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All Chapters of The Wolfless Runaway Princess In An Alpha Academy : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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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 SEVENTY-ONEIVY’S POV.The private dungeons beneath the grand arena smelled different. There was no ironwood, no amber firelight, and no scent of clean air. It smelled of stagnant and stale water, as dusty as an abandoned homeAiden dragged Alex’s weakened, bleeding body into a sprawling, vaulted stone chamber used for private interrogations, as labelled on the top, and threw him onto the cold floor. Alex let out a choked, wet groan, his hand clutching his fractured ribs as he rolled onto his side, his breath shallow and ragged.I stumbled into the room right behind them, my own bleeding legs trembling so violently I had to lean against the damp stone wall just to stay upright. The heavy iron door slammed shut behind us with a deafening, final thud, locking us into the shadows with the monster."Aiden, please," I gasped, the tears finally spilling over my bruised cheeks as I looked at the utter devastation in the room. "He was just trying to help me. He didn't do anything."Ai

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWOIVY’S POV.The temperature in the vault Aiden placed us dropped to near freezing as midnight passed. We were in absolute darkness, save for a thin sliver of pale moonlight cutting through a high, barred ventilation slit near the ceiling.I sat curled in my distant corner, pulling my knees tightly against my chest. My muscles were already stiffening from the damp chill, and an aggressive, hollow hunger was beginning to gnaw at my stomach. Across the vast stone floor, Alex’s breathing was shallow and uneven, punctuated by occasional, sharp gasps of pain whenever he tried to shift his weight against the stone pillar. The intense, romantic tension from our kiss in the corridor had completely soured into a suffocating silence.Hours passed by, the silence making things worse. Unable to bear the literal and emotional freeze any longer, Alex broke the quiet, his voice a low whisper in the shadows."He wasn't always a monster, you know," Alex muttered, his head resting bac

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREEIVY’S POV. The second bell rang with a deafening, metallic toll that vibrated straight through the dungeon floors.The iron bolt screeched open for the final time, and four elite Royal Guards stepped into the vault, their faces completely blank. True to Aiden's brutal promise, they offered no water to quench our burning thirst, no food to fuel our depleted bodies, and no medical bandages for the bleeding scrapes on my legs. They simply pointed their iron spears toward the corridor.Aiden stood at the intersection of the tunnels, fully clad in his dark, combat armor. He looked like a king about to execute his offender. As Alex and I limped out of the cell, Aiden didn't cast a single glance toward my torn uniform or Alex’s fractured, guarded ribs. "Prove you are worth the mercy I have shown you both this far," Aiden’s voice violen

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR.IVY’S POVThe arena floor had turned into a literal slaughter house. From my position near the lower staging rails, my own parched throat and bruised shoulder were entirely forgotten as I watched the center ring. It was Alex's turn.He was beating his opponents, his form naturally superior, but I could sense the dark energy beneath his almost perfect movements. He was getting weak and tired, and it would begin to show soon. His face was entirely pale, his eyes dull and drained of their usual vibrant warmth, but he kept fighting on with sheer determination and willpower.Midway through his second-to-the-last match, the heavy toll of our night in the freezing dungeon became undeniable. I noticed an extra sluggishness in the way he attacked with his sword, a fraction of a second delay in his defense. His opponent, a brutal Blood-Fang Alpha caught a whiff of the sluggishness. The steel ripped through Alex’s uniform, dealing him his first deep slash.Blood immediately

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CHAPTER SEVENTY- FIVEIVY’S POVThe kiss was suffocating, intense. My tongue and his were at war. Aiden’s mouth crushed against mine with a finality that cleared off the remaining arguments in my throat. I was pinned flat against the cold stone, the raw weight of his armored chest grinding into my ribs while his crotch pressed heavily into my hips."Mmh," I whimpered against his lips, my hands catching his shoulders to push him back, but he didn't move an inch.The intoxicating heat of his skin and the heavy musk of his cedarwood perfume filled my senses, making my head spin. His large hand remained anchored firmly over my trousers, his long fingers mapping the damp, swollen contours of my V-area with an intense, rhythmic slow pressure. Even through the thick uniform fabric, the wetness in my pussy, the aching heat of my body was completely obvious. I was already mortifyingly dripping for him. This was my body’s physical reaction to his touch and proximity that my pride absolutely des

