All Chapters of Mated To The Monster Boys: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Seraphina's POV:Seventeen was supposed to be my year. Not perfect—Ashgrove Haven had beaten the idea of perfection out of me a long time ago—but a year of quiet, of escape and of finally breathing without feeling like the walls were pressing in on me. I had plans to graduate and get out. Maybe find a small art scholarship and vanish into a city no one could find me in.Instead, the universe handed me heartbreak, humiliation, and a whole lot of power I didn’t ask for.It started in the art room—our art room. A hidden sanctuary where I used to spend hours painting sunrises and trying to believe in new beginnings. But that day, I opened the door and stepped into a nightmare.There they were. Tobias—my boyfriend of nearly a year—and Marley, my best friend since I was ten, tangled up together on the same old easel table where we used to doodle nonsense during free periods.I couldn’t even speak. I just stood there like a ghost in my own life, watching their mouths part in matching horror

Seraphina’s POVThe morning air was crisp, almost too clean, as if the wind itself had been scoured of impurities. Mist swirled over the grassy plains where we now stood—an open field just beyond the academy’s towering walls. It looked deceptively serene, the tall golden grass waving in rhythm like some enchanted lullaby, but tension crackled beneath the surface.We were all gathered here for our first assessment: The Trial of the Living Relic. A mystical name for something that felt more dangerous than ceremonial.Above each of our heads hovered glowing colored bands—charms that shimmered faintly like miniature halos, indicating our assigned pairs. Mine flickered in a rich hue called Bloodstorm Red, a color as intense as it sounded. Unfortunately, it matched me with him.The werewolf.Or as I now knew his full name—Kael Thorne.He hadn’t looked at me once since the professor announced our pairing. His chiseled face was fixed in a tight, annoyed grimace, his jaw ticking like a countdo

Seraphina’s POV:I walked down the hallway, each step I took making my heart pound loudly in my chest. I didn’t know what was the best thing to do right now, either to run away or face it. It was only day four in the Noxshade Academy, yet I was already tired of the whole thing. First, a wolf boy who played a prank on me on my first day, saved me, and lost his rank. I was still trying my best to understand what was going on, then boom! A crazy vampire claims me as his and marked me? I was going insane—or maybe it was just this whole school that drives me nuts.Class was in five minutes, and I just couldn’t bring myself to walk into the classroom. I couldn’t face it, not Lucian, who I could still feel his eyes watching me like a shadow in the dark. Or Kael, who had suddenly disappeared since the day of the trial. Although I had no idea how to face him with this guilt buried in me—I still couldn’t bring myself to stop thinking about him. I know how weird it was—I wanted to see him,