Chapter 46 Before They Find Me
SERAPHINA
“Lily.” I sighed in disbelief. “How did you…?”
She looked up from beneath the cap, her eyes glinting with mischief. “Did you forget I’m a soon–to–be witch”
Relief crashed over me so hard my knees nearly buckled. She cast a wary glance at the Academy building before murmuring. “But my limbs are still shaking just thinking about you entering this wolf’s den alone. I couldn’t help it after that phone call. You were in heat, and I’ve been dying of worry ever since. I had to see you.”
I pressed my lips into a tight line. “Let’s not stand out here. Someone might suspect.”
She nodded and handed off the mattress with a grunt, and I stepped in quickly to lift the other side.
We didn’t say another word.
Not here. Not yet.
Two wolves moving in perfect sync, we hauled the oversized mattress toward the dormitory. Anyone watching would’ve seen two “men” struggling with a delivery. And since every Alpha here was an asshole, thankfully no one was going to jump in helping me.But l’had to actually avoid Finn. Because if he saw he would definitely rush to help.
I walked and walked, but halfway through the second hallway–I tugged us down a side corridor.
No windows. No patrols. I pushed the nearest door open with my foot.
We slipped inside with the mattress and led the door behind us.
Only then–when the silence wrapped around us like a cloak–did Lily finally yank off the cap and drop the disguise. No, more like lifted her magic that was actually her disguise.
I stared at her, throat tight. “Lily, you should not have come. If the pack finds out then….”
“You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.” She rushed to
The
for a hug.
My heart warmed and I could not finish what I meant to say; that if my pack found out she e came here she would be banished
or worse.
“I missed you too,” I hugged her back.
Lily grinned, and then her eyes filled with tears. “You, my crazy Alpha,” she whispered, pulling away from me and taking my hands. You always do things that no one can have ever imagined. But this time you have put everything you have ever worked for on the line, Sera,” she squeezed my hand. She was scared.
“I had no choice. You know my wedding was not even a day away. I had to escape or I would already be pregnant by now and living in a gilded cage for the rest of my life.”
Lily’s eyes shook, she was well aware of the fate of an Alpha’s daughter. A obedient daughter, a perfect Luna and then sacrificing mother
She nodded, taking a deep breath, then her expression turned sharp. “So? Tell me what is going on? I am sure your heat blocked and you win it but you look disturbed for some reason. Is everything alright?”
Thesitated. Then whispered the words that had haunted me for two nights. “There’s an Alpha here. He might know.”
Laly went still. “Know what?”
“I can’t.” I said hoarsely. “If I leave now, I will leave with nothing. My escape from the pack would have been for nothing, my hard work to make a spot in the Academy would turn to nothing but ash. I came here for my throne and I am not leaving without it. Especially when I know that the world outside is no safer….” I trailed off, closely watching her changing expression. “Am I correct right? What is happening outside! Tell me.”
The silence was thick as Lily slowly sat down on the mattress, her eyes wide and shaking
“It’s true,the world outside is a trap that’s been set for you,” she admitted quietly and fearfully.
Lily stared at the floor like she was reliving it. “Your father… he went mad, Sera. Not just angry. Unhinged. The entire pack wa locked down. Every werewolf pack was checked. And he did not even spare your aunt’s pack. She was investigated for days but she did not spill the beans. Of course, that only added fuel to your father’s anger and the humiliation that he felt over your escape.”
“Every second. Every shadow.” Lily looked up. “And now… now there’s no wedding.
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