All Chapters of Wolf Academy: The Silver Blood: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The problem with almost kissing two different Alphas within twenty-four hours was that apparently neither of them forgot. I had hoped the Moon Festival might help. Music. Food. Hundreds of people. Distractions. Instead, I had created a new problem. I had danced with Rafael. And Matteo had watched. At first, I thought he'd handled it surprisingly well. No interruption. No sarcastic comment. No sudden need to challenge Rafael to something unnecessarily masculine. He'd even lifted his glass toward me. Your choice. Progress. Beautiful, mature progress. Then the dance ended. And Matteo looked at me. Not casually. Not briefly. He looked too long. That was where everything went wrong. “You're staring.” Anna appeared beside Matteo. He didn't look at her. “I'm looking.” “That's staring with better marketing.” Matteo finally glanced at her. “Don't you have someone else to bother?” “Yes.” She pointed toward me. “Her. But she's currently occupied.” I was standing

I learned about the punishment at breakfast. Not from Rafael. Not from Matteo. From Anna. Which made it significantly better. She dropped into the chair opposite me with the expression of someone carrying information that could improve my entire day. “You're going to love this.” I lowered my spoon. “Someone finally banned students from asking to smell me?” “No.” “Shame.” “Rafael and Matteo got detention.” I stared at her. Then slowly put my spoon down. “What?” “Detention.” “At university?” “Alpha detention.” I had no idea what Alpha detention was. But it was already my favorite thing.

I did not call Luca.This was probably a terrible decision.To be fair, most of my recent decisions seemed terrible when examined carefully.Walking into forbidden gardens.Following mysterious lights in dreams.Getting kidnapped.Almost kissing two Alphas.Listening to jewelry.My standards had changed.I sat on the edge of my bed at 2:23 in the morning, holding the amulet between two fingers.It had stopped glowing.Completely.No silver light.No warmth.No mysterious heartbeat.Nothing.I stared at it.“You are becoming exhausting.”Silence.“Which is impressive considering you're jewelry.”Still nothing.I pressed the pendant against my ear.No heartbeat.I felt ridiculous.Then I remembered the sound.Thump.Slow.Deep.Coming fr

There were few things more terrifying than kidnappers, invisible attackers, mysterious men outside academy gates, or jewelry with its own heartbeat.Professor Arden holding our final project.I sat perfectly still.Beside me, Rafael looked irritatingly calm.“How are you not nervous?” I whispered.He kept his eyes on Professor Arden.“I am.”I listened.His heartbeat was steady.I turned toward him.“Liar.”His mouth twitched.“You're abusing your new ability.”“I prefer using available resources.”“That's cheating.”“Then stop lying to me.”His heartbeat changed.Just slightly.I smiled.“See?”Rafael finally looked at me.“You're enjoying this.”“Immensely.”“Good.”That one word caught me off guard.Before I could ask why, Professor Arden spoke.“Som

For the next two days, Rafael did not kiss me. This was becoming suspicious. Not because he was supposed to kiss me. Obviously. He was free to spend his time not kissing me. I was also free to spend my time not thinking about why he wasn't kissing me. Which I did. Very successfully. Except during breakfast. And architecture. And my library shift. And once while brushing my teeth. Maybe twice. The problem was the word. Later. Rafael had said it after our project results. Not maybe. Not we'll see. Later. Like the interrupted moment between us wasn't over. Just postponed. And now every time I saw him, some ridiculous part of me wondered whether later had arrived.