All Chapters of THE MATE THE ROGUE ALPHA WAS MEANT TO KILL: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Elara's POV Principal Marcella appeared at the classroom door during third period and asked for me by name, and thirty pairs of eyes turned in my direction with the particular interest people reserved for someone being pulled out of class unexpectedly, the kind of attention that followed you down the hallway even after the door had closed behind you.I gathered my things and followed her into the corridor without asking why, because her expression was not the kind that invited questions, careful and neutral in the way she got when something was happening that she had decided in advance not to comment on, and we walked in silence toward the main building with the morning light coming through the corridor windows in long pale strips across the floor."You have visitors," was all she said before opening the door to her office and stepping aside.I walked in and stopped.My mother was standing near the window with her hands clasped in front of her and her eyes already on the door, and my

Ravin's POV I found out on a Wednesday morning and had Cord in front of me before the hour was out.He was standing in the centre of the main hall with his jaw set and his eyes forward and the particular stillness of someone who knew exactly what was coming and had decided to face it standing up, which I respected even as I looked at him and felt the specific irritation of a man who had genuinely believed his beta had more sense than this."Tell me it is not true," I said.Cord held my gaze. "I cannot tell you that, Alpha."The hall was quiet. Sable and two of the senior warriors were positioned near the far wall, present because protocol demanded witnesses for something of this weight, and none of them were looking at Cord directly, which was its own kind of verdict."Alpha Ethan's intended Luna," I said, and my voice was level because losing my composure in this room would cost me more than it cost Cord. "You were sleeping with Alpha Ethan's intended Luna.""It was not something th

Elara's POV I saw him before he saw me.He walked into the lecture hall during second period with his bag over one shoulder and that settled energy he carried everywhere, and my heart did something completely involuntary before my brain had a chance to weigh in on the matter. Three days of an empty seat and unanswered messages and I had been telling myself I was handling it fine, and then he walked through that door and I realised I had not been handling it fine at all, I had just been very busy pretending.I looked back down at my notes immediately and told myself to be normal about this, which lasted approximately four seconds before I looked up again.He had found his seat and he was already looking at me.I held his gaze for one moment and felt something loosen in my chest that had been wound tight for three days, and then Professor Ken called the class to attention and I made myself face forward and stay there for the rest of the hour, which was considerably harder than it shou

Ravin's POV Principal Marcella looked at me the way she always did when I walked into her office without warning, like she was rapidly calculating whether whatever I was about to say was going to make her day easier or considerably more complicated, and the calculation never fully resolved because with me it rarely did. She had the stillness of someone who had spent years running a school full of young wolves and had learned that the best response to unexpected things was to wait and gather information before reacting.I sat down across from her without being invited and told her I needed to take Elara off campus on Saturday, a few hours, an evening, that I wanted everything done properly and was asking because I had given her my word that I would not put the school in a difficult position.She studied me for a moment before asking if Elara was aware of the plan, and I told her she knew arrangements were being made but not the specifics yet, and when Marcella asked if the arrangemen

Elara's POV Freya noticed the dress before I had even finished pulling it on.She was sitting cross legged on her bed pretending to read when I came out of the bathroom and the look she gave me was the kind that said she had already drawn every conclusion she intended to draw and was simply waiting for me to confirm them."You have plans," she said."I have plans," I agreed, reaching for my bracelet on the bedside table, the one with my name on it, and fastening it around my wrist the way I had been doing every morning since he gave it to me.Nyx looked up from her notebook without comment, her eyes moving over me once in that quiet assessing way she had, and then she looked back down which was Nyx's version of approval."With Ravin," Freya said."With Ravin," I confirmed, picking up my bag and checking my reflection once more in the mirror on the back of the door.Freya opened her mouth and I pointed at her without turning around, "Don't," and she closed it again with the expression