey announcement! The school never trusts the Magazine club with major hockey games, like ever! So we never really get notifications until the higher ups do.”I recalled how Maddie had fought the school once for that, saying they needed to put more faith in their stu
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Chapter: 14CHAPTER 14 SOPHIEMy heart ripped into pieces as Ace pulled me across the scanty hallaway, not caring that the bell might have rung and students would be scattered around. Watching us. Watching me. Pain raked through my injured thighs from each spring he made. And I could feel a sob itch my throat. Why was he like this? Why….He pushed a door to an empty classroom and pulled me in after him, his eyes raking through my body in horror.”Your knees, fuck, Sophie,” his eyes darkened, and I felt my heart slice. “Who did that to you?”I choked out a horrid scoff, “Why do you keep doing this?” I whispered, even though my chest tightened.He blinked, “What?”I pulled my hand away from his, my bruised fingers racing through my hair. What kind of a mess was I, truly?“What do you want from me?” I bit back the hurt in my words. “I can’t… I can’t keep doing this, Ace, I can’t.” I can’t keep loving someone who wouldn’t even see me. I can’t keep letting you stop every progre
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Chapter: 13CHAPTER 13 SOPHIEMy heart clamped, my hair slapping over my face from my fast movements. “Goddess, Jaxon. You… scared me.” His eyes narrowed, and though he held no anger, they had something else. Something I could not decipher. I swallowed, knees buckling as I took a step back. “Um, Jaxon, I…” I looked around, watching the students that passed hurry to their classes, not quite recognizing the Hockey star before me. “I… can’t go on with dating— fake dating you.”“We made a deal.” “I know,” I whispered, forcing my gaze to the ground. I was such a fool to think this could work in any way. I wasn’t as bold as Maddison to pull this off. “I know, and I’m sorry.”Jaxon huffed a breath, and my breath hitched when he closed the distance, his fingers gripping my jaw to look up to him. “You can’t break our deal off, not until my part of the deal is secured.”My brows furrowed, “You wanted to get a raise out of him, you got more than that, he lost his hockey game, Jaxon
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Chapter: 12CHAPTER 12SOPHIEMy throat burned, and my eyes parted open. icy shivers ran down my naked body, and I wrapped an arm around myself. Ace’s eyes were wide with… what what? I did not know. But… he wasn’t speaking.why wasn’t he speaking? Was I… not what he expected? Disgust rolled into my stomach. “Ace?” I whispered, eyes softly pleading.”Gods,” Ace breathed, his eyes pushed up to meet mine, and a terrific look planted over his face. One that sent my entire heart shattering into a million fucking pieces. He… did he hate it?He turned, backing me as he raked his fingers through his hair, violently dragging across his strands. “Fuck. Fuck. FUCKING HELL, Sophia!” I watched him in horror as fear streaked through his eyes. “What in the goddess’ name are you doing to me?” It was a whisper, a pleading whisper.“I…” my throat itched as shame tore into my body. What have I done? “I’m sorry, this was a mistake,” I grabbed the duvet and threw it over my body. “I’m so sorry.”My eyes pooled as
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Chapter: 11CHAPTER 11SOPHIE“ACE!” The scream tore from my throat, fear rattling my bones as I pulled the duvet over my naked form.No, no, no. It couldn’t be, we couldn’t have… right?The door slowly peeled open, and in all his glory, Ace Beckham stood, arms crossed over his black on black clothes, and body leaning against the door frame. “While I like the sound of you screaming my name, Sophie,” he frowned, “it is six in the morning.”My chest heaved, “Wh-what am I doing in your bed?” I was shaking, my eyes falling down to my duvet covered body. He rolled his eyes, “Why do you think? I carried you here.” I blinked, fingers digging into the duvet. “Why… would you carry me here? I have my room and—““Connect the dots, Sleeping beauty.” My head wavered, and the memory slammed into me. Goddess, I had slept off in Josh’s room. “Oh heavens,” I slammed a free hand on my forehead, how could I have been so stupid? But why did not send me to my room instead? My gaze went to my body again, and my b
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Chapter: 10CHAPTER 10SOPHIE“Hey, hey,” Maddison caught my arm before I could run past her. “Sophie, what— goddess, you are crying.” Her eyes softened, and my breath hitched, a fresh wave of tears pooling my lids. “I.. I don’t want to fake date anymore, Maddie.” I choked out, falling into her as I wrapped my arms around her neck. “Please don’t make me. I can’t… I can’t get over Ace. I just can’t, Maddison.”“Sophie, I wouldn’t.” Maddison stiffened, her hand coming up to my back, ignoring the reporters still littered around the arena. “You know I would never force you to do anything you don’t want to.”My fingers trembled, breath shaking as I hugged her closer. I was ruining my life by being like this. By choosing this fucked up path. But… why then did it feel like I was completely destroying myself every time I tried to break free from Ace?A tear ran down, drenching Maddie’s shoulder. I wished I never took that job, wished I never saw him that day playing hockey with every godlike feature a m
