All Chapters of THE ALPHA I WAS TO KILL: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

By eight in the morning, the training grounds were already packed. The four house banners hung above the arena, snapping in the cold wind. Students crowded the stone steps, shouting whenever someone from their house entered the ring.I stood beside Lila, staring at the wooden weapons laid across the table. There were swords,practice knives and staff.My stomach tightened.Lila noticed.“Nervous?” she said.“No.” I replied.She looked at me.“Yes.” I sighed.“Good.” she said.“How is that good?”“Means you're not stupid.”Before I could answer, Selene walked past us. She was already wearing her training gloves.“Try not to embarrass us.”I raised an eyebrow.“Was that encouragement?”“No.”She walked away. Lila watched her go.“She likes you.”“She absolutely does not.”“That's how Selene shows affection.”“That's terrifying.”A whistle sounded. When the first names were called, students entered the arena one after another.Some fights lasted seconds, while others dragged on.Then—“Ni

I need to distance myself,” I said to myself.I was laying on my bed, soaked up with Adrian's thoughts. Wondering why I'm so attached to him. I have never felt this type of way in a long time. I feel so relaxed and comfortable around him, though it feels dangerous.“Why are you smiling?” Lila said“Me?”“Who else is with me in this room?” she said.“ You better sleep early, tomorrow is the final trial and I don't think your smile is enough for you to win.” She added.“Yes ma’am” I turned my back at her and continued from where I stopped. …………………………………………………………………………………“Krrr…krrr..krr” Lila's alarm rung so loud, “ Please turn it off.” A voice came from the other room.The alarm does too much. I woke all tired and stressed, not fully prepared for this last trial.“Meet me at the courtyard” Lila said, leaving the room.I nodded.Getting ready at an easy pace, I couldn't even rush myself.………………………………………………………………………………….The final House Trial took place in the courtyard, every studen

The problem with hearing more than everyone else was that people forgot to be careful.They whispered because they thought no one could hear. They turned away because they thought that was enough. By the end of the week, I had learned things I absolutely did not want to know.Maeve hated carrots, that wasn't important. Selene talked in her sleep, that was hilarious. Lila sometimes sang when she thought she was alone. That information stayed with me forever.But other things weren't funny. Like the way people's hearts changed when they lied. I started noticing it during lunch. Lila sat across from me, telling Maeve about a letter she'd received.“It's nothing.”Her voice sounded normal, her heartbeat didn't, It skipped.I looked up, Lila was smiling, too easily. I almost asked.Instead, I took another bite. Maybe I didn't want to know everything, that was the problem. Sometimes knowing felt like standing in a room with every door open.You couldn't choose what came in.Cassian found me

I toss around my bed. It became so uncomfortable.“ Nira,” Lila called.“ Yes.”“ Are you fine?” “ Yes, of course.” “ Then stop turning, let me sleep.” She said.“ Okay… I'm sorry.”“ Stop, being polite doesn't suit you.” She groaned.I stayed quietly on my bed. ………………………………………………………………………………….By morning, I couldn't take it anymore. I went to Cassian. He was exactly where I expected. The library.“You look terrible,” he said.“Everyone keeps saying that.”“You do.”I placed both hands on his table.“I heard something.”Cassian stopped writing.I told him, not everything but enough. The voices, my mother's heartbeat. The other heartbeat, the words. He listened without interrupting.When I finished, he looked down at his notebook.“Do you believe me?” I asked.“Yes.”That surprised me.“Just like that?”“You heard Lila singing through a wall last week.”I blinked.“You knew about that?”“You told Maeve.”“Right.”He tapped his pencil against the table. Then stopped.“Nira.”“What?”

Adrian found Kael before sunrise.The academy was still asleep.A thin layer of snow covered the training grounds, smoothing over the marks left behind from yesterday's lesson. By noon, students would trample across it again. Boots would cut paths through the white ground. Swords would scrape against stone. Someone would complain about the cold. But not yet.For now, Grimhalden was quiet. Adrian crossed the courtyard with his hands buried deep inside his coat. His breath disappeared in pale clouds before him.Kael stood near the far wall. He wasn't moving. His back was turned, one hand resting against the cold stone as he looked over the empty grounds.Adrian slowed.“You saw her.”It wasn't a question.Adrian stopped several feet behind him.“Yes.”For a while, Kael said nothing.Snow slipped from one of the branches above them and landed soundlessly on the ground.“And?”Adrian's jaw tightened.The answer came too quickly. Not in words, in pieces. “Nira on her knees. Her fingers di