LOGINGREEN’S POV.Ravenna sat silently for several long seconds after I told her to start from the beginning.The tiny apartment remained almost completely still beneath the faint rattling of winter wind against the old windows while her hands twisted nervously together in her lap. Exhaustion hollowed out her expression now that the adrenaline from earlier had finally faded, leaving behind something far more dangerous than panic.Defeat.“It was Mrs. Herbert,” Ravenna said quietly. “Her daughter had been hospitalized for over a month. My mother was one of the pediatric nurses assigned to her care.”The name immediately caught my attention.Mrs. Herbert was not simply another wealthy woman inside Blood Moon territory. Her husband belonged to one of the pack’s oldest influential bloodlines, and the Herbert family held enough political and financial influence that even council elders treated them carefully. Their donations funded parts of the central hospital, several military rehabilitation
GREEN’S POV.The cheap wood of the apartment door vibrated beneath my knuckles.Before the sound had even fully faded, every movement inside the apartment stopped completely. My senses immediately caught the sharp spike of panic bleeding through the thin walls alongside the violent rhythm of Ravenna’s heartbeat hammering far too fast inside her chest.Several long seconds passed before the lock finally clicked.The door opened only slightly at first, revealing Ravenna’s pale face beneath the dim hallway light. Her silver eyes widened the moment she recognized me, and I instantly noticed the heavy winter coat already wrapped around her body.Then my gaze shifted past her shoulder.A faded canvas duffel bag sat near the edge of the bed behind her, fully packed and zipped.Cold realization settled immediately through me.“Professor?” she breathed in obvious shock. “What are you doing here?”I did not answer.Instead, I pushed the apartment door fully open and stepped inside before she co
RAVENNA’S POV.Cold wind swept sharply through the administrative courtyard while I stood near the bottom of the stone staircase leading toward the Alpha offices, my hands shoved tightly into the pockets of my coat to hide how badly they were shaking.The massive iron gates surrounding the compound stood guarded on both sides by armed wolves dressed in black tactical uniforms bearing the Blood Moon crest across their shoulders. Every few minutes, officials and higher-ranking pack members moved through the courtyard carrying stacks of documents or speaking quietly among themselves before disappearing behind the enormous double doors leading deeper into the administrative building.Nobody paid much attention to me.I was just another low-ranking omega standing where she clearly did not belong.But after what happened inside the university courtyard yesterday, humiliation no longer felt important enough to stop me.The tactical committee had already made it painfully clear that hard wor
GREEN’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. I sat by the window for hours, barely moving, the sun slowly slipping away behind the trees while my mind refused to rest. The words of the elders repeated in my head like a loop that wouldn’t stop playing, grinding against the walls of my thoughts until it felt like my head would e
Ravenna’s POV. Even after the woman closed the door on me, I remained there on my knees for over twenty minutes hoping she would change her mind but she never did, Instead, I was thrown out. I paced outside her gate telling myself that I was about to go crazy, the picture of my poor mother proba
Ravenna’s POV. I didn’t understand what was happening at first. I had only stepped forward to defend my mother, after hearing the woman accusing her endlessly. I wanted to stand with her as I had always done. But the moment I didn’t kneel, the woman’s face twisted like something vile had crawle
Green’s POV. The moment the door clicked shut behind her, I just stood there, staring at it like it could somehow give me answers, the silence in my office stretching far too loud, pressing into my chest like a weight I couldn’t quite shake off. My breathing felt uneven, too tight, so I dragged







