Semua Bab ALPHA REJECTION: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Chapter Hundred -oneCassie's POV"Tell us how your mission is progressing, Cassie," Elder Marlow's voice cuts through the heavy silence in the chamber.I stand in the center, their eyes piercing through me, though I can't see their faces beneath the dark hoods. The same room that had once made me feel small and insignificant now only fuels my determination. Months ago, when I’d first stood here, I had been trembling, barely able to meet their eyes. But now? Now, I know what I’m capable of. I’m not the same scared girl I was back then. "I've been monitoring the two targets closely," I reply, my voice steady. "They’re not like the others. Jenna and Raina stand out.""How so?" Elder Marlow presses, her tone a deliberate test of my resolve.I refuse to falter." Their movements, their instincts, the way they respond to threats. They're cautious, but not in a human way. Jenna especially. She avoids revealing too much, but she’s slipped up a few times." I glance around the room, feeling th

Chapter One hundred and Three Jenna's POV I frown. “You think someone was watching us?”“Maybe,” she replies, her voice clipped. “Or maybe I’m just paranoid. Either way, I don’t like it.”I sit down on the couch, trying to shake off the unease creeping up my spine. “Do you think it’s... something we should worry about?”Raina’s eyes flick to the paintings on the wall, then back to me. “Maybe. Maybe not. But like I said before, Jenna—people like us need to keep our guard up. Always.”My heart skips a beat at her words. People like us. Does she know? Or is she just talking about the general dangers of living in a world where predators—both human and otherwise—exist?I open my mouth to ask, but something in Raina’s expression stops me. She’s watching me carefully now; her eyes narrowed, as if she’s trying to figure something out.“Let’s just say,” she adds, her voice low and cautious, “there’s more to this world than meets the eye. And not everyone is as they seem.”I nod slowly, my mi

Chapter Hundred and FiveJenna's POV Minutes stretch out like hours as Eleanor works quickly, cutting out the bullet and wiping the wound clean. Raina moans in agony, but I keep holding her hand, whispering reassurances that I’m not sure she can even hear.Finally, Eleanor ties off the wound, her hands slick with blood. “We need to move now. We’ll use her car.”I help lift Raina to her feet, her weight heavy and limp between us. Together, we guide her out of the apartment, every step a struggle. The streets are empty, but shadows seem to cling to every corner. I can’t shake the feeling that eyes are watching us.Once we’re in the car, Eleanor drives, her gaze steely and focused. I sit in the back, keeping Raina’s head cradled in my lap. She’s barely conscious; her breaths are shallow and labored.“Where are we going?” I ask, my voice strained.Eleanor’s eyes flick to mine in the rearview mirror. “Somewhere they won’t find us.”I swallow hard, nodding, though I have no idea where that

Chapter Hundred and Seven Cassie's POV I hold my breath, crouched low behind the dumpster, heart hammering in my chest as I watch Jenna leave. She glances over her shoulder before disappearing down the street, leaving Raina standing at the door, watching her go. My body tenses as Raina lingers, her sharp eyes scanning the street, searching.She knows, I think. She can sense me… Raina steps out further, and I freeze. I duck lower, my pulse racing as I press myself against the cold metal of the dumpster, praying she doesn’t see me. I peek through a small gap between the trash bins, watching as she scans the street again. Every nerve in my body is on edge, waiting for her to come closer, waiting for the moment I’ll be discovered.But she doesn’t. After what feels like forever, Raina turns around and heads back inside, closing the door behind her. I exhale, my muscles aching from the tension, but I don’t move. Not yet. I stay crouched, listening for any sound that might suggest she’s c

Chapter one hundred and NineViolet’s POVThe tether’s words haunt me, replaying over and over like a curse I can’t escape. “You’ll always be second best.” His voice, smooth and cruel, gnaws at my mind as if it's tearing apart every hope I had. Even now, hours later, the weight of his revelation presses down on me, suffocating me under its relentless force.I sit alone by the riverbank, the air thick with the scent of wet earth and the cool rush of water. The moon, high above, casts a pale glow on the forest around me, but even its light feels distant and unreachable. "You’ll always be second best."Those words have dug deep, burying themselves into my chest. It’s as if the tether had wrapped his dark, invisible hands around my heart, squeezing until I couldn’t breathe. Jack. Jack had loved someone else. Not just anyone—a rogue. Jenna. The one he was destined to be with, the one the gods themselves had chosen for him.Not me.The tether had been so certain, so mocking… “You were ne