All Chapters of Luna At Alpha Academy: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

As Ezekiel drinks, the change is grotesquely beautiful. Flesh knits, muscle knuckles out where there was only hollow. His shoulders broaden; veins lace his forearms like raised script. By the time he stands, he’s fuller, healthier, like someone patched back together by a careful, furious god. The light catches the planes of his chest; he flexes without thinking, and the movement makes him look altogether new.Noroya makes a petulant noise behind me. “Ugh… I just lost my chance.”“Chance for what?” I ask, turning.“Get him under my grasp.” She clicks her tongue in annoyance. I recall that they used to be more closely acquainted till they fell off. That old familiarity between them is brittle now, something that once fit has cracked. There’s history and a slow erosion where trust used to be. I wonder what splintered them.“Quit flexing, you fool!” Noroya snaps, yanking my attention back. Ezekiel, shirt off now, examines his reflection in a dark pane of glass, like a man rediscovering hi

ROMAN’S POVThe weight of Eldora’s pain presses against my chest like iron, thick and suffocating. I can feel every tremor of it through her body, every broken sob shaking against me. I have to move her now. People will start to gather soon, and the last thing she needs is eyes, questions, judgment.I pull out my phone and dial Director Sloane.She answers immediately. “Where did you run off to? Are you hurt?”“No,” I say evenly. My tone leaves no room for panic. “I’ll explain later, but you need to come to the park right now.”“What happened?” Her voice tightens, already reading the danger in mine.“Someone killed Darien Artemis.”There’s a sharp pause, silence heavy enough to hear her heartbeat through the line. Then: “I’ll be right there.”“You won’t meet me here,” I add, my voice low, steady, absolute.She hesitates, hearing something in the background. “Is that a lady crying?”“I’ll explain later. I promise.” I end the call.Eldora is still on her knees, clutching Darien’s lifele

ELDORA’S POVTWO NIGHTS AGO“Go back home. Go and read the letter!” Ezra presses me. I’ve been sitting on the toilet seat for the past ten minutes, I was supposed to take a bath but. I’m too tired from crying and starving myself to do anything else.“I don’t want to.” I whisper lightly. My throat scratches as I speak. “Roman already called his Fath-”“Just do it!” Ezra’s flames whooshes loudly. “Or I will make you do it!”His sudden outburst snaps me back into reality. Ezra never yells. I knew it! He has been acting a lot differently lately.“Ezra, why-”“You’re wasting time, Eldora…”He retreats into my mind and sits quietly.-For some reason, since we got down from the plane this afternoon, Roman has been on high alert. Is he being protective because he thinks another attack will happen?I’m grateful I have him by my side. I don’t think I would have been able to endure all this if I was alone. Especially now that I have to face what I was running from.My father’s letter… What does

Standing before my father’s room, I pause with my hand on the cold brass handle. My fingers twitch around it, slick with the faintest sweat. I inhale deeply, once, twice.Roman’s hand brushes mine, steady, grounding. That silent encouragement gives me just enough strength to push the handle down and step inside.I don’t know what I expected… but the room is just that. A room.It’s clean. Too clean. The faint scent of polish and old cologne hangs in the air, trapped between silence and memory.The bed is perfectly made… but I can still feel it… this is where he died. Right there. On that bed.My chest seizes. I stumble a step back, the walls suddenly too close.Before I can turn to flee, Roman’s hand finds the small of my back. He doesn’t say a word; he just nudges me forward and quietly shuts the door behind us.The sound echoes. Final.The sheer curtains at the balcony shiver helplessly in the wind. The desk beneath them sits untouched, a pen lying diagonally across an open, blank pa

“Why does everyone keep thinking they can take something away from me?!” Eldora grips the phone in her hand tightly until it breaks into pieces. I can feel the heat radiating off her. She could murder someone right now and not bat an eye but for some reason she’s standing still. “Don’t worry, Irene will be fine. I’ll get some people on it, right now.” I assure her while typing out a text. “Orion didn’t say ‘when’ so we must move quickly.” As I type the message, there is a sharp and sudden burst of energy that crackles the air, shutting off all the lights in the house. Startled, I jump back but I quickly rush forward once I realize it came from her. “Eldora!” I whip her around to look at me. Her fingers are twitching and her eyes are rolled back into her head. From the bond, I feel it. She’s furious. It doesn’t explain what is happening now though. What was that static? “Eldora, can you hear me?” Her teeth protrude as she releases a low growl. It vibrates her entire body. She’s a