Chapter Fifty one

The Wolf’s Silence (Kael’s POV)The glow of the screen lit the darkened little room, the only sound came from the staccato gunfire of the video game as Rowan continued to curse under his breath.Typical.“Headshot!” I smirked, as I leaned back against the headboard, my controller balanced easily in my hands. “Admit it, you’re a bit rusty from that trip of yours. Spent too much time sipping beach cocktails instead of keeping your reflexes sharp.”Rowan groaned. “You wish. The screen light got to my eyes, that’s all. Let’s play another round, smartass.”He quickly reset the game, and we settled back into the rhythm of our game.. the kind of easy silence and bickering you could only have with someone who’d been at your side since you could walk. And for the first time in weeks, I felt almost normal. Almost..Rowan glanced at me during a respawn countdown, eyes narrowed, his usual mischief replaced with something sharper and a bit deeper. “So,” he said casually, “has our dear Valor fin

Last Updated : 2025-09-02

Chapter Fifty two

Shadows of the Past(Professor Thorne POV)My office smelled of old parchment, iron, and something deeper, darker..something like the faint residue of a century-old spell that had never fully faded. But that was how I liked it.Candlelight flickered along the walls, revealing shelves packed with tomes that no student would dare touch and artifacts that whispered in the shadows making sure no one dared near them. I comfortably sat on my oak desk, with my hands folded over a painting.. a replica of Elara’s necklace, my eyes slowly narrowed as I traced the seal.‘Impossible.’The word ran through my mind again and again, as it had for the hundredth time since I saw it on her neck. The seal was alive. Not metaphorically, not in some poetic or dramatic sense.. alive, breathing with power that should have been unreachable. And yet..“The only one who could forge this,” I murmured, my voice low enough that it might have been mistaken for the wind, “has been dead for decades. And yet… this

Last Updated : 2025-09-02

Chapter Fifty three

My Bubbly GirlElara POVThe dorm room was unusually quiet.Too quiet..Normally, by this time of the evening, Lila would be sprawled across her bed, humming some silly tune under her breath or chattering about the latest gossip she’d picked up from the other girls. She always had this uh … kind of spark about her, a kind of sweet yet warm, goofy energy that filled the space in this gods forsaken school and kept me from drowning in my own dark thoughts.But tonight?Something felt different.. The spark wasn’t there.I watched her from my side of the room as she sat in front of her little mirror, dragging a brush through her rainbow hair with more force than necessary. Her movements were a bit too mechanical like she had rehearsed it for a show, her face was unusually dull and blank, like she was just going through the motions trying to comport herself. Every once in a while, her eyes flicked up to the reflection staring back at her, but instead of the usual smile or silly face sh

Last Updated : 2025-09-03

Chapter Fifty four

Shadows Before the Ball(Seraphina POV)The mirror adored me tonight just like it always did…It had to.. I mean why wouldn’t it.I sat in front of it like a queen awaiting her grand coronation, every flicker of the candlelight bowed to my reflection, it’s golden flames danced across my beautifully polished vanity, painting soft halos around my crystal perfume bottles, my pretty combs, and the silk ribbons I had arrayed like trophies. My hair brush glided through my hair in long, rhythmic strokes, each one slow and deliberate, each one timed to the silent drumbeat of my heart.Perfection began here. Not in the hallways or classrooms.. Not on the ballroom floor, not beneath the chandeliers, not in Kael’s gaze. It started.. Here, in this intimate crucible of glass, with every strand of my hair glowing, and every lash curled perfectly like a little kitten, and every inch of my perfect skin coaxed into perfect flawlessness.The Blood Oath Ball that was coming up wasn’t simply an event. I

Last Updated : 2025-09-04

Chapter Fifty five

Rowan’s POVThe night air was cooler than I expected, sharp with that crisp edge that always came right before the Blood Oath Ball season. The Academy grounds stretched wide and empty in front of me, the path lamps casting long pale beams across the cobbled walkway. Shadows clung to the hedges, and the wind stirred the leaves like whispers too low to catch.And me? I was leaning against the old iron railing near the gates like some tragic hero out of a ballad, waiting for a girl who might not even show up.If Kael could see me now, he’d never let me live it down. I knew how hard it was for me to get out of that room without raising suspicions.I glanced up at the stars, sighing with mock drama. “Rowan, you absolute fool. Look at you.. perfectly good warrior, deadly with a blade, Beta of the strongest pack in the region.. and you’re out here practicing patience like some lovesick country side farm boy.”My wolf Lior, snorted inside me. ‘You’re not fooling anyone. You definitely like h