LOGIN*Cody’s POV*I checked the time for the fourth time in less than a minute, then kept my phone in my pocket and kept walking.The meeting spot was an old maintenance shed just beyond the eastern training ground. It was a place students rarely visited because it was so close to the boundary. Serenity had chosen it. Or whoever was pretending to be Serenity. The message had come through the academy’s own server, followed by our childhood code word. The code word was convincing enough to make me show up, but not convincing enough to make me stupid. Anyone with access to the academy’s systems could have planted the message. The part about Kiara could have been bait and I was walking into an elaborate trap.I didn’t care if it was a trap. I was going anyway.A group of students came walking around the corner, dressed for a party. They were loud enough to announce their arrival to every creature within a mile. One of the girls spotted me and lifted her hand, smiling like a simpleton.“Cody!
*Alistar's POV*I had cuts across my ribs from trying to restrain Kiara. It had stopped bleeding, but every time I moved, it opened again.I stood in front of the bathroom mirror pressing a clean cloth on the wound while trying to figure out if Kiara had nearly torn my side open or I was getting too old. I cleaned the scratches on my shoulder then selected a clean shirt to wear. My mind went back to Kiara’s transformation. I remembered the way her bones had shifted so fast, the strength she had used to throw three Alpha heirs across a room like a bunch of mannequins, and the dark empty eyes.There was nothing ordinary about that shift. I picked up my phone from the table. I scrolled through my contacts until I found a name I hadn’t called in more than two years.She answered on the third ring. “Well, look what the moon dragged in.”“Hello to you too, Shayna.” I said, trying to sound pleased. Shayna Adams had been my girlfriend when I was a teenager still living my glory days. She
*Axel’s POV*The medical attendant had decided the best way to deal with an injured Alpha heir who refused to stay in bed was to drug him till he was unconscious. I would have filed for her to get two years in a dungeon but she was kinda cute. I wasn’t a fan of the idea, but after our third argument and another look at the wound on my side, I eventually gave up and allowed her to inject whatever mixture she had prepared.“Try to get some sleep,” she said, checking the bandage again.I scowled. “I’ll sleep when I’m ready.”“That’s what you said an hour ago.”I rolled my eyes and turned my back, immediately regretting the movement when the pain hit me. The room soon became quieter as the attendant left, and I stared at the ceiling, thinking about everything that happened so far. Kiara’s transformation kept replaying in my head, particularly the moment she turned at me with those dark eyes before tearing through my chest.I had never seen anything like that before and it terrified me t
*Cody’s POV*I took Axel to the medical center and waited while he got stitches. The attendant gave us a look when Axel told her he had gotten the injuries trying to train a house cat. Axel was still arguing with the medical attendant when I decided I had wasted enough time standing around.I shook my head and picked up my jacket.“Where are you going?” Axel asked, looking up.“To find out what we’re dealing with.”Axel looked like he wanted to argue, but a sharp movement made him wince in pain forcing him to lie back on the bed. I left before he could come up with another complaint.There was something about Kiara’s transformation that bothered me more than the fact she had almost killed us. Her wolf had been incredibly powerful, and feral. If not for Allistar’s drug, we would have been introduced to the afterlife. By the time I reached my private research room, I had already decided where to start digging. Kiara’s student file.I pulled up the academy’s central records system and
*Trevor’s POV*I was wearing my watch when I realized I was looking at Kiara’s bedroom for the third time.She had been gone for most of the afternoon and I knew she was probably with Allistar. I couldn’t help wondering what they were doing together. They were always together and I was beginning to think Allistar enjoyed stealing more of her attention even though he knew he was pissing me off.I picked up my training bag and checked that I had everything before reaching the door.Jermaine Steele was expecting me at training and I had no intention of keeping him waiting. The man had been training Alpha heirs for longer than most of the academy instructors had been alive. He was a legend. I reached for the handle when an unfamiliar sensation crept across the back of my neck. It felt like a cold chill.I stopped with my hand still on the door, staring at the corridor as an uncomfortable feeling settled in my guts.Something was wrong.I couldn’t explain it, and there was no sound or sce
*Kiara’s POV*I was walking across the academy yard when I thought I saw Trevor coming towards me, his hands in his pocket and his dark hair blowing in the wind. I slowed down ready to call his name before the figure turned and I realized it was a complete stranger. I looked away, annoyed with myself, and continued walking. Apparently, spending one night with three men was enough to make my brain malfunction. Every time I closed my eyes, I remembered how they had made me feel. I missed them already.I had spent a week complaining about being trapped in their wing, and now that I was free to walk around the academy I wanted to be locked inside with them. A few minutes later, I caught sight of someone who looked like Axel near the fountain, and my heart skipped a beat but then I realized it was another student.Wonderful.I shook my head and headed towards the male residential wing to find Allistar. Knowing him, he was probably bored enough to start a fight with random guys just to e







