My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 115

Chapter 115: Four Alphas Staking Their Claim

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Chapter 115

~Valerie’s POV~ freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

I thought I could slip past it. The stares, the whispers, the insane headline now cemented on Whispr’s trending page.

But apparently, fate—or more likely, chaos—wasn’t ready to let me catch a break, because when I stepped into the Honours Alpha Strategy class, Dristan was already there.

Thankfully, every other student wasn’t present, seeing as I got to school and class 30 minutes before time.

Seated near the back, dressed in black like some cursed prince out of a legend, he didn’t look up when I walked in. He didn’t need to.

He already knew I was there.

And that alone was dangerous.

I crossed the room quickly, ignoring the empty seat beside him and sliding into one near the window. My pulse still hadn’t settled since Isla’s message.

Dristan hadn’t taken the Whispr post down. He hadn’t denied it. He hadn’t acted like the private, brooding heir who hated attention. No—he’d smiled. That smile.

Before I could make sense of it, the door creaked again.

Kai entered first, tall and silent as ever, his emerald eyes sharp as glass. Xade followed, all lazy swagger and loose limbs like he hadn’t just punched a bear earlier that week for training fun.

And then Axel sauntered in with his silver chain swinging and a smirk already in place.

"Ah, the infamous ’lightning rescue,’" Axel announced to the room before even sitting down. "Our icy king goes soft for a girl and breaks the internet."

Dristan didn’t move. Didn’t flinch.

Kai’s voice followed smoothly. "Didn’t peg you for the dramatic type. ’I didn’t come for the target. I came for you?’ Really?"

I felt my face heat up.

"Wasn’t planned," Dristan said simply.

Xade laughed darkly, sliding into a seat two rows behind mine. "Sure didn’t look like hesitation. If anything, you seemed... territorial. That smoke was for show?"

Dristan lifted his eyes now, slow and calm and deadly. "I don’t do shows."

"Well," Axel mused, kicking his boots onto the desk, "Whispr would argue otherwise. You basically gave them a season finale."

"Why didn’t you stop it from going up?" Kai asked him more quietly.

Dristan’s gaze flicked to me. "Why would I?"

My heart tripped.

"You’re not hiding it anymore?" Axel said, his grin turning sharper. "Big shift for someone who acted like even breathing the word ’mate’ in public was a felony."

How did they know? Did he act that way with them, too, or did someone like Brielle spill the beans?

Dristan shrugged once. "I’m not hiding it. I’m claiming it."

Oh.

Oh no.

Kai’s posture stiffened.

"You’re what?" Xade leaned forward, resting his chin on his hand like watching an amusing play. "You think the rest of us will just nod and back off?"

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