Lahat ng Kabanata ng Setting Myself on Fire for My Alpha : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

At the celebration party, Aemyth was surrounded by the guests. The bandages wrapped around her ankle were exceptionally obvious.Our mother, Claudia Lakeshore, helped her sit down with heartbreak etched all over her face."Aemyth refused to even take a break despite having injured herself just so she could score a chance at making it through the tryouts. Thank goodness her efforts didn't go to waste."The moment Aemyth saw me, the smile on her face froze momentarily."Aerith, you're here!"She studied the bandages covering my face as she continued airily, "You don't have to come all the way here just to congratulate me, you know? After all, you've been preparing for the tryouts for a year, yet you can't even make it through the main entrance of the audition hall."Everyone around us went quiet for a moment. Then, Aemyth linked arms with me."Well, now that you no longer have to go through dance practice anymore, life should be easier for you. Then again, I suppose that you can't

Ivander was thunderstruck when he received the news. Disbelief was written all over his face.His cool and collected demeanor vanished instantly as he demanded loudly, "Where's Aerith? Is she still in the villa?"He knew very well that I no longer had Nora with me, so I couldn't make a quick getaway. If I truly got stuck in the villa, I'd be dead for sure.Timothy fell silent for a long time. Finally, he replied, "The rescue workers did mention that a werewolf was stuck inside the villa. But they weren't sure if it was Luna Aerith."Ivander's jacket plopped onto the floor at that moment. He shoved Aemyth, who was still trying to stop him, away before rushing out of the manor.On the way there, Ivander kept calling my number. The moment he heard the automated message about my phone being turned off, he quickly contacted my healer, butler, and even my parents.No one had seen me since the fire broke out."Maybe she wasn't even at the villa." He grasped his phone tightly. "Or maybe

Someone placed a glass of water by my hand."You should have some water. Your hand is still trembling at the moment."I looked up to see Noah Thorne standing by my table. He didn't inquire about the werewolf who was featured on the television; all he did was pick up the pen and slot it back into the pen holder."Thank you.""Lily is changing into her ballet flats. She wants to be the first one to enter the studio."I looked at the door, where a little girl could be seen waving at me while hugging a pair of dance flats to her chest.Noah was my childhood friend. When he was ten years old, he and his parents moved out of the Bloodmoon pack. Since then, we fell out of contact with each other.Just a week after I opened my dance studio, he came here with his niece, Lily Thorne. Having worn a mask, I began filling him in on my dance lessons. He had just listened to a few sentences before he called out my name all of a sudden."Aerith?"I gripped the registration form without resp

Ivander's hands were still trembling.First, he inspected my shoulders, then my torn clothes. When he was sure that I wasn't bleeding at all, he finally pulled me into his arms."You're still alive…"Ivander buried his face into the crook of my shoulder. Because of that, his voice came out extremely faint and muffled."I knew it… I knew that you weren't really…"I tried to push him away. "Release me."Ivander froze momentarily, but he soon tightened his arms around me."I'm sorry, Aerith. I shouldn't have abandoned you and made you wait for me. Can you please come home with me? The healer is waiting for you. I left everything at home untouched, just the way it is."Aemyth's voice grew fainter as she was dragged into the distance.I managed to push Ivander off me this time."Your Luna is already dead.""No, you're right here!" Ivander shook his head frantically. "I knew that corpse wasn't you! When we went to the morgue to inspect the corpse again, it had already vanished int