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIXIVY’S POVThe dawn of the final day arrived looking very gloomy. It came with a heavy, low-hanging fog that swallowed the jagged mountain peaks of the valley and cast a gray, terrible lightning over the grand arena.When the first bell toll cut through the quiet, my eyes snapped open. I hadn’t slept. Every time I had closed my eyes in the dark of my room, the image of Alex’s heavy, half-opened eyes in the shadows of Aiden’s room flashed behind my eyelids like a recurring nightmare. Under the thick material of my fresh pants, the skin of my left inner thigh was still glowing with a low, persistent warmth, but the frantic, chaotic beat of my own heart had completely drowned out the warning pulse of the silver rune since the night before."Nicole," a calm, level voice broke through my thoughts.I looked up. Kaelen was standing by the heavy wooden table, adjusting the iron buckles of his perfectly crafted chest piece. The common area was unusually quiet; Torin and Sila

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CHAPTER SEVENTY- SEVEN.IVY’S POVMy consciousness didn't return to seeing a wave of light. It came back with the brutal, non-stop shaking of heavy wheels slamming against a rough mountain road.I sat up with a sharp gasp, my lungs burning as if I’d been held underwater. My hands went straight down to my left thigh, my fingers clawing at my leg. The heavy leather brace was gone. In its place, thick bandages were wrapped tightly around my skin, smelling strongly of crushed lilies and some bitter smoked herbs. The searing light that had practically blinded the arena labyrinth had calmed down into a dull, steady throb, a heavy hum vibrating deep in my bones."Don't move," a deep, rough voice barked from the dark corner beside me.My head snapped over. I wasn't in the school's medical wing. I was inside a massive, armored royal carriage. The walls were lined with black velvet and reinforced with thick wood, and the small windows were completely shut, letting only thin, shaky slivers of gr

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHTIVY’S POVThe heavy ironwood gates that signaled the threshold border into the Northern area was a few miles before us. The gates didn’t open smoothly, they groaned and creaked a harsh, irritating sounds like they were opened once in a decade.We proceeded until we got to iron-ridge academy, and when the carriage finally rolled to a stop inside the inner courtyard, the door was thrown open from the outside. I took in a deep breath of the all too familiar air. The cold, crisp air of the mountain peaks rushed into the cabin, instantly biting at my skin. I tried to stand, but my legs were so stiff from the cramped journey and the heavy bandages that I stumbled forward.Before I could hit the floor, Aiden caught me by the waist, effortlessly lifting me out of the carriage cabin and setting me on the floorstones.The courtyard was heavily fortified. Dozens of elite academy guards stood at attention in rigid lines, their armor clattering as they saluted the King. The a

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINEIVY’S POV.The heavy oak door swung open, the golden firelight from the corridor casting a sharp, blinding illumination into some parts of the dark room.Aiden stepped through the door. He wasn't wearing his formal King’s cloak or his war outfit. He wore a fitted black leather shirt, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing the beautifully detailed, dark runic tattoos winding down his forearms. He carried a heavy iron ring of keys in one hand and a covered silver tray in the other, but the moment his boots crossed into the room, his posture went completely still.His golden eyes didn't look at me. They locked instantly onto the deep shadow beside the velvet window curtains.A suffocating silence dropped over the room, I held my breath. The air instantly turned freezing cold, the scent of crushed pine and winter air swirling helplessly against the overwhelming, dominant fragrance of dark cedarwood and rain that radiated off Aiden.Aiden casually set the silve

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