Chapter 172 Charis I couldn’t sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the angry faces of the parents at school, heard Marcus screaming my name, and felt the cameras recording my breakdown. The soft bed that usually felt so comfortable now felt like I was lying on rocks.
Chapter 171 Slater As Kael and I entered the house through the back door, we walked straight into the kitchen. Rhett was standing at the counter in his jeans, pouring himself a glass of milk. He looked up in surprise when he saw us. “Where were you two coming from?”
Chapter 170 Slater I quietly rose from my bed, listening carefully for any sounds in the house. The watch on my wrist showed 3:24 AM. I hoped I could go and come back before anyone woke up. I’d been putting off visiting my sister Riley in the small human town
Chapter 169 Charis I collapsed onto my bed, still smiling. “I wasn’t even acting at first. I really was overwhelmed. But then I realised how it looked to everyone watching, and I decided to lean into it p> “Those parents went from wanting to attack you to protecting you in
Chapter 168 Charis Someone shouted, “There she is p> We were almost exiting the gage when it happened. The man who stopped us was the Alpha of the Red Moon pack. I knew it from the insignia on his wrist. It was Phil’s father, Alpha Whitmore. “There she is!” Alpha
Chapter 167 Charis That’s when Slater apparently decided he was done arguing. Before I could react, he stepped forward and lifted me, throwing me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing. “Put me down!” I yelled, hitting his back with my fists. “Slater, I mean it! Put me down right
Chapter 166 Charis I followed the boys out of our dorm room and into the hallway. They moved quickly, like they had a clear plan, but with each step I took, something inside me grew stronger. It wasn’t fear anymore. It was anger. Suddenly, I stopped walking. The boys kept
Chapter 165 Charis It was recess time, and I sat by myself in the cafeteria, eating a sandwich while scrolling through my phone. I had found a good NovelFire about a girl who could travel between worlds, and I was so lost in reading that I barely noticed the food
Chapter 164 Third Person POV “In cases like that, both parties would agree to follow through with the arrangement,” Isolde’s lawyer countered. “How can you be so sure that they didn’t agree to the arrangement?” Silas’s lawyer shot to his feet. “Your honour, it is mere speculation to say that
Chapter 163 Third Person POV At the parking lot of the courthouse, Isolde sat in her black car outside the building. The car was quiet except for the faint hum of the engine, and she had come an hour earlier than the required time for the court session. Two things
Chapter 162 Kael I sat quietly in the library waiting for my tutor. Yesterday, I was supposed to meet her, but Peter had cornered me with his blackmail scheme and I’d missed the appointment altogether. All I knew was that she was a girl with good grades who’d volunteered to
Chapter 161 Charis Rhett spotted me first, his face lighting up with a smile that made my heart do little flips in my chest. He crossed to me immediately, his hands coming up to frame my face as he leaned down to kiss me softly. “Good morning, beautiful,” he murmured
Chapter 160 Charis I sunk my hands on his back, groaning with delight as he teased me to the peak of my pleasure. I felt my stomach clench as the pressure there was getting intense, a scream escaped my lips as someone latched onto my nipple again, suckling, licking and
Chapter 159 Charis “Like, right now?” I stared at all three of them, wondering if I would be able to talk my way out of it. They looked like they would pounce on me at any minute. “You should either reject us or accept us,” Kael said quietly, and got
Chapter 158 Charis The dorm room felt different in the evening hours. Softer somehow, more intimate than during the daylight hours when we all maintained our distances and had polite, necessary conversations. I’d changed into comfortable clothes. A black leggings and an oversized pink sweater that fell off one shoulder—and
Chapter 157 Kael POV I sat across from Mrs. Henderson, watching as she flipped through what I assumed was my academic file, her expression growing increasingly grim with each page she turned. The fluorescent light above us flickered intermittently, casting harsh shadows across her face. After what felt like an
Chapter 156 Charis I slipped into the backseat of the sleek black car waiting near the far edge of the academy’s parking lot, grateful for the tinted windows that shielded me from curious eyes. The moment the door closed, Isolde immediately opened her arms with a warm smile. “Come here,
Chapter 155 Rhett The sterile white walls of Dr. Maxwell’s office had become as familiar as my own bedroom over the past few months. I sat on the examination table, the paper crinkling beneath me as Dr. Maxwell moved his stethoscope across my chest, listening to the rhythm that had
Chapter 154 Vale I stood at my office window, staring out at the academy grounds where students moved around the campus. The cup of chamomile tea in my hands had gone cold an hour ago, but I continued to nurse it, finding comfort in the familiar ritual even as my
Chapter 153 Charis Classes ended by 2 pm, and all I envisioned was soaking myself in a hot bath and washing away all the fatigue that had accumulated throughout the day. Between every lecturer, being captivated by me and asking strange questions, I had to sit through every whisper about