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This side of her is new- caspian

Caspian’s POV I sat on the edge of her bed, elbows on my knees, just... staring. Aria. Still unconscious, but breathing steady. Chest rising and falling like nothing happened. Like she hadn’t just nearly torn the world apart. Her hair—gods, her hair. It wasn’t black anymore. Silver. Purple. Like storm clouds right before lightning cracks the sky wide open. The strands shimmered even in the low light, like they were humming with energy that hadn't quite settled yet. "You're seriously trying to kill me with all this hotness, aren’t you?" I muttered under my breath, brushing a piece of hair off her cheek. She didn’t move. That scene behind the clubhouse… hell, I still wasn’t sure it had actually happened. I mean, I’ve seen crazy things. Done crazy things. But this? She’d been floating. Floating. Hair whipping around like it had a life of its own. Bursting with raw electricity. And those masked bastards? The Skull Syndicate? They weren’t prepared for it. Not even close. Honest

They have been killed

Aria’s POV Ever since I woke up… I felt different. Wilder. Like something had been caged inside me for too long, and now the bars were twisted open, and it was stretching its limbs for the first time. I let my wolf out. And something in me… shifted. It wasn’t just the violet eyes or the power that crackled under my skin like I was built from thunder now. No. It was in my head, my chest, my thoughts. Especially those thoughts. The ones I used to shove deep down. Hide in the dark, pretend they weren’t mine. The ones that made my heart race and my stomach flip—daydreams I used to feel dirty for having. Thoughts about my mates. About their hands. Their mouths. Their sounds. I used to hate that part of me—the wanting, the imagining. The shame that crept in after. The guilt. Like I wasn’t supposed to crave. Like I wasn’t allowed to need. But now? Now I could taste those thoughts. Let them rise without shame, without fear. It was like my wolf had handed me a part of myself I didn’

Found her wolf

Aria’s POV Quin didn’t answer. She just pulled her arm from mine I stared at her, stunned. Frozen. It was her. The face. The eyes. It was all Quin. But everything else… wasn’t. Her gaze was cold. Focused. Void of warmth. This Quin was like steel. Like something sharpened in a place no light ever touched. She turned and started to walk away. “Quin!” I stepped after her. “Stop! Talk to me!” Nothing. Just the sound of her footwear on concrete floor. I moved faster, falling in step beside her. “What’s going on? Where are you going? Quin! Are you seriously just walking away?!” She finally spoke, voice low and flat like it’d been scraped clean of anything human. “You’re not part of my mission, miss. You shouldn’t have followed me.” My stomach sank. “Your mission?” I asked, heart pounding. “Quin… are you the one who killed them? The masked men in the cells. Was that you? Why would you—” She didn’t answer. Kept walking. “Quin, stop!” I moved around her and stepped in her path,

With all due respect meant no respect

Aria’s POV Back at the penthouse with my mates. The tension in the room could’ve cut glass. But this wasn’t a casual meeting. They were all here because of me. I rose from my seat and looked each of them in the eye. “First of all,” I began, voice steady, clear, “thank you for heading my request for this meeting.” A formal tone. A thread of politeness. Respect—because what I was about to say next wouldn’t sound like it. “And now,” I continued, my spine straightening, “let me be blunt. This group is far more incompetent than I originally thought.” Kaid's head jerked up, his brows drawing together. “Excuse me?” I raised a hand. “I’m not finished.” I leaned forward on the table, my hands flat against the cool surface. “You four are supposed to be the apex predators of this academy. The elite. Yet you’ve been walking around blind to everything happening right under your noses.” Thane’s jaw tensed. Ryker’s fingers curled. Caspian whistled low, like he was impressed, but stayed qui

The main events

Aria’s POVEver since I stepped back into the academy, everything had changed. The looks were different. I was the Omega who dared to think she belonged in spaces reserved for Alphas and Betas. The girl who had the audacity to form a team for the intrahouse games when even Deltas scoffed at the idea. Now they stared like I was some kind of legend. Some watched me with wide-eyed admiration, others with thinly veiled envy. Most just looked confused, like they couldn’t piece together how the same girl they used to mock was suddenly the one the Headmaster publicly thanked on the official academy group chat.The rumors that followed after was diabolical. One said I charmed the headmaster. Another said I performed an act. And there are other things I won’t like to mention. I ignored most of it. But the weight of it followed me anyway as I made my way toward the school field. I sat on the bleachers, letting the sun warm my skin. Tyla flopped down beside me, grinning like she’d just wo

