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Chapter 14: A Trail Left in the Ashes
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To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 14: A Trail Left in the Ashes
- RAVENAI stood there on the rocky ridge, the wind tearing at my grey coat, my fingers tightly gripping the edge of my basket to keep my hands from shaking. A wild, electric jolt of pure adrenaline shot straight up my spine, completely consuming the cold.Every six months.I had spent the last ninety days wondering how a wolfless, exiled rogue like me was ever going to get past the iron-clad gates of the most secure military academy in the north. I had been preparing to risk my life just to sneak over the outer walls. But the door wasn't locked. The door was right here, built by the very man who kept this village alive.I wasn't moving away from my vengeance. Without even realizing it, I had walked right into the epicenter of the plot. The path to Grand Alpha Roderic D’Arden didn't require me to scale a fortress; it required me to prove myself to Chief Rod."When..." I swallowed hard, forcing my voice to remain steady, though a dangerous, lethal spark was blooming in my chest. "When
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 13: The Bridge to Erevale
- RAVENAThree months in the Hollow-Eye Remnant had done more than just heal my broken bones; it had given me a strange sort of peace. For the first time since the slaughter at the Valecrest estate, I wasn't looking over my shoulder every five seconds, waiting for a Crimsonridge executioner to drag me back to a cell.Life among the outcasts was quiet, built on a gentle rhythm of shared survival. It turned out that being a wolfless rogue was the only passport I needed to be trusted here. We all shared the same hollow space in our chests, the same quiet grief of being discarded by the high pack houses. Every day, I carved out a place for myself, helping in the communal kitchen and working in the small stone infirmary.I was honestly amazed the first time I walked into that clinic. For an underground village hidden in a volcanic crater, their shelves were incredibly well-stocked. They had clean bandages, high-grade surgical tools, and rows of rare tinctures that most rogue camps would h
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 12: The Sovereign’s Shadow
- RAVENAThe small timber cabin Edith had given me was quiet, save for the rhythmic clicking of the dying embers in the hearth. For three days, I barely left the mattress. My body was paying the price for the miles I’d dragged it through, and every muscle felt like it had been shredded and stitched back together with rusty wire. The friction burns from the silver-iron shackles on my wrists were finally starting to scab over, thanks to a pungent moss salve Rayna had brought me, but the hollow ache where Astraea used to be remained. Without a wolf’s rapid healing, I was just a fragile, breakable human.Somewhere in the deep, freezing middle of the night, the ambient temperature in the cabin suddenly shifted.I woke up with a gasp, my hand instantly flying to the heavy Crimson Gibcasite pendant resting against my collarbone. It wasn't the bitter winter wind that had startled me awake. It was the strange air. The draft coming through the floorboards suddenly felt dense and dry, carryi
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 11: The Hollow-Eye Remnant
- RAVENAThe journey deeper into the woods felt like a slow, agonizing march through a labyrinth designed to swallow people whole. The tall woman kept her silence as she marched ahead at a relentless pace. Rayna trotted silently beside her with her tiny bare feet.I had to struggle just to keep from falling behind. The oversized trousers kept slipping down my hips, forcing me to clutch the thick waistband with one hand while using the other to hoist myself up the steep incline. My legs were still shaking from days of running without food, but the real agony was the deep, throbbing ache left by the Crimsonridge cells. My wrists and ankles were still raw and bloody from the heavy silver-iron shackles they’d chained me with, and my back was stiff from the beatings the enforcers handed out like daily rations. The Council’s binding ritual had left my entire nervous system feeling like it had been set on fire. Every step reminded me of the hell they'd put me through.We climbed higher,
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 10: Follow Us
- RAVENARayna shrank back so fast she practically dissolved into the thick trunk of the pine tree. Her small shoulders shook under her wool shawl, her eyes fixed on the dirt as if looking at her mother would somehow make things worse. One look at the kid was enough to see how frightened she was.I didn't want to get a child killed, and I definitely didn't want to get my throat ripped out by a woman who looked like she could snap me in half with her mind.Using the rough bark of the tree behind me, I forced myself up. My knees wobbled violently, my feet slipping slightly on the slick moss, but I managed to stay upright, leaning heavily against the trunk just to keep from collapsing right back into the dirt."She didn't do anything," I croaked out, my voice cracking. "It’s my fault. I’m just... I'm harmless. Look at me."The woman’s pale eyes didn't soften. They stayed sharp as flint, tracking the way my hands shook against the bark."I'm wolfless," I said, the words scraping their way
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 9: Strangers
- RAVENAMy feet felt numb and heavy, and every step sent an ache through my back. Between the injury after the Council's punishment, an escape through the freezing river, the drop off that waterfall, the lack of a wolf to keep me warm, and the hollow emptiness in my stomach, I was completely running on fumes. I hadn't eaten a real meal in days. My throat had gone completely dry, making every swallow a struggle.I didn't know where I was going anymore. I was just putting one foot in front of the other, moving away from the border, away from the Crimsonridge Pack, and away from that angry, paralyzed wolf by the pool.Eventually, the forest started to spin. The dark pines blurred together into a messy green smear, and my knees buckled. I didn't even try to catch myself. I just tipped forward, collapsing onto a bed of frozen moss beneath a massive, ancient pine. The ground was hard and unforgiving, but right then, it felt like a feather bed. I let my eyes close, the freezing cold wrappin
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 8: Heat Sparks
Chapter 8: Heat Sparks- RODERIC"Alpha! What the hell happened?"Lucas came sliding down the slick embankment so fast he nearly took a dive straight into the pool himself. He had his dagger drawn, his eyes darting around the empty banks like he expected an ambush. When he looked at me, still sittin
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 7: Ash and Ink
- RAVENA"Hey! Drop that!" the paralyzed man shouted from the pool, his voice booming with a furious authority that made the water vibrate.I didn't answer. I just backed up into the slushy gravel, my breath hitching as I clutched the heavy pile of dry clothes against my chest."You're dead if I cat
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 6: Dropping on the Lap
- RODERIC"Lucas, get out," I muttered, not bothering to open my eyes. "And stay out.""You need help getting down the rocks, Alpha," Lucas said from somewhere behind me. His boots crunched on the frozen gravel, the sound far too close for comfort. "Don't act like you can just glide down there.""I
To Kill Alpha Roderic Chapter 5: The Deep End
- RAVENAThe two goons Elder Marrow picked to dump me at the edge of the world didn't say a word the whole trip. They just gripped my arms, dragging me through the dirt until the dirt turned into frozen slush.We were heading for the Hollowland.Every wolf grew up hearing stories about this desolate
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