All Chapters of CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA PRINCIPAL : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter Thirty-One

Eden’s POVI stood frozen at the top of the escalator, the hum of the mall around me dimming beneath the weight of his stare. People brushed past me in waves, their laughter and chatter spilling like water over stones, but none of it reached me. All I felt was the tether that stretched across the distance, the one Kael had tied around me without ever asking.He had not moved. He did not need to. His stillness was its own command. His eyes were not just watching but holding, claiming, as though they alone were enough to stop me in my tracks.Claire tugged at my arm, oblivious. “Eden? Come on, you are spacing out again.”I forced my legs to move, the fabric of my skirt swishing softly against my thighs as I followed her. Each step was a betrayal of the part of me that wanted to stay rooted in place, to keep looking at him until I understood why he unsettled me so deeply. I told myself it was fear. I told myself it was wrong. But beneath the tight knot of dread, something hotter curled l

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Chapter Thirty-Two: Eyes That Follow

Eden’s POVClaire was already buzzing again, tugging me into another boutique with racks of dresses that glittered under the soft lights. She was in her element, brushing fabrics between her fingers, holding dresses against her body in the mirror, spinning small jokes about what would look good on me. I smiled when she looked at me, but the smile never reached my chest. My heart had its own rhythm, faster than hers, tuned to a frequency that did not belong in the mall at all.The food sat heavy in my stomach, untouched, because the moment Kael had disappeared, something had shifted inside me. Relief should have been the natural answer. I should have been lighter, freer. Instead, I felt hollow. My skin tingled with absence, as though I had been left open, unfinished.Claire grabbed two dresses and disappeared into the fitting room, leaving me alone near the racks. The store was warm and filled with soft music, the kind that was meant to relax shoppers, but my pulse climbed higher with

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Chapter Thirty-Three: The Silence That Burns

Eden’s POVThe mall lights blurred in my vision as Claire chattered beside me, her hands full of bags, her voice spilling excitement over which outfits she would wear first. I nodded when she looked at me, murmured back the right words, but none of it sank in. My pulse was still racing from the kiss that had seared my lips, from the way Kael’s body had pressed into mine, from the dark promise in his voice.I could still feel him.The phantom weight of his hand at my waist lingered like a bruise. My lips tingled as if they had been marked. Every step I took felt unsteady, as though I was walking with his eyes still fixed on me from somewhere in the crowd.Claire tugged at my arm. “Earth to Eden. Are you even listening to me?”I blinked and forced a smile. “Sorry. Just tired.”She rolled her eyes but grinned anyway. “That’s what you get for skipping half your food. I swear you’ll faint one of these days if you keep living on air and coffee.”Her teasing brushed over me like static, but

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Chapter Thirty-Four: Back to Black

Eden’s POVThe silence after he left was not silence at all.The room still pulsed with him. The air still clung to the scent of him, sharp and heady, coating my tongue and my lungs. My body still hummed from what he had done, my thighs trembling, my lips swollen, my pulse thundering in places I did not even know could throb with want. I lay back against the pillows, hair damp against my neck, skin sticky with heat, staring at the ceiling as though it could hold me steady.But it could not. Nothing could.Kael had carved himself into me in ways I did not know how to undo. His absence was heavier than his presence, because every second after he slipped away, my body begged for him back. My mind screamed warnings, my heart whispered surrender, and I was caught between both, bleeding into the mattress.I pulled the sheets around me, trying to hide from the truth, but his words echoed louder in the quiet.You are mine.I shivered, clutching the blanket tighter. I wanted to deny it. I want

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Chapter Thirty-Five: Shadow In The Dorm

A few days later, the holiday came to an end. Eden tugged her suitcase behind her as she walked back through the gates of Crestwood Academy. The campus stood in its usual stillness, tall buildings rising against the pale winter sky, but something about them felt heavier now. The silence between the stone walls seemed too sharp, as if the air itself carried secrets she could not hear.The dormitory loomed ahead, its tall windows glowing faintly in the late afternoon light. She told herself she was ready, but her body betrayed her with a restless flutter in her chest. Life at home had been loud and distracting. Here, every step seemed to echo louder than it should.The dorm doors opened and warmth spilled out, carrying the chatter of students dragging their bags inside. Laughter and voices filled the hallways, yet Eden’s unease did not ease. She found her room and pushed the door open, greeted by the sight of Layla sprawled on her bed with her phone in hand. Layla looked up, grinning.“

