Chapter 39Accusations/-Tediora-/My breath caught.He was looking straight at me. No shields. No warmth. Just cold, hard scrutiny, like he didn’t know me at all.“I said,” Dominic repeated, his voice lower now but far more dangerous, “did you steal from me?”I blinked, stunned. “You just said they found the crest…”“That’s not an answer.”I swallowed hard. My throat felt like sandpaper.“No,” I said, voice steady despite the turmoil inside. “I didn’t.”Silence.A muscle ticked in his jaw. Behind him, Asher made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a scoff. Rhys leaned casually against the wall, twirling a dagger between his fingers like this was all just a game to him.Dominic stared for another breathless second before finally stepping back. He turned to the scarred man. “Where was it found?”“Under his bed,” the man responded and my eyes widened.Under my bed? How?I know I spent the entire night with Dominic and during that time, no one else came into the room. It was just me a
Chapter 38The Suspect/-Tediora-/The sharp sound of the theft alarm shattered the silence like glass. My heart leapt to my throat.It rang loud and angry, echoing through the walls, making the windows shake. “What the hell is that?”“Theft alarm,” Basil said, eyes wide. He sat up slowly. “I’ve only heard it once before. It's the theft alarm,“Someone must have stolen from the phantom wolves.”“Now who the hell could be that stupid?” Sammy huffed. lI didn’t move. I couldn’t. My hand was still tucked under my shirt where the letter was hidden. No way. It can’t be about the letter. That wasn’t even locked up.Right?The door burst open before I could think anymore. Four guards in dark uniforms stormed in with heavy boots and zero patience.“Everyone! Get up. Hands visible. Stand by your beds.”We scrambled to obey. Sammy cursed under his breath but moved, while Basil looked like he was trying not to pass out. I slowly rose to my feet, my knees trembling.The lead guard, a man with a
Chapter 37The Alarm/-Tediora-/“What are you doing?” My heart drummed as I heard his footsteps approaching me. I immediately pulled up my shirt and tucked the letter in it before turning around, just before he could get to me. “Hey you,” I chuckled nervously. “You have a weird collection of books.” His eyes darted past me to the shelves then he shrugged. “I'm not much of a reader. I only buy books if I'm gifting them to Zeke.” “I see…” I drawled. “So these are the rejects?” I gestured to the pile of books. “Let's just say he's not a fan of historical fantasy,” Dominic responded. “It was painful to watch him struggle to read them so I had to seize them from him,” he walked past to fix the books properly. When he picked up the book that letter fell from, my heart skipped. Mostly because he didn't immediately drop it like the rest of them. Instead, his gaze lingered on it. “This, however, was someone else's favourite. He never got to finish it,” He went on.“Who was it?” I asked
Chapter 37A Clue/-Tediora-/“Checkmate,” I grinned and he chuckled. “You only won because I let you,” he huffed. “Oh, really? You let me win six times?” I teased and he looked away with a scoff. “Since I have won countless times, how about a reward?” “We never agreed on a reward system,” he raised a brow and I yawned, pretending to be bored. “Then what's the point of winning if there's no reward. I'm already getting bored,” I lied. It was actually quite entertaining to see how predictable Dominic was. He didn't resort to any underhanded tricks and just played a line of predictable moves. It was sweet to see how simple-minded he was. “Fine, what do you want?” He asked.“It's not really that much of a deal. I just want to know what Alpha Zeke was like…” I trailed off. “You know before…”Dominic's eyes narrowed at me. “Why are you always so curious about Zeke? The last time we had training together, you were hoarding me with questions about him all the way.”I bit my lip. Damn, I
Chapter 36Teasing/-Tediora-/I thought he would get mad. I honestly expected him to flip but he just laughed. Like laughed really hard. “Geez, you're so weird,” he chuckled. “Why the fuck would I claim you?”I opened my mouth to say something but no words would leave them. I was tongue-tied.“I just don't want you hanging out with Rhys because you're going to get hurt. It doesn't mean I'm attracted to you or anything so calm the fuck down,” Dominic said. I gulped, feeling my cheeks redden a little with embarrassment. “Why… do you all assume that?” I muttered slowly. “Rhys hasn't even touched me.” Dominic's expression remained neutral so I couldn't quite tell if he believed me or not. But there was a little hint of relief in his eyes. “It's good you haven't gone too deep yet. It's not too late to back out,” Dominic said. I bit my lip. He was making it sound like I had a choice but I really didn't. It was either that or my ass was going to be opened to the entire school. But I a
Chapter 35You Never Claimed Me/-Tediora-/I was trailing behind him, thinking of all possible scenarios that could happen in that room. I tried to keep my face as neutral as possible as the dirty thoughts roamed through my mind. My body was heating up from the mere thought of having those hands on my body. My steps slowed as shame slowly engulfed. Why the hell was I even thinking about that? It was beginning to look like I was looking forward to it. Since our encounter at the pool, all I could think about was having him touch me. I wanted to know what it felt like to be close to him. We got into the elevator and it was just about to close when Alpha Dominic appeared out of nowhere and joined us, just before the door closed. A wave of unease swept through me as his eyes scanned between Rhys and me. Those turquoise eyes searched my face. Like he was looking for something. Anything that would give away my thoughts. “And where are you going?” He finally asked. “I don't remember se