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All Chapters of The Wolfless Runaway Princess In An Alpha Academy : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONEIVY’S POV.When consciousness finally returned, the first thing I could feel was the dull ache of a lingering headache. The second was the feeling that someone was watching me. The darkness dissolved slowly as I opened my eyes, and nearly jerked out of my skin.Aiden was sitting on a low stool by the cot in complete silence, his posture rigid as his elbows rested on his knees, his golden eyes drilling into me with an intensity that made me flinch.I blinked against the dim lantern light, my hand instinctively going to my chest. My lungs still felt tender, but the agonizing constriction I had felt earlier was gone.He didn’t even blink, just watched intensely. My heart stumbled violently in my chest.“What the hell?” I rasped, my voice rough from all the coughing.One corner of his mouth lifted slightly. “You are awake, finally.”I swallowed slowly and pushed myself upright against the pillows. Surprisingly, my chest no longer felt like it was collapsing inward. The

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO.IVY’S POVThe Seer’s chamber was beginning to take shape, after I mentioned my name. She blew incense, sprinkled some weird potion around, which obviously upsetted Aiden from the countenance on his face but I didn't care. The overall energy was different now, I understood why people crossed dangerous woods and abandoned kingdoms just to seek her guidance.The Seer did not use crystals or cards like I had seen others use. Instead, she reached across the stone slab, her warm, scarred fingers hovering just millimeters above my bare wrists. She nodded once before extending her hand toward me.“Give me your wrist.”I hesitated only briefly before obeying. The moment her fingers wrapped around my wrist, a strange sensation crawled beneath my skin. Cold slid down my spine, no form of pain. Her silver eyes rolled back slightly, and she began to chant in a low, incoherent dialect that made the roof above our heads shake in response.Her eyes closed slowly, and I closed mine

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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREEIVY’S POVThe silence in the common room was a trap, and I had walked straight into it. My knuckles were white where I gripped the straps of the leather satchel hanging across my waist, the glass vials of the Seer’s potion pressing hard against my ribs.Breathing felt difficult, my pulse became uneven because the High Council was here. The same people Gran used to whisper about with fear in her eyes whenever they were around back home, or whenever forbidden clans were mentioned.Kaelen’s sharp eyes narrowed slightly as they settled on me, tracking the microscopic tremble in my fingers. "Is there anything wrong with the news you just heard, Nicole?" he asked, his voice dripping with an agonizingly slow curiosity. He gestured faintly toward my hip. "You’re clutching that satchel tightly enough to snap the leather. At this rate, whatever contents that are in there might spill all over our floor."My head snapped towards his face immediately. A suffocating panic flar

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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURIVY’S POVThe silver fork was halfway to my mouth when a sound tore through the quiet of the suite, so violent it made my heart skip beats. It basically startled me.BONG! BONG! BONG!It wasn’t the standard morning chime or the rhythmic transition bell from one activity to the other. This was a deep, roar that vibrated through the floorboards… It was the emergency siren."Attention all students," a masculine amplified voice boomed, echoing from the stones of the corridor outside. "Every student, whether initiate level, elite, and officer, is commanded to gather at the Grand Assembly Hall immediately. Repeat: immediately."I guessed it was the High Council. It had to be.I looked down at the steaming tray of food Aiden had ordered for me, the rich, aromatic scent of the specialized broth filling my senses. My stomach rumbled painfully. The announcer’s voice came a second time, harsher now, declaring that no delays would be tolerated and that missing students would f

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CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.IVY’S POVI had not been to Aiden’s office since after Prof. Valerius’ episode and the walk to his office felt longer than usual, even, quite exhausting.Every corridor inside the academy buzzed louder, and with tension after the High Council’s announcement. Students whispered in clusters, guards patrolled more aggressively, and the atmosphere itself felt different… like the academy was facing a major chaos… Well, it was. Bloodline identification would reveal the strength and weakness of each Alpha.The words kept echoing in my head, rooting itself stubbornly in my mind. I tightened my grip around the strap of my bag as I climbed the final staircase toward Aiden’s office wing. My palms were damp despite the cold.The Strong Alphas, Average and weak ones were the categories they announced publicly. But what happened to the ones who were abominations and not to be seen? What happened to people like me? I slowed near the office doors.For a brief second, I considere

