LOGINGREEN’S POV.The third row was empty.I stood behind the heavy oak podium at the front of the lecture hall on Tuesday morning, delivering a meticulously prepared lecture on border defense tactics while my attention kept drifting back toward the vacant seat near the center aisle.Since the semester began, Ravenna had never missed a single class.She always arrived before the lecture began, eyes focused sharply on the board while the rest of the students whispered and laughed around her.But today, the seat remained hollow.She had actually done it.She had walked away from the university completely.For several long seconds, my eyes remained fixed on the empty seat while the quiet scratching of pens echoed throughout the lecture hall.The absence disturbed me far more than it should have.Usually, Ravenna sat perfectly still during lectures, shoulders tense beneath oversized coats while she copied every word written across the board with relentless concentration. Even when exhaustion h
SANDY’S POV.The plush leather chair inside Professor Vance’s private office was soft enough to sink into, but it did absolutely nothing to calm the lingering humiliation still crawling beneath my skin.I wrapped both hands tightly around the glass of water resting against my lap while trying to steady the faint trembling in my fingers. Across the office, sunlight filtered through the tall windows overlooking the university courtyard below, but even the warmth spreading through the room failed to erase the memory of standing frozen in front of hundreds of students while Ravenna challenged me publicly.A filthy wolfless omega.The thought alone made my stomach twist violently with anger.I was the Beta’s daughter. The future Luna of the Blood Moon pack. I had spent my entire life being treated with the respect my bloodline deserved, yet for several agonizing seconds inside that courtyard, Ravenna had made me look weak in front of the tactical committee, the combat division, and worst o
GREEN’S POV.The heavy iron gates of the university courtyard slammed shut behind Ravenna, the dull metallic sound echoing through the stunned silence she left behind.For several long seconds, nobody moved.Students remained frozen throughout the courtyard while whispers spread uneasily beneath the weight of what had just happened. The shattered remains of Ravenna’s laptop still lay scattered across the cobblestones near the tactical dais, abandoned like the final evidence of a battle she realized she was never truly allowed to win.I remained seated at the far end of the committee table, my hands resting flat against the oak surface while a slow, violent rage spread steadily beneath my skin.I had told her to trust the system.I had told her the truth would matter if she exposed Sandy publicly.Instead, I sat there and watched the tactical committee destroy her in front of the entire university without hesitation simply because she lacked the bloodline necessary to defend herself.W
RAVENNA’S POV.The main courtyard was packed.Monday noon sunlight spilled across the towering stone buildings surrounding the university while hundreds of students crowded tightly around the raised tactical dais at the center of the courtyard. Nervous energy buzzed through the air beneath the constant hum of whispers, speculation, and shifting bodies as everyone waited for the final academic evaluations determining entry into the Elite Combat and Leadership Squad.This was not the official induction ceremony yet.The tactical committee still needed to finalize rankings before the candidate list could be formally approved and presented to the Alpha later that evening. Senior combat instructors, professors, and tactical evaluators sat behind a long oak table elevated above the crowd while stacks of manuscripts rested neatly before them.Professor Green sat near the far end of the committee table, his posture rigidly composed beneath the pale daylight. From where I stood near the edge o
GREEN’S POV.The steering wheel groaned faintly beneath my grip as I drove away from Ravenna’s apartment building.Freezing mist drifted across the dark roads while the headlights cut through the quiet streets surrounding the outer territory, but my thoughts remained fixed entirely on the girl I had just left behind.Murder charges, not treason. The distinction mattered far more than most people realized.Inside powerful werewolf territories, crimes against the Alpha or pack leadership were rarely hidden quietly underground. Treason was designed to become spectacle. Public humiliation, executions, forced exile—Alphas used punishments like that to reinforce fear throughout their territory and remind weaker wolves exactly where power belonged.But Ravenna’s mother had not disappeared beneath public outrage.She had simply been buried inside a freezing holding cell while the entire situation remained strangely quiet.That alone unsettled me.Because powerful packs only concealed cases wh
RAVENNA’S POV.The silence of my drafty apartment on Sunday morning felt suffocating.I sat on the edge of my narrow bed staring at the peeling wallpaper while the reality of tomorrow pressed steadily against my chest like physical weight. Monday at noon. The tactical committee, the Alpha, the entire university gathered in the main courtyard. If I stood in front of all of them and accused the future Luna of theft without proof strong enough to protect me, they would not simply fail me academically. They would destroy me publicly.Professor Green had told me to use my knowledge of the manuscript as my weapon.But I could not walk onto that battlefield completely empty-handed.I pushed the blanket aside, pulled on my heavy coat, and left the apartment.The bus ride toward the university passed quietly beneath gray morning skies. Since it was Sunday, most of the academic buildings remained locked while only the main library stayed open for limited study hours. Compared to the noise and a
Ravenna’s POV.I couldn’t remember how long I stood there after Sally and her friends left. The street was quiet except for the fading sound of their laughter. The broth lay scattered on the ground, soaking into the dirt, its faint smell mixing with the cold evening air. I knelt down slowly, my han
Green’s POV.Sleep had become impossible. I lay on the couch, staring at the ceiling, the faint hum of the refrigerator the only sound filling the apartment. Every muscle in my body felt tense, every thought an echo of her. Ravenna’s face wouldn’t leave my mind. The way her eyes had looked before s
Ravenna’s POV.The night air clung to my skin as I walked home, every step heavy, every thought dragging me deeper into a place I didn’t want to be. I felt hollow, as if something inside me had been ripped open and left that way. Green’s words kept echoing in my head, cruel and sharp, cutting throu
Ravenna’s POV.I could not stop shaking when I read the message in the class group chat. The Dean’s words were simple, only announcing that Professor Green had taken a short break from work due to exhaustion, but they tore through me like something cruel and final. It felt like the whole world had







