All Chapters of Silver Queen of Lunar Ridge: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

CHAPTER 2I jerked upright, my heart pounding hard against my ribs.The music was way too loud. People filled the room, laughing and drinking, pressed together in sweaty groups. The smell of old alcohol and cheap perfume made me feel sick.Cassian stood right over me, looking annoyed."Finally," he groaned, running a hand through his dark hair. "You passed out right when I was saying something important. Did you even hear me?"My mind was screaming.I had just been in a wrecked truck. I was dying. My parents were dead next to me, blood everywhere, and I couldn't reach my mom's hand...But now I was here. On a leather couch in the VIP student lounge. Heavy bass shook the floor and Cassian was talking like nothing happened.I sat up fast and looked around. This was the back-to-school party at the private club near campus. I saw the same elite students from my classes. Marcus from advanced biology was talking to some girl in a fancy dress. Sarah from English was laughing too loud by the

CHAPTER 4The room was dead silent. The kind of quiet that made it hard to breathe.I stood there on the edge of the fancy rug, gripping the straps of my backpack so my hands wouldn’t shake. My head was spinning. Alistair Vance. I had kissed Alistair Vance. The most powerful Lycan around. The man who controlled my scholarship, my parents’ jobs, and pretty much my whole future.He didn’t move. He just sat behind his big mahogany desk, watching me with those cold golden-amber eyes. Like a wolf staring at something small that wandered into its territory.Behind me, the elevator doors closed with a soft click. Gideon had stayed outside."Sit," Alistair said.His voice was deep and rough. It carried through the whole room and settled heavy in my chest. It was the kind of voice that expected you to obey without question.I made myself walk forward. Every part of me wanted to turn around and run, but I couldn’t. I had already died once. I wasn’t going to let fear stop me now.I pulled out th

Chapter 6The main dining hall of Lunar Ridge Academy looked like a Gothic cathedral converted into an exclusive playground for the supernatural elite. High vaulted ceilings lost themselves in deep shadows, illuminated only by floating, dim magical sconces and massive stained-glass windows that cast long, bloody streaks of red and purple light across the stone floor. Long mahogany tables stretched down the length of the hall, rigidly divided by social hierarchy.At the far end, elevated on a marble dais, sat the elite tables, the domain of the high-ranking Alphas, the wealthy trust-fund heirs, and the old-money lineages who ran the territories.The moment Chloe and I stepped through the heavy double doors, the ambient roar of hundreds of talking students dropped significantly. The friction from the atrium confrontation had already traveled ahead of us."Just keep your head down and follow me," Chloe whispered, her grip tightening on my forearm as she steered me toward the lower-rankin

Chapter 8The next afternoon, the weather was very bad. Grey clouds covered the sky, and cold rain tapped hard against the glass windows of the locker room.I walked into the work-study changing area after my history class. My body was still very sore from the heavy vault shift last night. Every muscle ached, and my chest felt tight. But I needed to change into my spare uniform for my next work rotation.I stopped right in front of my metal locker.My stomach dropped.The locker door was bent completely open. The heavy steel lock was broken, hanging loosely from the latch. Inside, everything was completely destroyed.My clean, spare work-study uniforms, the simple white shirts and black skirts, were ripped into thin shreds. They were covered in dark, dirty water from the campus courtyard. My extra books were torn apart, their pages soaked and ruined. Someone had even dumped smelly kitchen garbage all over my clean sneakers."Oh no," a soft voice said from behind me.I turned around. C

Chapter 10The library of Lunar Ridge Academy was massive. At night, it looked like a haunted forest made of dark wood and stone. The bookshelves were very tall, reaching all the way up to the high ceiling. Only a few small lamps were turned on, casting long, spooky shadows across the floorboards.I was working in the restricted history section on the third floor. My job was to put away a heavy stack of old books before the building closed at ten o'clock.My body still felt weak from the magic burn in the administrative office, but I kept pushing myself. I slid a thick book onto a high shelf, letting out a soft sigh.Suddenly, the air in the room changed.The temperature dropped fast, and the heavy scent of wood-smoke and ozone filled the narrow aisle. It was an angry, heavy scent that made my instincts scream.I turned around quickly, but I was already trapped.Cassian was standing at the end of the aisle. His golden eyes were bright and furious in the dark. He didn't say a word. He