All Chapters of THE ALPHA I WAS TO KILL: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

I woke up to someone pulling my hair."Lila," I mumbled, eyes still closed."I'm almost done.""You've been saying that for five minutes." I said with frustration."Beauty takes time.""My scalp disagrees."She gave another determined tug."Ouch!""There." She said.She stepped back proudly. I sat up and reached for the small mirror hanging beside my bed."...What happened?"Lila blinked."What do you mean?""My hair.""It looks nice.""It looks... surprising."She folded her arms."I tried.""You absolutely did."Maeve walked in carrying a pile of folded uniforms. She looked at me once, then at Lila, then back at me."...Should I laugh?" Maeve said. "No," Lila answered quickly."Yes," I said at the same time.Maeve covered her mouth."I'm trying very hard not to." She said, turning her back.Breakfast was somehow worse. The girls' dormitory had recently decided that every room would take turns preparing toast for the common table.Today, It was Maeve's turn. She proudly carried in a

AdrianThe academy was quiet before sunrise.I preferred it that way, it is the best time for a quiet moment. No students shouting across the courtyard. No instructors barking orders. No crowds. Just the cold morning air and the sound of his breathing.I stood alone in the training yard, a knife balanced between my fingers. The target waited twenty feet away, I threw and missed. The knife struck the wooden post beside it and dropped into the grass.I stared at it and picked up another, and I missed again. A third knife left my hand, it struck the outer edge of the target and not the centre.Footsteps approached behind me."You've missed the same target three times."I didn't turn, I immediately knew who it was. "I'm aware." I answered.Instructor Kael stopped beside me."You usually don't miss." He said. "Everyone misses." I answered."Not you." He added.I finally looked at him."Are you here to train me or annoy me?" I asked. "Both, apparently."I sighed and picked up another kn

I woke up before my alarm. For a few seconds, I didn't know why, the room was still dark. Everyone was asleep or at least… I thought they were.I turned toward Lila's bed, empty."Lila?" I frowned.No response.I pushed myself up.Her blanket was folded neatly at the foot of her bed, that was strange. Lila never folded anything. Her shoes were gone and her bag wasn't there either.I was about to lie back down when something caught the moonlight. A small silver object rested on her pillow.My stomach dropped.I got out of bed, the floor was cold beneath my feet. I picked it up, it is a silver wolf key. Lila never went anywhere without it. She had once told me it was the one thing she would never lose.I closed my fingers around it."Lila..."The room suddenly felt too quiet. I looked toward the door, then back at the key. Something was wrong, very wrong.………………………………………………………………………………….By breakfast, I hadn't touched my food. Lila's empty chair sat across from me.Maeve noticed."You'v

I stood between Lila and Cassian. For a moment, nobody said anything.Her eyes moved from me to Cassian, then down to the papers spread across the table."You two really don't know when to stop, do you?"Cassian slowly closed his notebook."Neither do you." I said.Lila's mouth tightened.I pushed the second key toward her."You left this on my pillow."Her eyes dropped to it."I know.""Then why are you wearing another one?"Her hand immediately went to the key around her neck. She looked away."I can't explain that.""You've been saying that a lot lately.""I know."I leaned back in my chair."Lila, what is going on?"She opened her mouth, nothing came out. Cassian watched her quietly. Then he reached for the photograph we'd found in Rowan's office.He placed it on the table.Lila saw it and her face changed. Her fingers stopped moving."Where did you get that?""Rowan's office," Cassian said.Lila looked at him sharply."You went into his office?""Technically, Nira did."I turned

I woke before the bell.For a few seconds, I didn't know where I was. The room was dark except for the thin line of morning light slipping beneath the curtains. My body felt heavy, and my feet still hurt from dancing the night before.I remembered yesterday’s dance and I smiled into my pillow. Then I remembered Adrian nearly stepping on someone. I covered my mouth to stop myself from laughing."Idiot," I whispered.Maeve shifted in the bed across the room. Ever since the Whispering forest Selene and Maeve had their second apartment with us. Very clingy humans.She didn't wake. I slowly got out of bed and pulled the curtains open. Grey clouds covered the sky. Snow had gathered along the window ledges, and students were already crossing the courtyard below. Some were running because they were late. Others walked with their heads buried in their coats.Everything looked ordinary. After everything that had happened since I arrived at Grimhalden, ordinary felt almost precious.I dressed q