Semua Bab The Reluctant Alpha and His Sassy Queen: Bab 71 - Bab 80

The director’s assistant forced out a choked, awkward laugh...too sharp, too quick...his eyes glued to the mailman as if the uniform alone demanded worship. They both bowed stiffly, muttered their goodbyes, and hurried out like frightened rats.Scarlet watched them go with a slow, wicked smile stretching across her lips.“So,” she said, her voice dripping venomous satisfaction, “that means Beta Alaric really did connive with that scheming, plastic-faced bitch Liora.”Mira scoffed and tossed her braids behind her shoulder. “Obviously. You think Liora has the brains to pull something that complicated by herself? Please. Her wolf probably needs Google Maps to find her own moral compass.”Scarlet snorted. “Bitch doesn’t even have one.”The director cleared his throat sharply as if reminding them he existed. “Ladies… I understand your frustrations but...”“You understand shit,” Mira snapped before he finished. “You wanna pretend this didn’t happen? After what they tried? Fuck no.”Scarlet

The hall that had moments ago erupted in applause now crackled with unease sharp enough to slice skin. The glowing trophy in Scarlet’s hands suddenly felt twice as heavy. Beside her, Mira stiffened. Grey’s wolf bristled. Ronan’s aura thickened like a gathering storm.Luna Helena’s trembling finger never wavered as she stabbed it toward Scarlet again, her voice shrill and venomous enough to poison the air.“That girl has no pedigree. No lineage. No respect. She should be expelled instead of awarded!”Her words slammed into the hall like a bomb.A thousand murmurs burst at once ... shocked whispers, gasps, hissing gossip. Admiration twisted into doubt. Jealousy slithered through the crowd like smoke.Scarlet felt her wolf twitch. She kept her spine straight, refusing to bow to dirty words thrown by a mother desperate to fix her daughter’s incompetence.The announcer tried to regain control, voice raised, hands lifted.“Everyone, please calm down! We cannot expel a student simply becau

In a previous moment, everything looked calm. The hall of Blackwood Academy vibrated with savage joy. It was the kind of atmosphere that only existed after a victory soaked in blood, fear, and raw competition. Banners fluttered overhead, shimmering with silver runes as if the academy itself was celebrating.Students shouted, chanted, laughed. Some cried from relief. Some from shock.But Scarlet...Scarlet fucking glowed.She slid the little card into her pocket like it was the key to a new life.Her smile stretched ear to ear, eyes glittering with triumph that felt unreal, too good, too sharp. Her hands shook...not from fear, but from the overwhelming shock that she actually did it.Mira bumped her shoulder with a grin. “This needs to be properly celebrated, Scar.”Scarlet laughed, breathless, nodding like an idiot because she didn’t trust her voice. She felt too buoyant, too light, like she might float out of the hall if she didn’t hold onto something.Students began drifting out in

“What monster did such a thing…? Liora?”The officers exchanged a look, watching her every twitch like she was a ticking bomb. Scarlet expression barely shifted...calm, stoic, but her eyes… her eyes held storms.“Miss Scarlet,” one of the officers said, voice stiff and too polite to be sincere, “we can’t let you go yet. Until we can prove you’re innocent, you’ll be kept under observation.”Scarlet didn’t argue. She didn’t plead. She simply stared at them, jaw clenched, a silent promise of violence hiding behind her stillness.Then...The door slammed open with a thunderous bang.Alpha Ronan barged into the room like a storm in human form, shadows hugging his silhouette. His wolf was so close to the surface the air cracked with it.“The fuck do you think you’re doing?” one officer barked, trying to step forward.Ronan didn’t even look at him.The second officer lifted a hand like he might try to stop the Alpha...but froze when Ronan’s eyes snapped toward him.Deadly....A predator choos

Scarlet watched Mira disappear into the crowd, completely oblivious to the tears gathering in her friend’s eyes. Scarlet thought Mira only wanted to step aside so she wouldn’t get dragged into her stupid drama. She didn’t realize Mira had walked away because watching Scarlet stuck in this mess split her heart open.Scarlet barely took two steps after her when two hands grabbed her at once...one rough and scorching, the other trembling and desperate.Ronan held her left wrist with the possessive force of a wolf accustomed to getting anything he desired. Grey’s grip on her right hand was the opposite...soft, pleading, shaking like he was holding the last piece of his sanity.Scarlet froze between them like prey caught between two predators...except one was a monster she feared, and the other was a ghost crawling back from her past, begging to matter again.Grey’s voice cracked, “Scarlet… please… just give me a second chance.” His eyes were like a kicked puppy...pathetic but painfully s