All Chapters of THE MATE THE ROGUE ALPHA WAS MEANT TO KILL: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Elara's POV "Where the hell have you been?"Freya's voice hit before I even got my bag down, and I turned to find her standing in the middle of the dorm with her hands on her hips. Nyx was on her bed, watching, and something in the way she was looking at me told me this had been brewing."Principal Marcella called me in," I said, keeping my voice steady as I set my bag down."For what?" Freya demanded, crossing her arms."Academic standing check after missing classes," I said. It sounded plausible. It felt solid. "You know how she is about attendance."Freya's expression shifted from angry to worried in a heartbeat, and she moved closer. "You're not failing anything.""Just a check-in," I said, settling onto my bed. "She wanted to make sure I was handling everything okay after the camping trip and everything that happened with my shift."Nyx looked up from her book, her eyes tracking mine for a beat longer than comfortable before she went back to reading."Where did you sleep?" she a

Elara's POV Miss Lily walked into the hall during lunch with the kind of energy that made everyone stop talking at once. She had that effect, the ability to command a room just by entering it, and she used it now, moving to the center of the hall with her hands clasped in front of her and that expression she got when she was about to announce something important."The House Games begin in two weeks," she announced, and her voice carried across the entire space without her having to raise it. "I hope all house captains are prepared and ready to represent their houses with the discipline and honor this competition demands."The hall erupted instantly. People were on their feet, cheering, whistling, the noise building so fast it felt like the walls were vibrating with it, this was the biggest event of the year and everyone knew it, the energy shifting from normal school day into something electric and alive with possibility. Someone threw a piece of bread in celebration and someone else

Elara's POV The entire school was outside for game practice, every house had their own area set up, and it was chaos in the best way possible. People were running all over the place, doing combat drills, practicing strategies, trying different combinations and seeing what worked. You could feel the competitive energy from a mile away, that tension that came right before something big was about to happen.House Blackwood had the combat zone. House Nightborne was doing all the running and agility stuff. House Ravencroft, was practicing formations. It looked like they had been working on this for days, moving in synchronized patterns that probably took forever to get right. The other houses were scattered around doing their own thing, testing what would work best for them.Freya was standing next to me watching the combat matches, analyzing every move like she was planning to steal them all and use them against people later. Leo was making jokes about the guy who kept falling on his a

Elara's POV The teacher rounded up the class, wrapping everything up with the usual reminders about assignments nobody was going to do until the last minute. Chairs scraped back, bags were zipped, and the noise level went from zero to chaos in about five seconds flat. People were already halfway out the door before he even finished talking. I was about to stand up when Ravin turned to look at me from across the room.He tilted his head slightly, the way he always did when he wanted me to come to him. I picked up my bag and walked over, dropping into the empty seat beside him while everyone else filed out around us. The classroom was emptying fast, which was fine, nobody was paying attention to us anyway.For a second he just looked at me, really looked at me, the kind of look that made everything else in the room feel very far away."I miss you."It was so straightforward, no buildup, no games, just that. I felt something warm settle in my chest."I miss you too." I meant it comple

Elara's POV I was watching the third match of the day when Kael found me in the bleachers, he was still in his House Ravencroft uniform, looking like he had just come from competing in one of the earlier events. He sat down next to me without asking, which was typical Kael behavior — confident, like he knew I wouldn't mind him sitting there."Hey," he said, his voice low so nobody around us could hear. "Can we meet up after the games end today? I want to talk to you about something."I knew what this was. I had seen the way he looked at me sometimes, caught him watching me across classrooms or hallways. The way he would find excuses to be near me or start conversations that could have waited. But I wasn't interested in him like that, and more importantly, I wasn't available."Kael, I'm with Ravin," I said, keeping my voice even and firm. "I don't think that's a good idea."He leaned back like my answer wasn't what he expected, or maybe he just hadn't wanted to hear it."It's nothing