Spark meant for me

Selena’s POV I thought I was seeing double. No—I knew I wasn’t. There she was. Aria. The omega girl. Now, riding in on a sleek superbike, like she belonged here. Like she wasn’t completely out of place. I had to blink to believe it. She—that lowborn, irrelevant speck—was walking toward the Apex brothers’ penthouse. My Kaid’s penthouse. I stepped out of my car, heels clicking sharply against the pavement, every movement deliberate. Sweet. My smile was already prepared, soft and polished for Kaid if he happened to walk out. But Aria? Oh, she wasn’t getting the polished version. No. She was getting the real me. I strode toward her, my voice sweet but sharp. Like sugar glass just waiting to cut. “Well, well. What the hell are you doing here?” She stopped short, clearly not expecting me. Her lips parted slightly, her expression unreadable. “Long time no see.” Ugh. The audacity. I crossed my arms, letting the smile fade just enough to show my irritation beneath the surface.

Let’s work together

Aria’s POV I blinked, unsure I’d heard him right. Extra ears? Since when did Kaid need “extra ears”? It wasn’t like him at all. Was this… about what I said to him? What I said to all of them? That they were incompetent? That they were letting the Skulls Syndicate slip through their fingers while they played at politics and power? But Kaid wasn’t the kind of man who could be moved by harsh truths. Or so I thought. Still… I wanted to hear what Selena had to say. She wouldn’t have made her way into the penthouse unless she believed she had something real. Or wanted Kaid to think she did. So I shrugged. “Sure,” I said simply. “Why not.” That’s when Selena’s voice cut in, all breathy and wrapped in a ribbon of false sweetness. “Why is she part of this?” she asked Kaid, like I couldn’t possibly understand real information. “Bringing a complete stranger to this discussion isn’t a good idea.” Kaid didn’t even look at her. He didn’t answer her. He just walked out of the penthouse.

We move tonight

Kaids PoV “As long as I’m not you, I won’t be as incompetent.” The corner of my jaw twitched. The only reason I allowed her to come was to show her how much information she lacks. If she thinks we are incompetent, then she is way worse. Ever since she ripped into us—me—about how poorly we were handling the investigation, it’s been pissing me off. Does she have any idea what I’ve done? How deep I’ve gone? The risks I’ve taken to scrape through the filth the Skulls Syndicate leaves behind? No. She doesn’t. And still… she wasn’t wrong about the part where she said we ignored the cruelty in the Academy. Since when did someone else’s opinion get under my skin? "Because it’s her," my wolf said coldly in my mind. "Because you’re terrified she’ll see you as incompetent." That is not true. I ignored him. Or I tried to. But he wasn’t done. "You sat beside her just to feel her. You kept pretending to scroll through your phone, but you were watching her Kaid." I clenched my jaw. No.

It’s giving stalker vibes

Aria’s POV “It’s not up for debate,” I snapped, squaring my shoulders, locking my gaze on his like I could force my will into him. The others stayed quiet. That told me everything. If they wanted me to stay behind, they’d have backed him up by now. Thane finally broke the silence, his voice calm, thoughtful. “I have a much better idea.” I narrowed my eyes. “I’m not sitting back here like some helpless—” “You won’t be.” **** Thirty minutes later, I was standing in a room I’d never seen before. It looked like something straight out of those spy movies—walls covered with massive screens, machines humming quietly, the faint buzz of power thick in the air. “This is our security room,” Thane said, moving to one of the sleek consoles, fingers already flying over the keyboard. I crossed my arms. “This is so cool. How come I don’t see any security men?” “Because no one comes here.” His eyes didn’t leave the screens. “Aside from routine maintenance, no one steps foot in this place

The audacity is baffling

Aria’s POV I never thought in a million years. That he would ever call me.After everything.After I’d blocked every one of their numbers—his, my stepmother’s, my pathetic stepsisters’—I thought I’d finalized it. I thought I’d made it clear. I don’t want ties. I don’t want threads. I don’t want them. But here he was, cutting straight through the wall I’d spent years building. I forced the words out, sharp and cold. “Did my pitiful sisters cry onto your lap again?” A heavy silence. His voice came through like a low snarl. “Watch your mouth. Remember who you’re talking to. Just because you’re not living under my roof doesn’t mean you’ve earned the right to speak to me like that.” I scoffed, dragging my thumb across the table edge. “Like I have earned anything from you.” “Ungrateful,” he bit out. “You’ve always been so ungrateful. After everything I’ve done for you.” I swallowed the bitter taste rising in my throat. There it was. “What did you do for me, exactly?

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