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CHAPTER SIXTY-ONEIVY’S POV The sound of his voice, his expression echoed in my head again as the word repeatedly played in my head. "Well, well," the Blood-Fang male growled, a mean smirk spreading across his scarred face. His nose flared, testing my scent in the air. "Look whom the Northern academy dragged into our den." The room went completely quiet, the crackle of the fireplace suddenly sounding incredibly loud. The lean Shadow-Claw Alpha on the bottom bunk stopped braiding his dark hair, his sharp, cold eyes sliding over to me with curiosity. "He looks fragile," the Blood-Fang Alpha continued, tossing his hunting knife lightly into the air and catching the hilt. He looked me up and down, mocking my smaller, leaner frame. "How did someone like you even get into the Iron-Ridge Academy? Do they accept weaklings in the name of Alphas up north now?" A cold spike of

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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWOIVY’S POV The thick iron gates didn't open to the forest immediately. Instead, the sea of upright Alphas was funneled into a massive, low-ceilinged stone staging hall built directly into the amphitheater’s outer wall. The room smelled of old iron, grease, and various scents of Alpha’s. In the center of the hall stood a massive, glowing crystal board. I pushed through the crowd, Kaelen close behind me, until I could read the glowing runes displaying the official trial pairings. "Eight," Kaelen muttered, his eyes scanning the board. "They’re pairing two residential rooms together for the first phase. We are Group Four." I looked closely. Our suite, myself, Kaelen, the scarred Blood-Fang, and the quiet Shadow-Claw was grouped with another suite of four male Alphas from the rival packs. Eight dominant warriors, all forced to move through the same sector.

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREEIVY’S POV. The three massive wolves didn’t wear the standard crests of the competition. They were rogue-like, covered in scarred, matted fur, their jaws dripping with a viscous, slurry foam. They looked ready to take us out. "Step back, Nick!" Torin roared, his bones already cracking as he began his transformation. Beside him, Sagw and Kaelen didn't hesitate. The clearing erupted into a symphony of sickening, wet snaps as muscles tore, bones elongated, and human flesh gave way to apex predators. I watched, paralyzed, as Torin’s posture bent forward. His spine ripped outward under his leather vest, thick, rust-colored fur bursting through his skin in violent patches. He grew exponentially, his jaw elongating into a massive, bloodthirsty wolf's mouth. Sage shifted with an eerie, quiet fluidness, his dark braids fading off as sleek, mottled-grey muscle expand

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CHAPTER SIXTY-FOURIVY’S POV The walk back to the amphitheater's checkpoint was completely silent. The heavy fog rolled around our boots, but the dynamic within our four-man team had shifted entirely. Torin kept casting strange, measuring side-glances at me. The arrogant Blood-Fang who had called me a weakling just hours ago was now looking at my smaller frame with a mix of confusion and reluctant awe. The moment we crossed the threshold of the arena’s outer courtyard, the two split paths merged. The other four Alphas who had taken the left route stumbled out of the bush, badly bloodied, missing their shields, and entirely empty-handed. They had triggered every major trap on their side, exactly as I had predicted. "Group Four, present your token," a Council official demanded, stepping forward with a glowing book.Torin stepped up, slamming the silver crest down onto the table. The official tappe

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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVEIVY’S POV"I repeat," Aiden’s voice rising into a dark, dangerous rasp as he pinned me with his glare, "what the fuck are both of you doing outside your designated rooms at this time of the night?"The warm, starlit glow of the potion room instantly turned icy cold. Aiden moved closer to me."We were just doing a harmless test run, Alpha," Alex said, his voice level as he stepped forward. He didn't back down from Aiden’s overwhelming aggression, though his posture remained respectful of the rank."The tournament group listings for the elemental classes were posted late. I was just helping her get a head start so she doesn't struggle so much in front of the other students tomorrow.""I don't give a damn about a head start," Aiden growled, not even turning to look at him. His golden eyes remained locked entirely on my flushed face, tracing the frantic pulse jumping in my throat. "The Council's Inquisitorial Guard is patrolling the lower residential corridors right now

