Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY: LOCKED IN (PART TWO)THALIA’S POVBy the time I made it back to the dorm room, the sun had completely set, throwing the entire academy into a dark, heavy shadow. Inside the room, Ragnar was already waiting. He was dressed entirely in a clean, plain white tunic. The color was sharp against his broad shoulders, a stark contrast to the usual dark gear he wore. Tonight was the night of the burial rites.Every student and faculty member had been instructed to wear white to pay their final respects to the dead instructors and the three murdered students.I walked into the room, my mind still spinning from what I had read in the forbidden book and the terrifying barrier pulsing outside. I couldn't keep the frustration inside anymore.“The board members are not taking any of this seriously,” I said, turning to face Ragnar. My voice was tight with anger. “They are acting like this is just a regular crisis. But the packs are out there dying, the shapeshifters have already made their definitive move, and we are tra
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: LOCKED IN (PART ONE)THALIA’S POVThe word echoed in my mind, heavy and terrifying. I stared at the faded ink on the old parchment, my heart hammering against my ribs as the realization began to take root. If my blood was what they used to force the activation, then everything that had happened since I arrived at this academy was part of a trap. I was not just an interloper. I was the target.A sharp, sudden knock on the heavy wooden door shattered the silence of the room. I flinched, my hands moving instinctively to throw a loose piece of paper over the forbidden book to hide the ancient pages from view.“Enter,” I called out, trying to keep my voice from shaking.The door pushed open, and Eileen walked into the room. She looked tired, her eyes immediately sweeping over the messy desk before landing directly on me. “What are you doing in here, Thalia?” she asked, her tone laced with deep worry.“I need to find a way,” I said plainly, gesturing vaguely to the open books around me. “I need to figure out
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: EXPOSED (PART THREE)THALIA’S POVThe quiet intensity of my threat didn't last long. The moment the words left my mouth, the surrounding students burst out laughing, their mocking jeers and loud boos echoing off the stone walls of the hallway. They didn't see an Alpha standing before them anymore. They saw a fraud. But Devon wasn't satisfied with just letting the crowd laugh. He was looking for real trouble, his eyes gleaming with a malicious intent to humiliate me completely.He took a step to the side, looking past me to fix his sneer on the massive warrior standing at my back. “What’s the matter, Ragnar?” Devon mocked loudly, raising his eyebrows in fake amusement. “Are you sleeping with her? Is that why you’re acting like her loyal little lapdog?”Ragnar’s jaw clenched so hard the muscles jumped, but Devon wasn't done. He leaned in further, his voice carrying perfectly across the crowded space. “Tell us, do you always fight with Caleb because of her?”Two questions. Just two simple, toxic questions,
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: EXPOSED (PART TWO)THALIA’S POV“If you are lying to us, girl, you will face far more consequences than just simple expulsion,” the lead board member warned, his face twisting into a mask of pure fury. His eyes drilled into mine, searching for any sign of a flinch, any crack in my mask that would prove I was just a desperate fraud trying to play a game with them. I did not blink. “I am not lying,” I said, keeping my tone perfectly flat and unbothered. “Follow me.” The board members looked at each other across the long table. I could see the heavy doubt in their eyes.They still clearly felt that I was being completely ridiculous, spinning wild tales about dead headmasters and hidden monsters just to stall for time. But the quiet confidence in my voice left them with no other choice.“Lead the way,” Miss Lyra snapped, her chair scraping loudly against the stone floor as she stood up.We walked out of the boardroom, the heavy doors thudding shut behind us. Word about the disruption had already traveled f
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: EXPOSED (PART ONE)THALIA’S POVI didn't know what to do. The walls of the room felt like they were closing in on me. I knew I couldn't lie anymore. The truth was out, and the whole school had heard it.Devon looked very happy with himself. He smiled nastily and stepped closer to me. “Tell us, *Thalia*,” he mocked, spitting my real name. “How did a weakling like you get into this school anyway? Were you just jealous of your brother, Lucien, so you stole his life and took his place?”I did not answer him. I kept my mouth shut. The fool should have been wise enough to know that if the real Lucien were alive, he would have stormed the academy gates just to call me a fake for taking his place. But I was not going to explain that to Devon. He was our cousin, and yet, even my dumb brother was smarter than the bastard. At least Lucien had something on this idiot. Before Devon could say another word, the crowd at the door moved aside. Miss Lyra, the board member from our earlier class, walked into the room.
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: SEEKING COMFORTTHALIA’S POVMy hands shook so violently that I could barely open the wooden door of my wardrobe. It was strictly forbidden to possess any outside communication devices within the academy walls, but I had smuggled in a secret phone before leaving home, keeping it hidden away for an absolute emergency.This was it. There was no safety left for me here. My entire world had been built on a foundation of lies, and Caleb's final, brutal words in the garden had eroded the last of it.I pulled out the bag from the very bottom of the trunk, unzipping it to reveal the sleek device. My fingers hovered over the screen. I wasn't even sure if she would answer. I wasn't sure if she even wanted to hear from the disappointment she had sent away in her son's clothes. But when the line finally clicked open and the familiar, cold hum of her presence filled the speaker, a wave of profound relief washed over me.“Mother?” I breathed, my voice cracking, utterly broken under the weight of everything I had
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