The Cold Savior

Chapter Forty-oneSafiraHim.Leif. I stood there frozen, the thick, hot liquid still dripping from onto my ruined uniform, staring at Leif in utter disbelief.My head was spinning. I couldn’t understand it. Only minutes ago, he had deliberately avoided my gaze in class, treating me like a ghost, walking out before I could even open my mouth to apologize or ask if he had a rethink on how he had dropped our friendship so abruptly. I had called his name and he refused to answer. Yet here he was, stepping into the middle of the crowded cafeteria, his voice cutting through the humiliation like a blade.Elodie’s girls slowly let go of Liora, taking a hesitant step back as Leif closed the distance between us.I didn’t understand why it was that way but everyone in the cafeteria seemed to be amused and captivated by Leif’s presence, most especially the girls. I could see them almost drooling, their eyes following every step he took.Elodie, however, quickly recovered from her initial shock

Caught In The Act

Chapter Forty-twoSafiraThe car’s engine died with a quiet shudder, but I remained seated in the back seat for a long, silent moment before dragging myself out into the cool evening air. My limbs felt leaden, my clothes still faintly bearing the damp, metallic scent of the cafeteria food despite my desperate attempts to scrub it out in the academy’s washroom.I dragged my legs through the arched stone entryway of the castle, my steps echoing hollowly against the floor. The entire day looped in an agonizing reel in my mind. Princess Althea had advised with a crisp and sure tone that I should up for myself, she had told me to show them my teeth, to show them I could fight back without revealing my identity. Yet Leif’s warning clattered slightly against her words with equal the same weight, he had said they would stop treating me like garbage if they knew who I was, he had snapped, right before severing our friendship completely again, out of fear of the Alpha King. And then there was

A Misunderstanding

Chapter Forty-threeAlpha AzraelThe droning voices of the Council members echoed off the stone arches of the throne room, but to me, they were nothing more than meaningless noise. I couldn’t even hear what they were saying, all I could hear was the quiet chatter and echoes of their voices.I sat back on the throne, my fingers digging into the carved armrests until the stone cracked beneath my pressure. My mind was miles away, consumed entirely by a storm of this dark, suffocating rage and desperate regret.Every single word Safira had uttered at the dining table yesterday was still burning through my brain like acid. I barely had a minute sleep through the night, unable to get her words off my head, they kept reeling through my mind relentlessly.A man who carries the scent of expensive sandalwood and spicy oud. A man who wouldn't be a coward.And she had even looked straight into my eyes when she said it. She had laid out every single one of my traits, wrapping them up in a challeng

Detective Althea

Chapter Forty-fourAlpha AzraelI stood frozen in the hallway long after the echo of her frantic footsteps had died away.My hand, still hovering in the cold air where I had gripped her wrist, was shaking. Disgusting. The word rang loud in my ears, sharp and poisonous, cutting through me with a brutal, stinging clarity. She called me disgusting. I had thought I’d end with being called a coward, that it’d just be now but now disgusting? That was what I was to her.Why hadn't I spoken?The question tore through my brain, infuriating and relentless. I had stopped her. I had physically reached out and held her in place, the universe handing me a fraction of a second to tear down the lies, to tell her the absolute truth, to tell her everything I had wanted to say to her. I wanted to tell her that I had no part in this pathetic suitor scheme. I wanted to roar that I hadn't been told about it until after they had already set their plan in motion, that the disgusting, shameless sounds echo

All Chapters of Alpha’s Obsession : Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

The Cold Savior

Caught In The Act

A Misunderstanding

Detective Althea