All Chapters of THE ALPHA WHO HATED ME: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 1EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW The bus wheels screech against wet pavement as we pull up to the gates. My stomach twists into knots. Through the rain-streaked window, Blackclaw Academy looms like a monster made of stone and shadows. Gothic towers pierce the gray sky. Gargoyles stare down with hollow eyes that seem to follow me.I press my face closer to the glass, the cold surface numbing my cheek. Students move across the courtyard in perfect groups. Their uniforms are crisp. Their movements confident. They belong here in ways I never will.My fingers trace the edge of my acceptance letter. The paper is worn from folding and unfolding it so many times. Uncle Marcus gave this to me three weeks ago. His dying wish. The only thing he ever asked of me."For your future, Evie," he whispered with his last breath. "Promise me you'll take this chance."So here I am. Keeping promises to dead men who believed I could be more than what I was born to be.The bus door hisses open. Rain hits

Chapter 3RONAN POINT OF VIEW The training room door slams behind me with a sound like thunder. I lean against it, my chest heaving like I've run a marathon. But I haven't moved a muscle since leaving the cafeteria. Since putting that pathetic Omega in her place.Since doing exactly what needed to be done.My hands shake as I push away from the door. Not from regret. From rage. Pure, white-hot fury at the cosmic joke that tried to ruin my life.The memory hits me like a physical blow. Her face. The way she looked at me with such desperate hope. Like I was her salvation instead of her superior in every possible way.I punch the concrete wall. Hard. My knuckles split open. Blood drips onto the floor. The copper tang mixes with the scent of her still clinging to my skin. It makes my stomach twist in ways I refuse to acknowledge.*Why her?*The question burns through my mind for the hundredth time. Of all the wolves in all the packs, why did fate try to chain me to her? An Omega with no

Chapter 5EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW Something is wrong with me.I wake up Thursday morning feeling like someone drained all the life from my body. My arms shake when I try to lift them. My legs wobble when I stand. Even breathing feels hard, like the air has turned thick as mud.My wolf is silent. Completely silent. She's always been quiet, but this is different. This is like she's... gone.She used to hum in my chest when I was scared. Whisper courage when I wanted to run. In the darkest moments after Uncle Marcus died, she would curl around my heart and promise we'd survive together.Now there's just emptiness where she should be.I stumble to the bathroom and splash cold water on my face. The girl staring back at me in the mirror looks sick. Pale. Hollow. Like a ghost of who I used to be."Get it together," I whisper to my reflection. But my voice sounds weak. Fragile.The walk to school takes twice as long as usual. Every step feels like I'm walking through sand. My backpack weigh

Chapter 7EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW Friday morning arrives like a funeral march. Each step toward school feels heavier than the last. The binding stone's grip on me has tightened overnight. My wolf is barely a whisper now, so faint I wonder if I imagined her voice.But I force myself to keep walking. Keep breathing. Keep existing.The hallways blur past me in streams of color and noise. Students laugh and shout and live their normal lives while I float through like a ghost. Nobody sees me anymore. Nobody cares.Maybe that's for the best.First period drags by in a haze. I can't hold my pen steady enough to take notes. The words on the board swim together like fish in murky water. My head throbs with each heartbeat.When the bell rings, I stay in my seat. Moving feels impossible. Like my bones have turned to lead."Miss Cross?"I look up to see Professor Kane standing beside my desk. His face shows concern that makes my throat tight with unshed tears."Are you alright? You look quite p

Chapter 9RONAN POINT OF VIEWPain.It starts in my chest like a knife twisting between my ribs. Sharp. Sudden. So intense I double over in my chair and gasp for air that won't come.She was just supposed to disappear. Fade away like the weak little omega she is. I never wanted this.My calculus textbook slides off my desk and hits the floor with a thud that echoes through my empty bedroom. The sound makes my head throb like someone is hammering nails into my skull.What the hell is happening to me?I press my palm against my chest where the pain burns hottest. My heart pounds so hard I can feel it against my hand. But it's not my heartbeat. It's wrong. Off rhythm. Like someone else's heart is trying to beat inside my body.The binding stone around my neck grows warm against my skin. Then hot. I grab it and yank, but the chain won't break. The metal burns my fingers like I'm touching fire.*Let go,* a voice whispers in my mind. Soft. Desperate. Familiar.I know that voice."No," I say