LOGINKael POVI noticed Serena was avoiding me and at first, I didn't think much of it.The Academy was chaotic after the attack, and everyone had been on edge then students were being questioned and the guards had been stationed throughout the grounds, so it was easy to assume she was simply keeping to herself but after several days, it became impossible to ignore.Whenever I entered a training hall, she found a reason to leave. If we happened to cross paths in the corridor, her eyes would drop before she hurried past me and during meals, she sat with Mira and kept her attention on her plate whenever I was nearby.She was deliberately staying away from me and I couldn't understand why.The last time we'd spoken, she had looked at me differently there had been something in her eyes that made me think she was finally beginning to trust me, even if she would never admit it then, almost overnight, she had built a wall between us and I should have left it alone but, I found myself wondering wh
Seraphina POV"Seraphina."My blood turned to ice and for several seconds, I couldn't move.The witch stood before me exactly as I remembered her, dressed in dark robes, her long hair falling over her shoulders.Her eyes seemed brighter than before, almost glowing in the darkness of the bathroom. I hadn't seen her in days since I had stood before her with nothing but my mother's knife, my grandfather's warning, and a desperate determination to become something my father had spent years telling me I could never be.I had given her five years of my Alpha power in exchange, she had given me a new face.At least, that was what I had thought. "You shouldn't have summoned me."Her voice was calm but mine wasn't."Someone knows."Her expression changed slightly. "Who?""My name was found beside a dead student."She stared at me. "My mother's name appeared on a wall."The witch's face became unreadable. "And someone left a message for me.""What message?"I swallowed and the witch looked at m
Seraphina POVThe sword slipped from my fingers and struck the floor, every conversation in the training hall died at once and I stared at the black crystal in the guard's hand.My name was carved into it. SELENA ARDEN not Seraphina or Elara.My stomach twisted. "I don't know anything about that."Nobody answered but the guard's expression remained hard. "We found it beside the body.""I've never seen it before.""You expect us to believe that?"I looked around the room and dozens of eyes were fixed on me. "I don't know how my name got there."The instructor stepped forward. "Enough."He took the crystal from the guard and examined it carefully then he looked at me. "Did you know the deceased?""No.""Did you speak to him yesterday?""I saw him collapse during training, that's all.""Did he approach you?""No.""Did you approach him?""No.""Then why is your name on a crystal found beside his body?""I don't know!"My voice cracked, I hated the way my hands were shaking and everyone w
Seraphina POVI woke with a gasp and my chest heaved as I sat upright, my heart pounding so hard that for several seconds I couldn't remember where I was.I looked around and everything was exactly as I had left it in my room.I touched my neck but there was nothing on it then I threw off the blanket and hurried toward the window and pulled the curtains open but the glass was clean with no handprint or message.I pressed my palm against the cold glass. "Are you alright?"I jumped, Mira was sitting up in her bed, staring at me with concern and I turned around. "What happened yesterday?"She frowned. "What do you mean?""The window.""What window?"I stared at her and she climbed out of bed."I was asking you if you were followed here, remember?"My stomach tightened. "Then what happened?""You said you didn't want to talk about it then I went to have my shower and when I came back, you were already asleep."I stared at her. "Already asleep?""Yes."She tilted her head. "You were exhau
Seraphina POV"Who is Elara?"For one second, I couldn't breathe because my mother's name was still burning across the wall in dark letters. "THE BLOOD OF ELARA WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN."I stared at it until the letters blurred then I forced myself to look at Kael.His eyes were fixed on me but I couldn't tell him.So I swallowed hard and shook my head. "I don't know."Kael's expression didn't change. "What?""I don't know who she is."His eyes narrowed. "You're saying you don't know the woman whose name is written on the wall?""Yes, i don't.""Then why did you look like you'd seen a ghost?"My fingers curled into my palms. "Because whoever wrote that message obviously wants to frighten people.""That's not an answer.""It's the only one I have."Kael stepped closer. "Selene."There was something different in his voice now."Stop lying to me."My heart hammered. "I'm not lying."He stared at me and I forced myself not to look at the wall again but how could someone here know her name?
Seraphina POVMy fingers were slipping and Kael's hand was the only thing keeping me from falling into the darkness beneath the broken floor, and every second he held me, the muscles in his arm trembled harder. "Hold on!""I'm trying!"My palm was slick with sweat even my injured ribs burned every time I moved.Above us, the corridor was still filled with shouting as the masked men were coming closer. "Kael," I gasped. "You need to let me go."His eyes flashed with disbelief. "Are you insane?""If they reach you, they'll pull you down too.""I said I'm not letting you fall.""Then you're going to fall with me.""Enough!"Kael adjusted his grip then braced one knee against the broken stone, and pulled with everything he had nothing happened at first but then my body jerked upward.I crashed against the edge of the floor, and Kael caught my waist before I could slide back, he dragged me onto solid ground and I collapsed onto my hands and knees, coughing violently.Kael crouched beside m







