LOGINA DECISION TO KEEP EVERYONE CALM~~KAEL'S POV~~"Will you be able to clear the rumors I heard yesterday during my meeting? The ones saying my sons are fighting over a poor girl?" He crossed one leg over the other again.There's more to this."That nonsense is a disgrace to me. How do you expect me to hold my head high among my associates when rumors are spreading like wildfire that my sons, Alphas I proudly raised, are chasing after a weak half-blood on scholarship?" He kept throwing insults at both my brothers and Mira.Someone has been feeding him information about our movements, and it only started recently.He never cared this much before."She isn't weak. You should've seen the way she defended herself against Seraphina yesterday. And I'm very sure she isn't a half-breed either. Her birth record is sealed. I found out something about her father. She's not an ordinary girl," Lucien said calmly, trying to reason with him.The room fell silent.Damn.Lucien had just poured salt into
RUMORS REACHING THEIR CRUEL FATHER~~~••KAEL'S POV••~~~Alpha Cassian Ravencrest.The sight of him standing at the mansion entrance made me suck in a sharp breath like I had just witnessed something horrifying. For a second, I genuinely thought my eyes were deceiving me.I blinked twice to be sure. But the figure remained the same.Cold.Tall.Terrifying.Him.A part of me desperately wished it was someone wearing his face as a disguise. "You know damn well nobody would dare impersonate him," my wolf muttered darkly inside my head.A cold shiver crawled down my spine as I slowly looked at him again. He was the only person alive capable of forcing emotions out of me without even speaking.The man behind every nightmare I had ever suffered.The reason for my sleepless nights. The reason I had nearly gone insane years ago. There was once a time I wanted to abandon the Ravencrest name completely and disappear somewhere far away.But he threatened me with my mother.My helpless, sick mothe
HEATED ARGUMENT OVER HER ~~LUCIEN'S POV~~The academy has been in complete chaos since last night when the headmaster ordered a full search for Mira.And even now, no one has found her.Although the halls had finally gone quiet because students were already in their various classes, I still couldn't focus on anything long enough to care about attending lectures.So instead, I sat alone on one of the couches in the massive living room located at the center of the mansion where all our separate apartments connected together.I was waiting for Kael.Patiently.Or at least trying to.My mind kept circling back to the same thought over and over again.Mira was definitely with him, and now that I knew he was the one who called for the fight, everything made even more sense.He wanted her badly injured.Injured enough to force her out of school.Kael had always solved problems the same way.Quietly.Efficiently.Bloodily.Especially after Ronan admitted he felt drawn to her.What terrified
WHO IS SHE?•••KAEL'S POV••••I stayed quiet for a while, trying to think of something reasonable enough to ask for in exchange for the deal.But nothing came to mind.Mostly because this girl had never been part of my plans until yesterday evening."I thought you were smart," I finally said while lightly tapping my lips with my middle finger. "Turns out you're actually dumb."She frowned immediately, confusion creasing her brows."Whenever you're trapped in a helpless situation, you don't tell the person capable of saving you that you'll do anything for them," I explained coldly. "That's the perfect chance for someone to take advantage of your weakness.""Is there a chance Seraphina's father could withdraw my scholarship?" she asked quietly instead. Her voice trembled badly toward the end. "I mean... could that become my punishment?""Yes.""Exactly." Her expression hardened bitterly. "You're only giving this advice because you have the world beneath your feet. I've reached a point w
THE NEED TO KEEP HER SAFE ••••Kael's POV••••I purposely bent down by the bedside, locking eyes with this strange new girl to make her feel scared.Instead, what filled her eyes was pure hatred. She turned away without saying a word, biting her lower lip to stop herself from hissing out loud.I watched her quietly as she slowly placed both of her palms against the bed with a heavy sigh, her face squeezing with raw pain.She was trying to push herself up that way with the hope that her body would lift from the bed so that she could find her way out.Unluckily for her, the injuries she sustained from that wrenching fight have fully weakened her body to a very bad extent, and the physician that I personally hired to come and treat her mentioned that she needs a lot of rest and healthy food. How she gets healed shouldn't be your business at all. You called for the fight! These are the words that have been ringing in my head since I dangerously drove out of the combat train
THE COST OF HEALING••LUCIEN'S POV••"You don't need to know," I replied flatly, refusing to answer him."I do," he said shortly, his tone carrying a dangerous edge."You're trying to investigate her, right? So what tangible thing have you actually found?" he mocked in his usual cold voice.He was trying to provoke me on purpose, hoping I would get angry enough to stay away from Mira. Honestly, this was the longest conversation I had shared with my brother in a very long time.Kael was always cold.I couldn't even remember the last time I saw him laugh... or cry.Had he ever done either?Part of me didn't want to answer him at all, but I also knew that if I kept quiet, he would start digging on his own.And that was the last thing I wanted."Her birth records are nowhere to be found," I admitted tiredly.Kael frowned immediately, confusion creasing his brows.He clearly didn't understand why that mattered."You wouldn't get it," I muttered, stopping myself from rolling my eyes before







