The True Alpha of Lupine (Seraphina and Ronan) novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67 Whispers

SERAPHINA

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That was all I could see, and then…..

“Seraphina Nightbane, you should have run.”

Dante.

He was smiling.

Half of his face was torn away and flapping, blood gushed down his neck and muscular chest. Yet somehow, he didn’t falter. His stance remained strong. His twisted smile never wavered.

How

How was t

this possible?

How could he still be on his feet after tearing his

face off?

How could he still be alive–still smiling?

time, “Run, Seraphina…”

That smile sent a shiver down my spine as he whispered, louder this t

When he called my name again, my mother’s old warning echoed in my head like a cracked bell tolling in the fog. My body didn’t think, it just moved.

I spun so fast my feet barely touched the ground before I was sprinting down t branches–I didn’t care. I just knew I had to get away.

“HAHAHAHA RUN, SERAPHINA NICHTBANE!! RUN!!

the slope. Mud, moss, sharp rocks, broken

Dante’s laughter exploded behind me, each syllable scraping down my bones like a serrated blade.

He was chasing me.

Laughing

The sound reverberated through the forest, inhuman and manic, ricocheting through the fog like there were a thousand

Lantes all around me

His speed…it was monstrous. Unnatural. He wasn’t running like a werewolf. He was moving like the wind itself bent to his will. hurling him forward in blur after blur of motion.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, SERAPHINAII”

He was behind me in the blink of an eye.

I screamed, nearly tripping over my own fear.

Then it happened, my foot caught in the inud.

My body pitched forward. The ground vanished. And there it was

My mind went blank. My eyes widened in disbelief.

How could there be a cliff here?

Chapter 67 Whispers

Dark. Endless Avoid of nothingness that reached up to swallow me whole.

1fell

My vision blackened.

Darkness consumed everything.

hat suffocating black, there was warmth.

But in that

Arms–strong as steel. hot as fire–wrapped around me midair.

I was lifted

And then a breath–warm, close, whispering against my ear.

“Seraphina Nightbane, you are not allowed to die now

1jolted awake.

Casping. I sat upright in my spot, heart pounding against my ribs like a caged bird.

What the hell did I just dream?

No, remember.

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at day

in the fog forest? Dante had chased me,

and then

someone…someone else…

Was it a dream, or did it actually happen that someone else was there.

“Ronan, Phina whispered in my mind, confirming what I feared.

I pressed a trembling hand over my racing heart.

Dante hadn’t been the only one there that day.

Ronan had been there too.

But how? And why?

What

did his comment mean?

You are not allowed to die now.

Sweat gathered at my brow as I struggled to steady my breath. For the past three days, I’d been wondering how I ended up at the foot of the mountain–alive. And now I’d remembered part of it. Dante. Ronan. The two of them.

Then the sound of laughter echoing in the bathroom gave me a reality check. “He is taking so much time inside the toilet. He must be jerking off.”

I pursed my lips, never opening the door of the toilet stall. They did not know who was inside and it was better that way. I had only come in to wash my face but just as Reed and Cassius entered the toilet, I entered one of the toilet stalls to avoid trouble with them. They had been picking on me at every turn and I wanted peace for a little while, However, I did not realize that while I was waiting for them to leave I ended up dozing off and dreamed about that day.

The Dante I’d faced then hadn’t been dying. He’d been something else entirely

A monter

powerful. Intent on something.

What had he meant by giving me “one last chance” to run?

wanted me out of his way. this this sounded different.

warning. A twisted

mercy. Ora gaine.

My heart thudded wildly at the memory of his insane promise.

“Why the hell is he acting like a lunatic?” I hissed, clenching my fists. “If he was angry about me failing the trial, I’d j this.this is something else entirely.”

He was a walking dagger, bleeding me with his aura and intentions alone.

Forever, if possible.

Besides, he couldn’t touch me or harm me

This entire situation was temporary.

All I had to do now was avoid Ronan at all costs and focus,

“Did you see Ronan this morning training on the grounds? He was completely unbothered with the same arrogance as before, after killing Dante who was the biggest obstacle to the throne. And with the lack of proof everyone including Ronan would be free. He is truly a monster! It must have been him that killed Dantel”

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