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXIVY’S POVThe silence that filled the Grand Assembly Hall was not peaceful; it was like the suffocating, terrifying stillness that follows an uproar or a scolding.Thousands of students stood frozen in their columns, their expressions twisted in a mix of horror and raw awe. On the elevated obsidian stage, the High Council lords sat paralyzed, their eyes wide as they stared at the shattered fragments of the ancient Blood-Echo Stone. Ashy white dust slowly drifted through the air, settling over the stage like ash.Beside me, Aiden’s presence had an intense effect. It made the executioner-guards at the main doors visibly recoil, their heavy axes drooping as they instinctively took a step back. Nobody dared move. Nobody dared breathe.Terror and relief warred violently inside me.Relief because Aiden had stopped the High Council before they could continue whatever terrifying ritual they had planned.Terror because he had done it twice in less than a day. Twice before t

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENIVY’S POVThe first thing I sensed was the awful smell of herbs and smoke. Something bitter lingering heavily in the air. My hearing became activated and I heard low murmurs, footsteps, and voices.Almost immediately, pain in the form of a dull ache pulsed through my skull as consciousness slowly dragged me upward. My body felt unbearably heavy, like someone had tied stones to every limb in my body.I frowned weakly. Where…?My eyelids fluttered open. Faces immediately came into view, there were quite a lot of faces. I nearly jerked back in shock.The healer stood closest to me, clutching a small wooden tray lined with bottles and herbs. Beside him was the beautiful seer, calm and unreadable as always. Kaelen leaned against the far wall with folded arms while Alex sat lazily on a chair nearby, though the tension in his posture betrayed his usual careless attitude. Aiden sat beside the bed, very close to my sleeping form, watching me.The moment my eyes fully adjus

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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTIVY’S POVThe heavy oak door had barely clicked shut behind Kaelen and Alex before the realization dawned on me.Aiden stood by the threshold for a fraction of a second, his posture rigid, his golden eyes scanning the corners of the private quarters as if he wanted to make sure no other person apart from me was within ear shots."Stay here," he rumbled, his voice a low vibration that was a command. "Do not step outside this suite, Princess. The Council is moving aggressively, and a private investigation of this scale means they are operating outside the rules and regulations of the Academy. It is completely unsafe for you or every single person whose name is on their list."He turned on his heel and strode out to join Alex and Kaelen, leaving me alone with the terrifying thoughts that crept into my mind.I fell into a frenzy, pacing the length of the silk rug. My hands were shaking so violently I could barely keep my fingers locked together as my mind spiralled.

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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEIVY’s POVThe man standing outside immediately made my instincts recoil. He was unfamiliar.Tall enough that his shadow stretched across the doorway, dressed entirely in black with no academy seal attached to his clothes. His hair was a striking, pale silver, slicked back and rested loosely behind his neck, and his gloved hands were folded calmly behind him like he had come here to take possession of the suite.But his eyes… were the problem. Icy blue color, unnervingly observant as they swept over my disheveled state. His gaze looked like they were about to strip me apart layer by layer.For one brief second, neither of us spoke. I was unsure of what to say to the stranger, and I didn't know what was running in his mind.Then his gaze moved over my face slowly, carefully, before drifting lower toward the potion bottles on the nearby table and the scent blockers I had carelessly left beside them.A faint smile curved his lips.“Interesting,” he murmured softly.My

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CHAPTER FORTY.IVY’S POVThe cold night air poured unhindered through the shattered remains of the oak door, chilling the sweat that had gathered at the nape of my neck. The operative was gone, but the heavy, suffocating dread he left behind hung in the room. The suite felt too small for the amount of tension trapped inside it.I stood near the center table with my arms wrapped tightly around myself while Aiden paced the room, his golden eyes locked in a thousand-yard stare, his heavy boots crunching over the splintered wood and the floor, over and over again.The mind bond between us pulsed strangely now, a dull, throbbing pressure pulsed at the base of my skull carrying fragments of his emotions straight into my chest. Rage and suspicion.I was pacing the opposite side of the room now, my mind a chaotic whirlwind of terrifying questions. What is he going to ask me? How did the Council know so much? Did the operative leave a trap? Suddenly, he stopped dead in his tracks. I knew som

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