All Chapters of THE ALPHA I WAS TO KILL: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was the noise. Different noises collided and ended up landing into my ear. I frowned into my pillow.Someone was shouting outside, a door slammed, students were arguing somewhere down the corridor, followed by a laugh. The highlight of it was Maeve snored.I opened one eye."...Maeve."She didn't move. I pulled the blanket over my head. The noise didn't disappear. If anything, it became louder.Rain tapped against the windows, footsteps crossed the corridor, someone dropped something in the room beside ours. A girl whispered to her friend two rooms away. And then I heard something that made me sit up.A pen scratching against paper, slowly.“Shish…shish .shish….” The noise continued.I stared at the wall. The noise became frustrating and tiring. There was no reason I should have been able to hear that.I pulled the blanket away, Maeve was still asleep. Lila was curled beneath hers, facing the wall.I listened again.“Shish…shish” the scratchin

By the next morning, my body felt normal again. At least, I wanted it to.The strange heartbeat hadn't returned since training with Adrian. My hearing was still sharper than before, but I had learned to ignore the little things, the scrape of chairs across the floor, footsteps in the corridor, the sound of rain against the windows.I was beginning to think I could control it.Then Instructor Rowan ruined my morning."Nira."I looked up.He stood at the center of the training yard, holding the ranking board."You're fighting today."My stomach dropped."Against who?"Rowan turned the board around.A name had been written beneath mine.DANE ARLOW — RANK 9.I stared at it. Rank nine.I was seventeen.The last time I had checked, I was still struggling to keep a practice knife from embarrassing me.A few students nearby had already noticed. Whispers travelled through the yard."That's Dane.""She's actually fighting him?""He'll crush her."I tightened my grip around the practice blade. D

I didn't know why Adrian’s look was off. But I could sense something was up with him. I spent my whole night thinking of what he might be doing at the moment, forgetting what I was meant to be worried about.I kept on thinking and turning on both sides on my bed with my eyes closed.By the time I opened my eyes, it was morning in Grimhalden. I woke up before the first bell. For a few seconds, I stayed under the blanket, staring at the ceiling. Nothing felt wrong, no mystery today– strange heartbeat, claws, voices. Just the faint sound of rain against the windows.I slowly lifted my hand.Normal.I turned my fingers over.Still normal."Good."I let my hand fall back onto the pillow.Then Maeve snored. I closed my eyes."Never mind."A pillow flew across the room. It landed somewhere near Maeve's bed.She didn't wake up.I smiled into my blanket. For the first time since my eyes had changed, I felt almost normal.………………………………………………………………………………….By breakfast, the Great Hall was alrea

After speaking to Adrian, I realised Cassian has been in his safe space all day.Cassian had been in the library since sunrise, at least, that's what I assumed.When I found him, three candles had burned down to their stubs. As always, there were books around the table– some were open, others were stacked sideways, one had been placed upside down.Cassian sat in the middle of it all with a piece of parchment between his fingers.I stopped beside the table."You look terrible."He didn't look up."Thank you.""That wasn't a compliment.""I know."I pulled out the chair opposite him."What happened?"He slid the parchment toward me.I looked at it, nothing stood out.A date, with an old handwriting."What's this?""Archive transfer.""That's exciting.""It is."I stared at him."You've officially become boring."Cassian ignored me."Look at the date."I did. Then frowned."This is after my father disappeared.""Exactly."He turned another page."This record says Darius left Grimhalden t

Cassian and I went to the door, but no one was there. “Well, I have to find a new place to talk.” Cassian said.“You think someone is really listening.” I said.He replied with a nod.“We have to be careful.” I added. We both went our separate ways. I saw Lila on the way and we went to the dormitory. Thank God Meave left for her room. She is such a character.………………………………………………………………………………….The next morning, Instructor Rowan changed the training schedule.I was curious why he did that. I and Lila came very late to class, Lila is very slow when it comes to dressing. This morning training didn't involve knives, swords or sparring.He placed four students in the center of the hall."Today," he said, "you learn control."I exchanged a look with Lila."Control of what?"Rowan looked directly at me."Yourself."That answer did not make me feel better. We stood around the training circle.One by one, students were told to close their eyes and identify movement around them.Most of the s