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Chapter: 59CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE.IVY’S POVThe silence that followed Elder Vance’s announcement was deafening.I couldn't breathe. The air in the courtyard felt different, suffocating, filling my lungs with panic. I stared at the obsidian altar, its ancient runes pulsing with a sickening, annoying purple glow, just waiting for a drop of my blood to ignite.Three drops of blood.That was all it would take to end my life.From the front of our line, I could feel the tension warped in Aiden’s shoulder, and the tightness of his knuckles against his sword, his face was filled with anger… it made the Council guards instinctively tighten their grips on their spears. His fingers were wrapped completely around the hilt of his black steel blade. I could see the furious, rhythmic ticking of his jaw. He looked like he was calculating the advantages and disadvantages of a slaughter. If he drew his sword to protect me here, it would be a declaration of war against the High Council in front of the three werewolve
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Chapter: 58CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT.IVY’S POVI stared at the firmly, locked steel door of the suite, my fist frozen in mid-air.The nerve of this man to slam the door against my face.One second he was pinning me to a weapon table, making me completely lose my breath and mind on the flat of his blade, and the next, he was slamming doors in my face like a silly child. The randomness of his actions and emotions always made my head spin. I took a deep, steadying breath, fighting the urge to kick the steel door down, which was unnecessary seeing as I do not have such strength, and rattled the door handle, instead…Locked. From the inside."Unbelievable," I muttered under my breath.Frustrated, sore, and still fiercely flushed from what had just happened in the armory, I turned around and headed down the corridor toward the secondary entrance of the eastern wing. I had my own set of keys to the quarters adjoining the suite via the back door, a small privilege Kaelen had arranged weeks ago since Aiden ha
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Chapter: 57CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT.IVY’S POVI stared at the firmly, locked steel door of the suite, my fist frozen in mid-air.The nerve of this man to slam the door against my face.One second he was pinning me to a weapon table, making me completely lose my breath and mind on the flat of his blade, and the next, he was slamming doors in my face like a silly child. The randomness of his actions and emotions always made my head spin. I took a deep, steadying breath, fighting the urge to kick the steel door down, which was unnecessary seeing as I do not have such strength, and rattled the door handle, instead…Locked. From the inside."Unbelievable," I muttered under my breath.Frustrated, sore, and still fiercely flushed from what had just happened in the armory, I turned around and headed down the corridor toward the secondary entrance of the eastern wing. I had my own set of keys to the quarters adjoining the suite via the back door, a small privilege Kaelen had arranged weeks ago since Aiden ha
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Chapter: 56CHAPTER FIFTY-SIXIVY’S POVA blinding light woke me.I blinked against the harsh sunlight streaming through the high arched windows of Suite 412. My mind was foggy, and a dull, deep ache pulsed in the marrow of my bones, making every muscle feel as though it had been stretched to its absolute limit.Pushing the heavy fur blanket aside, I sat up and froze. I wasn't wearing my uniform. Instead, a crisp, oversized black button-up shirt belonging to Aiden draped over my frame, the hem barely covering the tops of my thighs.On the bedside table sat an array of glass vials I had never seen before, thick, milky-blue elixirs and dark violet potions that smelled faintly of copper and woody herbs."Who is sick?" I asked, my voice cracking with sleep as I noticed the towering shadow standing by the window.Aiden turned. His dark gold eyes looked very tired, his jaw shadowed with a thick stubble that told me he hadn't slept a wink. He looked at the potions, then back at me, his expression comple
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Chapter: 55CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVEIVY’S POVThe silver light didn't just illuminate the vault; it reached inside my chest and seized my very soul.The moment my bare palm left Aiden’s grip and brushed against the smooth, pulsing surface of the Lunar Catalyst, the world went completely dead silent. A violent, sub-zero freeze exploded outward from the crystalline orb, sending patterns of glowing silver frost crawling rapidly up the ancient stone walls.The next thing I realized was the shattering of my entire system from within. This raw, concentrated magic that Aiden had made me the subject of did no such thing like gently coaxing my inner beast awake, it launched a violent, trembling assault on the years of whatever blockage that might have happened and couldn't make the awakening possible years back. Spikes of electricity ran through my veins. The tight psychological bindings that I had always worn were violently ripped apart from the inside out. I believed I had a wolf now.My knees hit the damp f
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Chapter: 54CHAPTER FIFTY-FOURIVY’S POVBy noon, the central hall was a chaotic array of screaming Alphas. The high marble pillars were plastered with the official lists and groupings for the upcoming Interacademy competition, and students were shoving past one another to find their names.I kept my hood pulled low, squeezing through the muscular shoulders of the muscles of the men pressed against me until my eyes landed on the list for Sector Four.Sector four patrol team has its team leader as Lord Alex Irving. The four extra members were Nicole Martins, Marcus Vance, Jaxon Cross, Silas Gregory.I heaved a sigh of relief, better a familiar face as a leader than an unfamiliar one. A heavy hand dropped onto my shoulder, making me flinch violently before my instincts could make me strike. I turned my head to see Alex standing behind me. There was a little split on his lower lip which made me wonder if he had gotten involved in a fight, but the sharp, musky scent of pine and earth rolling off him
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