Semua Bab THE ALPHA WHO HATED ME: Bab 51 - Bab 60

Chapter 52**Evangeline's POV**My tiny apartment felt like a prison cell. The walls pressed in on me from all sides, making it hard to breathe. I'd been pacing the same three steps back and forth for hours, my bare feet wearing a path in the old carpet.The council meeting felt like it happened years ago instead of just this morning. Everything had changed so fast. One moment I thought I was going to be expelled, thrown out with nothing. The next, Ronan was standing up for me like some kind of hero.Then he'd crushed me all over again."Don't read anything into it."The words played on repeat in my head, each time cutting deeper than the last. I pressed my hands against my ears, trying to make them stop, but they were burned into my memory now."I would have done the same for any pack member."I sank onto my bed, pulling my knees to my chest. The springs creaked under my weight, the sound lonely in the quiet room. Outside, rain started to fall against my window, soft at first, then h

Chapter 54**Evangeline's POV**Monday arrived like a storm cloud. I'd barely slept after finding the black rose on my windowsill, and my nerves felt raw and exposed. Every shadow in my apartment had looked like a threat. Every creak of the old building had made my heart race.The silver pendant Maeve had given me hung heavy around my neck, hidden beneath my shirt. It had grown warm during the night, pulsing with an energy that felt protective. Whatever was hunting me, the charm was working overtime to keep me safe.I grabbed my bag and headed for school, my feet dragging with exhaustion. The hallways of Blackclaw Academy buzzed with the usual Monday morning chaos. Students rushed to lockers, teachers called out reminders about assignments, and somewhere in this maze of normalcy, someone wanted me dead.The thought made my stomach twist with fear.Lunch period couldn't come fast enough. By the time the bell rang, I was shaking with hunger and anxiety. I hadn't eaten breakfast, too ner

Chapter 56**Evangeline's POV**That night, my dreams pulled me into another world.I stood in a place where silver light fell like rain from an endless sky. The ground beneath my feet sparkled like crushed diamonds, and the air hummed with power so ancient it made my bones ache. Everything here felt familiar, like a half-remembered song from childhood.In the distance, a figure walked toward me. She was tall and graceful, with flowing hair that shifted between silver and black like liquid moonlight. Her skin glowed with the same ethereal light that surrounded us, and when she looked at me, her eyes held the wisdom of centuries.I knew who she was before she spoke."Child of my blood," the Moon Goddess said, her voice echoing through the dreamscape like music. "You have finally awakened."My throat felt tight with emotion. "I don't understand what's happening to me.""You understand more than you know." She moved closer, and I could see her face clearly now. Beautiful beyond words, bu

Chapter 58***Evangeline point of view***The bond erupted between us like a supernova, sending waves of emotion and sensation through every nerve in my body. But it was more than that. As our lips met, the cave trembled. My shadow magic, suppressed for so long, began to break free. Darkness and silver light burst from my skin in equal measure, dancing, clashing, seeking balance. For a moment, I thought the earth itself was holding its breath.His lips were soft and warm against mine. His hands tangled in my hair, holding me like I was the most precious thing in the world. And for a moment, despite the chaos of power swirling around us, I let myself believe it was real.Then reality crashed back down on me.I pulled away, my chest heaving, desperately shoving my magic back down before he could see what I truly was."No," I said, scrambling backward until I hit the cave wall."Evangeline...""No!" The word echoed off the stone walls. "You don't get to do this to me. Not again.""What d

Chapter 60**Ronan's POV**The silence was killing me.Not the silence of my empty bedroom, where I sat staring at the engagement ring box on my nightstand. Not the silence of the Nightbane castle, where servants moved like ghosts through halls that felt more like a mausoleum than a home.It was the silence inside my head. Where my wolf used to be.He'd gone quiet that morning. The same morning I'd walked through the front door at dawn, still tasting Evangeline's kiss on my lips, still feeling the phantom touch of her hands in my hair. Still believing, foolishly, that maybe I could find a way to choose her.My parents had been waiting for me in the study. Both of them sitting behind my father's massive oak desk like judges preparing to deliver a sentence. The engagement ring had been spread out on the leather surface between them - a family heirloom that had belonged to Nightbane women for generations."Where have you been all night?" my father had demanded."Out," I'd said, not wanti