My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116: What Would I Destroy First?

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Chapter 116

~Kieran’s POV~

Outside PSA’s central dining hall, the courtyard buzzed with voices and heat, laughter echoing under the arches where students sprawled over stone benches and velvet grass.

I sat at the edge of it all, shaded beneath a marble trellis heavy with blooming moonvine, my fingers curled around a glass of iced tonic I hadn’t touched.

Two girls flanked me—one on each side. freewebnovel-cσ๓

Sasha, a high-ranking Alpha’s daughter from Silverglade, leaned in close, her perfume sickly sweet, her laughter too shrill as she traced idle circles on my arm.

The other—Mayra—was subtler. She didn’t touch, didn’t speak unless prompted. Her dark hair was a sleek curtain and her eyes were sharper than most. Smart girl. Watched more than she spoke.

And still, none of it touched me.

Because across the courtyard, Dristan stood at the centre of a small crowd, effortlessly silent as always yet magnetic. His posture was calm, and his voice was low. But they all listened—they always did.

I watched him.

I didn’t blink.

Didn’t smile.

The rage that I had long since folded away, ironed smooth beneath cool arrogance and calculated boredom, began to crumple.

I remembered the weight of his palm slamming into my face during our last confrontation, the flicker of superiority in his eyes, and his utter disregard.

He’d only walked away because Lucie approached. Not because I was weak.

I had let him go

But now—now I watched him stand close to her.

Valerie.

He had stood close to her in the simulation arena, face carved in wrath, defending her like a knight carved from stone. And the worst part? She had looked up at him like she saw someone, not just another Alpha heir.

No.

She had seen him.

The jealousy bit deeper than the memory of the slap.

"Something bothering you?" Sasha asked sweetly, tilting her head so her red curls brushed my shoulder.

I blinked slowly, pulling my gaze away from Dristan and Valerie, who had just entered the courtyard. Her hair was braided today.

I turned to Sasha, letting my lips curl into a slow, charming grin.

"Not at all."

She giggled. "You looked like you were about to murder someone."

I swirled the glass in my hand. "Just hungry."

Mayra’s eyes flicked to me. She didn’t laugh. Smart girl. Probably knew I was lying.

Dristan walked past us then. He didn’t look at me. Not once. Not even to acknowledge my presence. But he did glance at Valerie.

Brief. Subtle. Enough to tighten every muscle in my jaw.

He hadn’t earned her attention, not like that.

She wasn’t a prize. But she was mine to notice. To pursue. And he had claimed space beside her like it was owed.

I exhaled slowly. Lucie’s voice echoed in my memory: "You’ll destroy something if you let that fury out the wrong way."

Maybe I would.

But the question was, what would I destroy first?

"I’ll be back," I murmured to the girls.

Sasha pouted. "Kieran—"

"I want to be left alone," I stated and tucked my hands in my pockets. I rose to my feet without a second glance.

I felt the weight of every student’s gaze follow me as I crossed the courtyard silently, shadowing the curve of the building until I reached the northern wing balcony.

From here, I had the perfect view.

Valerie sat now, alone under a linden tree, flicking through a book. Dristan hadn’t followed.

Good.

He shouldn’t.

Because soon enough, I’d remind him that the last time he lifted his hand to discipline me, he did so forgetting that I let him walk away.

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~Valerie’s POV~

Everything felt real—painfully real—but also...wrong, like I was trespassing in a memory I hadn’t lived yet.

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