“I came to chase after him.”
I nearly bit my tongue at his shameless boldness. My grip tightened around the scroll, my knuckles whitening, while Grace smirked knowingly, her eyes dancing with mischief, silently declaring see, I knew you two were lovers.
“We are not!” I blurted out before I could stop myself.
Ronan blinked down at me, a flicker of confusion shadowing his sharp features. Grace, however, burst into laughter, her voice carrying with mocking delight.
“Bye guys,” she slid into her car, waving at us playfully as she drove off, leaving me alone with him.
I exhaled a weary breath as her car disappeared from sight, but his piercing presence immediately pressed in on me, sharp and suffocating.
“Seraphina,” he stepped closer, his tone low, velvety, and dangerous, “did you sleep well last night?” His voice caressed my skin like silk, deceptively soft, yet ladened with intent. My heartbeat stumbled into a wild gallop. “Because I couldn’t sleep a wink…not after tasting your rosy lips and…”
“Mr. William!” I cut him off, my voice too loud, too desperate.
The dormitory assistant passing by froze, startled at my sudden shout. I wasted no time, striding quickly toward him, clutching at his presence like a lifeline. Inside, I repeated my mantra like a prayer-
Don’t stop. Don’t panic. Don’t look back at him.
“The laundry looks heavy,” I said hastily, snatching the basket from the poor man’s arms before he could protest. “Let me help you!”
Without waiting for his reply, I marched toward the Academy building, head high, pretending Ronan didn’t exist. Pretending I couldn’t feel his burning gaze drilling into my back.
Once safely inside, I locked myself in the laundry room and collapsed against the door, clutching my chest. My heart pounded so hard it hurt. That feeling, that strange, terrifying current that Phina and I both had felt was back, stronger than ever. All because of him.
Chapter 147 A Dangerous Hunger
“What the hell is happening to me?” I whispered, my voice trembling. One kiss. Just one kiss and it had unraveled me to this point. My emotions were a storm I couldn’t command. My wolf thrashed inside me, restless and reckless. I couldn’t even meet his eyes anymore without feeling my entire resolve cracking.
That kiss had ignited something dangerous, sparking it into flame, flame into wildfire. Knowing Ronan as I had for over two months, I knew one thing for certain: he would never stop. That terrified me. Because my disguise, my secrets…were at risk. Far worse, my wolf, my heart, and I was at risk. None of them were under my control anymore.
I sat there for a long while, thinking, unraveling, until finally, I made my decision. I would not let that kiss weaken me. I would not allow these forbidden feelings to control me. Never.
From that day forward, I began to avoid Ronan. Not in an obvious, aggressive way, but carefully, subtly. I never let myself be caught alone with him. Not in the dorm room, not in the halls, not anywhere. And fate, or perhaps the Goddess, gave me help. Seeing as the very day Grace left, the Academy introduced a new kind of training, far harsher than anything before.
This wasn’t simply about combat or tactics anymore. This was mental. warfare. Emotional breaking. They starved us, worked us until our bodies screamed, and forbade us from returning to our dorms. We were forced to live in the Academy’s forest territory, collapsing wherever exhaustion claimed us. The sky became our only roof, the dirt our bed.
Each day, the training grew more merciless. Wolves clawed at their limits, howling for release. It was clear now, the instructors weren’t trying to make us stronger. They were trying to break us. Completely.
Seven days. Over the last seven days, I hadn’t once given him a chance to speak to me. Not a glance, not a word. When I wasn’t training, sleeping, or tending to necessities, I surrounded myself with others. Alphas who, intimidated after Reed’s expulsion, suddenly became friendly. Their sly masks didn’t fool me, but I let them linger around me because they kept Ronan away. They were my shield, my distraction, my excuse.
When in reality they were not just my weapon to keep Ronan away but Ryker as well. To my understanding he had some kind of allergy to other Alphas and he never was around them. So he just stared at me from a distance with cold eyes whenever he stalked in my direction, I changed my path to the crowd.
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