All Chapters of The Rejected True Heiress: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Callum had one arm locked around the upper wire, his other gripping me, hard around the wrist. He’d caught me mid-fall.“I’ve got you!” he shouted, before tossing me up withone arm like I weigh nothing. I was floating for a second, face to face, when his arm snapped around my waist, pulling me close

LioraBy the time I made it back to the dorms, the hallway was empty. Just the low hum of the building’s old heating system, a thin buzz in the vents, and my own steps on the polished floors.The smell of smoke clung to me. It had followed me all the way from the ruined dance, up the long streets,

Liora The dorm was finally quiet.Mia had fallen asleep with one leg dangling off the edge of her bed, her hair still wet from a shower and fanning over her pillow like some halo. I sat at my desk with the lamp turned low, staring at the book I was more then engrossed in, even if my thoughts fought

LioraI hadn’t planned on walking these halls again. Not as Liora the nobody. But here I am, and after last night, there’s a strange satisfaction in it. Another day lived on my own terms, why wouldn’t that make me smile?By the time Mia and I walked into the hall, the whole school was buzzing like a

LioraMy bed felt more like coffin, it’s usual silky sheets encirling me like hands.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that hallway, Bianca’s smirk, the way they all laughed when nothing happened.When I opened them, I was still here.Still wolfless.I tried a hundred and thirty times that night. A