All Chapters of Three Alphas, One Secret: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

CHAPTER 1The Note I opened my locker, and a folded piece of paper fell out and landed on my shoe. I stared at it for a second before bending down. My first thought was that it was another one of those notes—the usual ones, the ones that told me to go home, that I didn't belong here, or that my wolf was a joke. I picked it up and unfolded it.STOP HIDING. WE KNOW WHAT YOUR WOLF IS, ELARA. My hands went still. I looked around the hallway. Students walked past like nothing was wrong, and lockers slammed. Someone laughed too loudly near the end of the row. No one was watching me—at least, no one I could see. I almost crushed the paper in my fist; it had to be a prank. My sister's friends did this kind of thing all the time. They left notes, they whispered, and they made sure I knew I was only here because the Alpha of my pack had adopted me and ordered me to watch over his real daughter.But the handwriting stopped me. It wasn't the big, messy lettering they usuall

CHAPTER 3 Whispers I barely slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the gold light under my skin and heard Lorenzo’s voice in my head—calm, final, and claiming my secret like it already belonged to him. When morning came, I forced myself up. The bruises on my side had darkened overnight, and my palms were still raw. I had to cover everything I could with the uniform before going downstairs. Elena was already there, scrolling on her phone. She looked up the second I walked in.“You look worse than yesterday,” she said.“I told you. I fell.”She stared at me a second longer than normal, eyes narrowing. “Right.”I poured coffee and left before she could dig further. My wolf was already pacing, having not settled since last night. With every sharp sound, she pushed harder against my control. First class was packed. I took my usual seat in the back and tried to disappear; it didn’t work. The instructor’s gaze landed on me twice during the lecture, longer th

**Chapter 5** **The Third** I barely made it back to my room.Cassian’s scent still clung to my clothes, Coffee and something colder underneath. My skin felt too tight, every place he had touched — my waist, my jaw — burned like a brand. My wolf wouldn’t settle, she paced and pushed and wanted more of whatever that had been in the dark between the buildings.I hated her for it.I hated myself more. Sleep didn’t come easy. When it did, it was full of gold light and low voices and hands that didn’t belong to just one man.Morning felt worse. Elena was waiting for me in the common room like she had been there for hours with arms crossed and eyes that could kill.“You’re hiding something,” she said the second she saw me.“I’m not.”“Don’t lie to me, Elara. You’ve been different for days. Jumping at shadows, leaving the dorm at odd hours, looking like you haven’t slept.” She stepped closer “What did you do?”“Nothing.”“Bullshit.” Her voice dropped “If you’ve done somethi