All Chapters of The Apex: Ascend or Be Consumed: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

I sucked in a shaky breath, trying to contain the overwhelming power that hit me like a thunderbolt as Desmond and his friends howled with laughter. “Leave her alone, Desmond,” one of the younger boys muttered, but it was half-hearted. No one stood up to Desmond. Not really. They preferred to lick his ass since he was the next Alpha of the most powerful and popular pack in the northern territory. He could do no wrong in the Alpha’s eyes, and the Pack Elders turned a blind eye to his cruel actions since it was aimed at me “the cursed, half-blood” I didn’t dare confide in my stepmother. She wouldn't believe me and would want to investigate but by then, my father would have heard of it eventually, and he’d twist the story until I became the villain. I still regretted the last time I tried to speak out against Desmond. It didn’t matter how cruel he was, how twisted he was upstairs, he was Pureblood. The first and only son of Alpha Darrin Sterling. Power and Blood forgave ev

“I—” The word caught in my parched throat. Before I could form a proper word, he said out of the blue. “Expect me tonight.” “But.” I started, and he tilted his head, giving an assessing look that made me temporarily forget what I wanted to say. “Be careful, more Apex students would ask to fill your mana before you're taken to the Hall of Mirrors but they’ll only contaminate your pure, inner Core so you will fail the Trial of Mirrors. If you fail, it will be removed and sold to the highest bidder.” I blinked hard as his words sank in. “A-are you trying to contaminate my…my Core too?” I stuttered. “No, love.” He answered and grinned at me with the most perfect white teeth. “I am one of the school’s five most powerful Alphas, and tonight, I will claim you… alter you, refine you.” I closed my eyes as his words coaxed more fluids out of my throbbing pussy. I sink my teeth into my lower lip, trying to stop my mind from wandering to what he really means by 'altering' a