All Chapters of First Female Alpha : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Aria's POV"Before we proceed with the tragic accidents," Elder Kalliope said, settling into a chair like she was hosting a dinner party instead of planning multiple murders, "I think our young infiltrator deserves to know the full scope of what she's stumbled into.""Is that necessary?" Aldrin asked."Educational. She's shown such dedication to learning Academy secrets. The least we can do is satisfy her curiosity before we eliminate it."I wanted to tell her exactly where she could put her educational lecture, but staying alive long enough to find an escape route seemed more important than satisfying my anger."The Academy," she continued, "was never intended to be a simple educational institution. From its founding, it has served as a selection mechanism for future leaders of the Lycan world.""Selection for what?" Caspian demanded."For compliance with necessary changes in Lycan governance. The old ways—independent packs, territorial autonomy, resistance to centralized authority—t

Aria's POVSometimes the best strategy is the one nobody expects. Like standing your ground when everyone assumes you'll keep running."Hayes," I said quietly, "how structurally sound are these tunnels?""What do you mean?""I mean, if someone were to cause significant damage to the support beams, what would happen?"He looked around at the aging stonework and exposed pipes. "Depending on the location and extent of the damage... partial collapse. Maybe complete collapse of this section.""Would that block pursuit?""It would block everything. Including us.""Not if we time it right."Caspian caught on immediately. "You want to bring down the tunnel behind us while we escape ahead.""I want to give our enemies something more pressing to worry about than chasing us.""That's incredibly dangerous.""Everything we've done tonight has been incredibly dangerous. This is just more focused danger."Lyra was studying the tunnel structure with the kind of attention that suggested she was thinkin

Caspian's POVThe abandoned ranger station looked like something out of a horror story—all shadows and broken windows and the kind of isolation that made you wonder what had driven the previous occupants away. But it had walls, a roof that mostly worked, and enough distance from the Academy to let us breathe for the first time in hours.I watched Aria examine the perimeter while Hayes searched for supplies, and tried to process everything that had happened tonight.My roommate was a girl.Not just any girl—the daughter of one of the most powerful Alphas in the region, who'd somehow managed to fool an entire Academy full of trained observers for months.I should have been angry about the deception. Should have felt betrayed, manipulated, used.Instead, all I felt was impressed."Find anything useful?" I asked as Aria returned from her security sweep."No immediate threats. A few game trails that could serve as escape routes if we need them. And enough natural cover to hide our presence

Aria's POVGetting close to the Academy administrative building without being detected required every stealth skill I'd learned during months of sneaking around campus. The difference was that now I was approaching from the outside, moving through forest terrain in complete darkness, with the knowledge that discovery meant immediate elimination.No pressure.Caspian moved beside me with the silent efficiency of someone trained for this kind of operation. Behind us, Hayes provided overwatch while Riven and Lyra maintained position at the forest edge—ready to create a distraction if our reconnaissance went wrong.The east side of the administrative building was exactly as I'd remembered: tall windows facing the tree line, with Conference Room Seven clearly visible on the third floor. Light spilled from the windows, indicating the meeting was already in progress."Can you see how many people?" Caspian whispered as we positioned ourselves behind a cluster of trees that provided cover whil

Aria's POVPlanning a war against your own mother while hiding in an abandoned ranger station wasn't exactly covered in any leadership training I'd ever received. But then again, most leadership training probably didn't account for discovering that your primary parental figure was orchestrating your systematic elimination."First priority," I said, spreading out Hayes's hand-drawn map of the Academy grounds, "is disrupting their timeline. They're planning to eliminate all targets within seventy-two hours. We need to make that impossible.""How do we disrupt a timeline when we don't know all the moving pieces?" Riven asked."We create chaos that forces them to react instead of act. Make them respond to our moves instead of following their careful plan.""That's incredibly dangerous," Hayes pointed out. "If we force them into reactive mode, they might accelerate the elimination schedule.""Or they might make mistakes. Reveal weaknesses we can exploit.""You're betting all our lives on t