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Chapter Fourty-One: Shadows Between Us
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CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Fourty-One: Shadows Between Us
Eden’s POVThe first lecture of the term was already underway, yet my focus was nowhere near the board or the professor’s droning voice. I sat near the middle row of the lecture hall, my notebook open and blank, pen tapping idly against the page. Around me, students whispered to one another, some already restless, some half-asleep, but I could not tune into their rhythm.My gaze kept drifting to the windows.They lined the far wall, tall panes of glass that stretched toward the sky and overlooked the courtyard and the edge of the forest beyond. The sun streamed through them, bright and golden, but it only made the shadows seem darker. Every time I let my eyes rest there, I felt it. A pressure. A weight. As though something lingered just out of sight, standing still, waiting.I pressed my pen harder into the paper, willing myself to write even a word, but the letters blurred before I could form them. My hand trembled, and I quickly tucked it under the desk before anyone could notice.L
CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Forty: The Weight of Ordinary
The first morning back at the academy was supposed to feel normal. That was what I told myself as I stood in front of the mirror, tugging my sweater into place and tying my hair with slow, distracted movements. The light filtering in through the tall windows carried the pale gold of early morning, and outside, I could hear the chatter of students hurrying across the grounds. The air buzzed with the restless energy of return, of routines resuming, of a thousand footsteps filling the hallways again.Normal. That was the word Layla had used last night. She had laughed as she unpacked her things, throwing her shoes into a corner and complaining about how fast the break had gone by. “Back to normal,” she had said, her voice cheerful, her eyes full of plans.But for me, the word settled differently. Heavy. Bitter.I buttoned my coat slowly, listening to the sounds outside. Laughter drifted through the open window, the kind that belonged to people who had not spent their nights haunted by sh
CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Thirty-Nine: Shadows in the Trees
Kael’s POVThe forest was alive in ways most mortals would never understand. Every branch creaked like a warning, every gust of wind carried the trace of something hidden, and every shadow stretched longer than it should have under the pale light of the moon. Kael moved with a predator’s stillness, each step silent even when the earth beneath him threatened to crackle. His senses were wide open, straining to catch the faintest hint of what he sought.The shapeshifter had been near. He could feel it as clearly as he felt the thrum of his own pulse. The scent was faint, a distortion in the natural rhythm of the forest, an oil slick running through water. It made his skin crawl. And beneath it all, threaded in the sharp tang of earth and night, was something that twisted his focus in ways he did not want to admit. Eden. Her scent lingered even here, though she was nowhere near the forest. It had soaked into his instincts, refusing to release him.Kael pressed a hand against the bark of a
CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Thirty-Eight: Whispers In The Window
Eden’s POVThe chill did not leave me even after the radiator ticked awake and sent a thin strip of warm air across the room. I wrapped my sweater tighter, pretending it was the fabric that kept me safe and not the idea of someone breathing close enough to know the shape of my dreams.I moved through the morning like someone moving through fog. Teeth brushed, hair tied in a careless knot, backpack slung over one shoulder. Layla fussed with her makeup across the room, singing something under her breath, her movements bright and ordinary. She glanced up at me once, reached for her phone, then turned back to the mirror as if nothing about me had shifted overnight.“You are pale,” she said without looking at me. “Do not tell me the big scary ghost of break is haunting you.”“Very funny,” I muttered, though my voice sounded thin even to my own ears. I wanted to laugh, to let Layla drag me into ridiculousness and forget the scrape of last night. Instead I found myself watching the window as
CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Rogue’s Circle II
The fire burned lower as the night deepened, shadows stretching long and ragged across the forest floor. The rogues settled into their positions around the clearing, sharpening blades, cleaning claws, and whispering about the blood that would one day be spilled. But Rafe did not linger. He had no interest in sitting among men who smelled of rot and desperation. His work was not done in the woods. His hunt was waiting inside the walls of Crestwood.He turned without ceremony, ignoring the way some of them glared at his back. Let them glare. They needed him more than he needed them. None of them had dared step foot within the academy. None of them could hold a smile across their lips while masking the hunger that curled behind their eyes. That was what made him dangerous. He knew how to hide. He knew how to smile while plotting a throat’s end.The forest welcomed him as he left the circle. The branches above shifted in the wind, their whispers sounding almost like voices. Rafe breathed
CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL Chapter Thirty-Six: The Rogue Circle
Rafe’s POVRafe moved silently through the forest beyond the academy grounds, his boots barely making a sound against the leaf-strewn earth. The night air was damp and heavy, the moon caught behind clouds that cast shifting shadows across the trees. He did not need the light. His senses worked perfectly well in the dark, sharper than any human’s, honed to pick out even the faintest sound.Behind him, the school lights glowed faintly in the distance. Crestwood Academy, with its tall walls and watchful guardians, thought itself untouchable. Kael believed he was the only predator circling its halls, but Rafe smiled to himself at the thought. He had been inside for weeks, walking unnoticed through the same corridors, watching the same students laugh and chatter as though nothing dangerous pressed against their walls. He had seen her. The girl. The one Kael had claimed with his eyes long before Rafe had ever approached.Eden.Her name tasted different in his mouth. She was human, fragile,
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