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIXIVY’S POV.There was a call for an afternoon elemental sorting ceremony, the one where we had to be taught a few advanced lessons in magic. It was a masterclass in public humiliation for me, exactly as Aiden had ordered.While the other Alphas effortlessly summoned pillars of localized lightning or shaped swirling spheres of dense water, I stood before the tri-packs chief mystics and acted like a complete, incompetent fool. When they handed me the crystalline catalyst to anchor my internal core, I intentionally choked my internal energy, visualizing a cold, dead void. The crystal barely produced a pathetic, flickering gray smoke that dissolved within seconds.The head mystic had sniffed in disdain, scribbling Negligible Core… Unaligned Alpha of Iron-ridge academy on his note. I caught Aiden’s distant, unreadable gaze from the upper balcony. He didn't blink, but the slight relaxation in his jaw told me I had played the part perfectly. I spent the rest of the three-ho

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CHAPTER SEVENTY.IVY’S POVThe kiss had been a desperate, chaotic blur of stolen warmth and sharp adrenaline. Alex’s hands were tight against my waist, his thumbs digging into the leather of my uniform as he pulled me into his chest, completely burying me in his scent of crisp winter air and crushed pine. For a few short seconds, the terrifying pressure of the arena, the bruising fury of Aiden's grip faded into absolute silence.But the loud, metallic clang of the bell echoing from the arena, drifting into our ears shattered the moment.Alex broke the kiss first, his breath hitching as he pulled back just an inch. His eyes were wide, dark with an intense, burning confusion as he stared down at my lips, then up at my face. His hands remained anchored on my hips, his chest heaving as if he had just run a marathon. He was looking at me differently now… like he had not kissed me before to piss Aiden and set me up. The romantic tension made the air between us feel unbreathable and dangerou

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVENIVY’S POV. "Tomorrow, you must prove that you are from Iron-ridge academy," Aiden said, his voice low and unwavering as he stepped toward a stone table containing three large crystal chalices. "The High Council has structured the first public arena trial as a magical display. They want to see the limits of each Alpha’s magical capacity. If you produce a flickering gray smoke like you did today, they will label you dead weight and allow the other packs to legally hunt you down in the upcoming matches to weed you out." The excitement I felt looking at the beautiful potion bottles instantly evaporated, replaced by a cold, sharp dread. "But you told me to suppress it! You just told me that if they see my kind of fire magic, they will be on the lookout for me." "They will if it manifests as raw, unrefined energy," Aiden countered, his large fingers lightly tracing the edge

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CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHTIVY’S POV The four massive iron pots in the center of the arena looked like open, black jaws waiting to swallow us. Each one was filled to the brim with a thick, silvery liquid that shifted colors based on the frequency of the magic poured into it. I was the only student with fire as my magical element in our group, stepping forward to let my cloaked violet flame spike into the font. The test ran its course individually for every other person from the rival groups as well, each vanguard demonstrating their basic elemental power to establish their dominance. Once the individual rounds concluded, the head mystic officer raised his brass staff, his voice echoing coldly across the stadium benches. "The individual displays have been established. But to advance to the final stage of the tournament rankings, the teams will not be displaying individually. The four membe

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CHAPTER SIXTY-NINEIVY’S POV.Consciousness returned to me slowly, my mind processing the blankness, bit by bit. The deafening roar of the stadium crowd had been replaced by the steady, deep crackle of wood snapping in a hearth.I bolted upright, a sharp gasp tearing from my throat as my hands flew down to my left thigh. "The illumination" "It's covered," a deep, baritone rumble cut through the dim room. My head snapped up. I wasn't in the room the four of us shared. I was lying in the center of the massive, fur-lined ironwood bed inside Aiden’s private room. The polished dark marble floors reflected the amber glow of the massive fireplace. Aiden stood by the edge of the hearth, his dark shirt that carried the official logo, unbuttoned at the collar, his golden eyes glowing with a fierce intensity. “How did we…” I wanted to know how he left there wi

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