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Chapter Thirty-Six: The Rogue Circle

Rafe’s POVRafe moved silently through the forest beyond the academy grounds, his boots barely making a sound against the leaf-strewn earth. The night air was damp and heavy, the moon caught behind clouds that cast shifting shadows across the trees. He did not need the light. His senses worked perfectly well in the dark, sharper than any human’s, honed to pick out even the faintest sound.Behind him, the school lights glowed faintly in the distance. Crestwood Academy, with its tall walls and watchful guardians, thought itself untouchable. Kael believed he was the only predator circling its halls, but Rafe smiled to himself at the thought. He had been inside for weeks, walking unnoticed through the same corridors, watching the same students laugh and chatter as though nothing dangerous pressed against their walls. He had seen her. The girl. The one Kael had claimed with his eyes long before Rafe had ever approached.Eden.Her name tasted different in his mouth. She was human, fragile,

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Rogue’s Circle II

Rafe’s POV The fire burned lower as the night deepened, shadows stretching long and ragged across the forest floor. The rogues settled into their positions around the clearing, sharpening blades, cleaning claws, and whispering about the blood that would one day be spilled. But Rafe did not linger. He had no interest in sitting among men who smelled of rot and desperation. His work was not done in the woods. His hunt was waiting inside the walls of Crestwood. He turned without ceremony, ignoring the way some of them glared at his back. Let them glare. They needed him more than he needed them. None of them had dared step foot within the academy. None of them could hold a smile across their lips while masking the hunger that curled behind their eyes. That was what made him dangerous. He knew how to hide. He knew how to smile while plotting a throat’s end. The forest welcomed him as he left the circle. The branches above shifted in the wind, their whispers sounding almost like voices.

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Whispers In The Window

Eden’s POVThe chill did not leave me even after the radiator ticked awake and sent a thin strip of warm air across the room. I wrapped my sweater tighter, pretending it was the fabric that kept me safe and not the idea of someone breathing close enough to know the shape of my dreams.I moved through the morning like someone moving through fog. Teeth brushed, hair tied in a careless knot, backpack slung over one shoulder. Layla fussed with her makeup across the room, singing something under her breath, her movements bright and ordinary. She glanced up at me once, reached for her phone, then turned back to the mirror as if nothing about me had shifted overnight.“You are pale,” she said without looking at me. “Do not tell me the big scary ghost of break is haunting you.”“Very funny,” I muttered, though my voice sounded thin even to my own ears. I wanted to laugh, to let Layla drag me into ridiculousness and forget the scrape of last night. Instead I found myself watching the window as

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Chapter Thirty-Nine: Shadows in the Trees

Kael’s POVThe forest was alive in ways most mortals would never understand. Every branch creaked like a warning, every gust of wind carried the trace of something hidden, and every shadow stretched longer than it should have under the pale light of the moon. Kael moved with a predator’s stillness, each step silent even when the earth beneath him threatened to crackle. His senses were wide open, straining to catch the faintest hint of what he sought.The shapeshifter had been near. He could feel it as clearly as he felt the thrum of his own pulse. The scent was faint, a distortion in the natural rhythm of the forest, an oil slick running through water. It made his skin crawl. And beneath it all, threaded in the sharp tang of earth and night, was something that twisted his focus in ways he did not want to admit. Eden. Her scent lingered even here, though she was nowhere near the forest. It had soaked into his instincts, refusing to release him.Kael pressed a hand against the bark of a

Last Updated : 2025-09-14

Chapter Forty: The Weight of Ordinary

The first morning back at the academy was supposed to feel normal. That was what I told myself as I stood in front of the mirror, tugging my sweater into place and tying my hair with slow, distracted movements. The light filtering in through the tall windows carried the pale gold of early morning, and outside, I could hear the chatter of students hurrying across the grounds. The air buzzed with the restless energy of return, of routines resuming, of a thousand footsteps filling the hallways again.Normal. That was the word Layla had used last night. She had laughed as she unpacked her things, throwing her shoes into a corner and complaining about how fast the break had gone by. “Back to normal,” she had said, her voice cheerful, her eyes full of plans.But for me, the word settled differently. Heavy. Bitter.I buttoned my coat slowly, listening to the sounds outside. Laughter drifted through the open window, the kind that belonged to people who had not spent their nights haunted by sh

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