Alpha's Power Bottom의 모든 챕터: 챕터 51 - 챕터 60

During the drive to school, I stayed quiet, but my thoughts weren't silent. I had to return the shirt back to Bri, and I had to get it done today.Lucas glanced at me from the driver’s seat. “You’re quiet.”“I’m thinking.”“That's a first... wow.”I huffed faintly, staring out the window as the school building came into view.“Does it still hurt?” Lucas asked.I flexed my fingers. My wolf stirred but didn’t claw at me the way it had earlier. “No. Just… sore.”“Elder Mira was right,” he said. “Something’s connecting you two.”“I know.”“And you’re sure it’s just the shirt?”I thought about the way Bri’s eyes had looked at me by the lake.“No,” I muttered. “It can't be just the shirt, but I hope it is.”Lucas hummed but didn’t push further. He pulled up to the curb.“Then handle it,” he said.“I will.”I grabbed my bag and stepped out of the jeep, and just then, my stomach tightened. But Bri wasn’t outside. So I went inside.Inside, the hallway buzzed with noise, but I ignored everythin

The final bell rang.The team had been supposed to play our rival school this week. It had been the game everyone talked about in the halls for days. But after Derek’s leg injury, the one I caused, the coach had canceled the match.Officially, it was because our captain wasn’t at full strength yet. Unofficially, it was because half the team had fallen apart without him.Now, Coach had demanded a full field practice instead. He had walked into the class earlier, barking that we needed to rebuild discipline and that there were no excuses not to.So I headed toward the locker room after school, my bag slung over my shoulder.The hallway was mostly empty now. Cleats squeaked faintly somewhere ahead. The low echo of boys shouting and laughing drifted from the direction of the field. By the time I pushed open the locker room doors, I was late.The room was almost empty.A few lockers hung open. Benches were scattered with discarded tape and towels. The air smelled like deodorant, sweat, and

By the time we changed and stepped out of the school building, the air had cooled. Derek walked beside me, a face towel slung over his shoulder, hair still damp from a quick rinse.I looked at his face, where one of those Ashbound guys had hit him yesterday."You handled that punch really well. I barely noticed anything this morning," I said."Yeah... I kinda forgot I was punched," he muttered. "The highlight of yesterday was you butchering them for doing what they did to me."I smirked faintly."It's cool to know that someone has your back," he added.The doors pushed open, and there she was leaning against the brick wall near the steps.She straightened when she saw us.“You guys took forever,” she said.“We were busy being athletes,” Derek replied. "Something you know nothing about, little red."She rolled her eyes.“You mean sweating and grunting?”“Exactly.”I laughed under my breath.She stepped closer, falling into pace with us as we walked down the steps.“You both looked good

I had spent the whole of last night trying to decode what Derek meant when he said, "Next time you try something... don't hesitate." And by morning, I gave up trying to decode Derek’s brain.Some mysteries were probably safer unsolved.Still, when Lucas pulled up in front of the school that morning, I felt that strange electricity buzzing under my skin. He parked at his usual spot, but I didn’t open the door right away.And he noticed as he always did.“What's up with you, Ethan? You look like you swallowed a bee,” he said casually.I snorted quietly.“Thanks.”Lucas leaned his elbow against the steering wheel and turned slightly toward me.“Actually, you look like you didn't get enough sleep.”I shrugged.“I slept enough.”His eyebrow lifted while I sighed.“There’s something I want to talk to you about.”Now he was interested.Lucas folded his arms. “Go on.”I took a breath.“I don’t think you should come pick me up anymore.”His expression didn’t change immediately, but the silence

Bri held the old book like it was a treasure. Her eyes were bright, practically glowing with excitement as she flipped through another yellowed page. Dust floated up into the air each time she turned one, the faint smell of old paper filling the small cabin room.“Look at this, Ethan,” she whispered, running her finger across a line of symbols. “These are beautiful. Oh my goodness... are they like real markings? Wow.”I leaned over her shoulder, trying to make sense of the page, but to me it looked like a bunch of swirls, lines, and strange shapes that definitely didn’t belong in any normal book.“Are you sure?” I asked. "Because from my end... they look like a bunch of nothing."“Yes,” she said immediately. "You're not a witch, so you won't get it.""You just found out you were a witch, Bri.""I know, but I can just feel it that these markings are special."Then she turned toward Derek.“How did your people even get something like this?” she asked. “Hunters having a spell book doesn’