جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 4

Asher’s PovThere were exactly three things I needed this semester.Win the National Academy Hockey Championship.Keep my grades high enough to satisfy my father.Survive my final year at Silvercrest Academy without giving the gossip-hungry students another reason to stick their noses into my life.None of those goals included sharing my private suite with a stranger.Yet somehow, that was exactly where my day had ended.I stood in the middle of the living room with my arms folded while Rowan Hayes quietly wheeled her suitcase inside. She looked around the suite with open curiosity, completely unaware that she had just destroyed the peaceful routine I had spent three years building.The door clicked shut behind her. Neither of us spoke.I watched as she walked toward the large windows overlooking the hockey arena, her eyes lighting up the moment she saw the rink below. A smile spread across her face so naturally that, for a brief second, she looked like a little kid who had just walk

Rowan’s PovIf someone had told me a week ago that I would be living with the future Alpha of the Nightfall Pack, I would have laughed in their face.If they had also told me that the future Alpha would wake me up every morning by banging on my bedroom door because he thought I wasn’t training hard enough, I probably would have called them crazy.Unfortunately, that had become my reality.“Rowan!”A loud knock echoed through the suite.I groaned and pulled my pillow over my head.“Five more minutes.”“No.”Another knock.“We leave for morning conditioning in fifteen.”“I know.”“You’re still in bed.”“You sound disappointed.”“I am.”I rolled my eyes before throwing the blanket aside.“Has anyone ever told you you’re incredibly annoying?”His voice came through the door without missing a beat.“Several people.”“And yet you never considered changing?”“I considered it.”“And?”“I decided they were wrong.”I couldn’t help laughing.For someone who barely smiled, Asher was surprisingly