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~DAVINA~It’s an hour to six o’clock, and I am still pacing around my room, wondering what to do. Alpha Aiden had left early in the morning without a reminder. He’d already sent a box two hours ago with just one tag, “wear this”. I sat and opened it. The lid lifted, releasing the scent of vanilla and heavy silk. Inside lay a midnight-navy ballgown of structured silk faille, its corseted bodice yielding to an architectural skirt that rippled like liquid obsidian.Beside it sat matching navy silk stilettos, their arch straps encrusted with baguette diamonds. The mask was a white-gold filigree masterpiece, laser-cut to curve over my cheekbones in a glinting frost of micro-pave diamonds. Finally, a platinum collar of pear-cut sapphires and a structured mother-of-pearl clutch lay nestled in the tissue, gleaming with iridescent blues. It was pure, breathless elegance.I’ve never received anything like it in my entire life. I didn’t waste time, I dressed up and did my makeup. Mrs. Anna hel

~DAVINA~Once could have been a mistake but twice was a dangerous coincidence and I wondered why it had to be Voss and Vera. It felt almost like I snapped anytime I got provoked by the twins. Aiden said he knew my abilities but refused to speak about it since we got home. He’s been distant, however, I didn’t bother to think much about it or bother him about it.However, tomorrow is Friday and it just got more and more complicated. “Will you have dinner with me?” Ryan asked for the second time. “Anywhere you want.”Having the third option of Ryan taking me out on a date he refused to acknowledge as a date could be my best shot. I can decide not to follow Aiden to his party and also not go to Crimson Arch and no one is going to do anything about it.“Of course. I’m free.”His smile widened. We were surrounded, Ryan had the natural attraction that made every woman turn their heads in admiration.Being friends with Ryan made me a walking target for every lady who had previously dreamed

~DAVINA~The memory of Aiden’s lips still burned against mine, a phantom heat that lingered no matter how hard I tried to scrub the feeling away. For hours, I had been trapped in the intoxicating aftershock of that kiss, my body humming with a dangerous, familiar electricity. But as the morning sun filtered through the high windows of the academy, reality crashed back in.I had a bigger problem than my racing pulse.Friday night was fast approaching. Aiden expected me to be his perfect…lady at the modern ball, parading around in a gown and playing along whenever he chose to claim my lips in front of the pack elite.I wasn’t sure what I was posing as…a daughter…a friend…or, damn I hope not, a mate.But Friday night was also the night I had to slip away to Crimson Arch. How was I supposed to escape the watchful, suffocating gaze of an Alpha, get to a notorious club, and perform my duties without him realising I was gone?For a fleeting moment, I thought about skipping the ball entirely

~AIDEN~The scent of vanilla and coconut still hung in the air long after the door slammed shut. I stood in the centre of my bedroom, staring at the empty space where Davina had been just moments ago. I’ve learned every scent of her body down to the shampoo in her hair.My lips still burned with the taste of her…sweet, intoxicating, and entirely forbidden.“Why did I kiss her?”The question echoed in the quiet room, mocking me. I never planned for this. She was supposed to be a piece on a chessboard, a calculated move to secure my borders and solidify my power. Yet, the moment my hands had circled her waist, every ounce of my legendary control had vanished. More disturbing was the creature roaring beneath my skin. My wolf, usually a silent, dormant beast that only surfaced for blood and dominance, was clawing at my consciousness, demanding I go after her. He wanted her. He claimed her. And that terrified me more than any rival pack ever could..The next morning, the heavy oak doors

~DAVINA~Friday night?Once I was inside, I ignored Anne, ran to my room and locked the door behind me. I tossed my bag onto the bed and quickly dialled my father’s number.It ran for a couple of times till it eventually fell to voicemail. I called again, and he needs to know I won’t be able to make it to Crimson Arch on Friday.I called three more times and eventually gave up. I sat with the situation for a while, staring at myself by the window. I’ll be found out. Or…I could come up with an excuse. My mind threaded back to the letter from Soren. The enthusiasm picked up again. Carefully, I broke the seal and opened the letter. The letter started like the typical Soren, reading it made my smile grow wider and wider. He asked how everyone around here treated me and how I was able to breathe without him. He spoke about how he missed going out with me in his car and scolding me. Then he wrote about how the responsibilities of the pack have been officially handed over to him.I frown

~DAVINA~The twins were back in class like nothing happened, like they didn’t try to kill me with fire and the class was too settled. I wondered if it happened too often that they just no longer give a fuck or everyone was hiding something.Even Alpha Aiden refused to tell me what happened. Nobody looked at me the way I expected…pointing fingers, pity, laughing… whatever story had spread, it deleted me from the scene.I should have felt relieved.I didn’t.I slid into my seat and kept my eyes forward, hyper-aware of every sound, every shift in the air. My hands were steady. The rest of me wasn’t.“You good?”Ryan dropped into the seat beside me with ease. He smelled like pine and something cooler. “Fine,” I said.“You don’t look fine.”“Thank you, Ryan.”“Yesterday…Alpha Nightshade… do you know him personally?”“No!” The words came out louder and sharper than intended. “No. I don’t know him.”“Davina, what actually happened yesterday?” He asked, quieter now, leaning forward with his