All Chapters of Goddess Of War: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Seraphina POVThe first time my father told me I was a disgrace, I was twelve years old.Tonight, I'm standing outside the training arena with blood dripping from my split knuckles and I finally understood what he had been trying to tell me that year, he wanted me gone. "Seraphina!"My head snapped toward the voice as one of the guards was running across the courtyard, his face pale. "Your father is looking for you."Soon the wooden doors of the training arena swung open behind me and a boy stumbled out, clutching his ribs.He was seventeen, the son of one of the Pack's strongest warriors and I had just put him on the ground. "Where is he?" I asked.The guard swallowed. "In the great hall."My stomach tightened. "Why does he want me?""He said to bring you there immediately." The guard answered fearfully.I wiped my bloody knuckles against my trousers and started walking.My father had forbidden me from training with the warriors years ago because girls of our Pack were meant to learn

Seraphina POVBy the third morning, I could barely feel my feet because, I had spent two nights sleeping under trees, eating whatever food I could afford, and running whenever I heard wolves nearby.The Alliance Academy was supposed to be a sanctuary but right now, it felt like a place I might never reach.My stomach growled loudly, I stopped walking and leaned against a tree."Please," I whispered, closing my eyes. "Just a little farther."I reached into my bag and there was nothing left, the last piece of bread had been gone since yesterday.I almost laughed because the daughter of an Alpha was starving in the middle of nowhere.If my father could see me now, he'd probably tell me this was proof that I couldn't survive without him.I pushed away from the tree. "I can do this."A few hours later, I finally saw the Alliance City with massive stone walls surrounding it and guards stationed at every entrance.Beyond the gates, I could see towers rising above the buildings and at the ver

Seraphina POVKael's didn't believe me and I could see it immediately because his eyes stayed on my face, searching for the slightest crack in my expression.Around us students were being pushed toward the exits as instructors shouted orders. The unconscious student was surrounded by healers, but the black veins crawling beneath his skin made even them hesitate and through all of it, I could hear my own heartbeat.Seraphina was my real name and someone had said it here.I had been careful, nobody was supposed to know me because I changed my identity."Look at me."Kael's voice pulled me back and I raised my eyes. "Who is Seraphina?""How should I know?""You reacted when he said it.""I reacted because everyone did.""Not like you."His voice was quiet now and somehow, that was worse.I swallowed. "You're imagining things."Kael stepped closer. "Am I?"Before I could answer, an instructor hurried toward us. "Prince Kael."Kael didn't look away from me. "What?""The healers need you."

Seraphina POV"Who is Elara?"For one second, I couldn't breathe because my mother's name was still burning across the wall in dark letters. "THE BLOOD OF ELARA WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN."I stared at it until the letters blurred then I forced myself to look at Kael.His eyes were fixed on me but I couldn't tell him.So I swallowed hard and shook my head. "I don't know."Kael's expression didn't change. "What?""I don't know who she is."His eyes narrowed. "You're saying you don't know the woman whose name is written on the wall?""Yes, i don't.""Then why did you look like you'd seen a ghost?"My fingers curled into my palms. "Because whoever wrote that message obviously wants to frighten people.""That's not an answer.""It's the only one I have."Kael stepped closer. "Selene."There was something different in his voice now."Stop lying to me."My heart hammered. "I'm not lying."He stared at me and I forced myself not to look at the wall again but how could someone here know her name?