Chapter 46 Before They Find Me

SERAPHINA

“Lily.” I sighed in disbelief. “bHow /bdid you…?”

She looked up from beneath the bcap/bb, /bher eyes glinting with mischief. “Did you forget I’m a soon–to–be witch”

Relief crashed over me so hard my knees bnearly /bbuckled. She bcast /ba wary nce 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. bYou /bwere in heat, and I’ve been dying of worry ever since. I bhad /bto see byou/b.”

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 gruntb, /band 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 btwo /b“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 bsecond /bbhallway/b–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 havee. If the pack finds out thenb…./b”

“You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.” She rushed to

bThe /b

bfor /ba hug.

My heart warmed and I could not finish bwhat /bI 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, band /bthen her eyes filled with tears. “You, my crazy bAlpha/b,” she whispered, pulling away from me band /btaking my hands. You always do things bthat /bno one can have ever imagined. But this time you have put everything you have ever worked for bon /bbthe /bline, Sera,” she squeezed my bhand/b. 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 bcage /bfor the rest of my life.”

Lily’s eyes shook, she was well baware /bof the bfate /bof an Alpha’s daughter. bA /bobedient daughter, a perfect Luna and then sacrificing mother

She nodded, taking a deep breath, then her expression turned bsharp/b. “bSo/bb? /bTell me what is going on? I am bsure /byour heat blocked and you win it but you look disturbed for some breason/b. Is everything alright?”

Thesitated. Then whispered the bwords /bthat bhad /bhaunted me for two nights. “There’s an Alpha here. He might bknow/b.”

Laly went still. “bKnow /bbwhat/b?”

I didn’t need to say it. She already knew.

Her face drained of color.

I don’t know how much he’s figured out.” I added quickly “But he’s watching me. Closely. Too closely. And he’s smart, Lily

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Chapter 46 Before They Find Me

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Too smart.

“This is a disaster!” She gripped my arms. “You need to run. If he exposes you—”

“I can’t.” I said hoarsely. “If I leave now, I will leave with nothing. My escape from the pack would bhave /bbeen for nothing, bmy /bbhard /bwork to make ba /bspot in bthe /bAcademy would turn to nothing but ash. I came here for my throne band /bI am bnot /bleaving 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 bwas /bthick as Lily slowly sat down on the mattress, her eyes bwide /band bshaking /b

“It’s true,the world outside is a trap that’s been bset /bfor you,” she admitted quietly and fearfully.

My heart pounded. “What happened after my escape?”

Lily stared at the floor like she was reliving it. “Your father… he went mad, Sera. Not just angry. bUnhinged/b. The entire pack wa locked bdown/b. Every werewolf pack bwas /bchecked. And he did not even spare your aunt’s pack. She was investigated for days bbut /bshe 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.”

1 clenched my fists. “He’s still looking?”

“Every second. Every shadow.” Lily looked up. “bAnd /bnow… now there’s no wedding.

I blinked. “What do you mean?”

“I mean if they bfind /byou, it won’t be an altar waiting for you,” she whispered.

For some reason, I had a very bad feeling; as I started to ask, “thenb?/b”

+ Sera

“It’ll be his bed. They’ll drag you to the Alpha King like ba /bdebt paid in flesh. No vows. No ceremony. Just a sealed fate.”

A chill ran down my spine. My mind conjured the image against my will–my father’s pride shattered, his rage volcanic. He wouldn’t tolerate humiliation, especially bnot /bin front of royalty. In his eyes, the moment he arranged that marriageb, /b1 already belonged to the Alpha King as his Luna and wife.

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Lily reached bout/bb, /bgripping my hand. “So you can’t be discovered. Not by bthat /bAlpha here. Not by anyone. If byour /bsecret gets out, they’ll take you straight to bthe /bbAlpha /bKing. Run Sera. Run baway/b!”

“No,” I shook my head, my heart quickening every second with emotion. “I ran here to achieve my dreams, my future, and if I bran /bfrom here bnow/b, I bwill /bbe running for the rest of my life.”.

bLily’s /beyes widened, “Sera….think wisely. That Alpha….that bAlpha /bthat knows…you…”

“I am at the point bin /bmy life where the throne has not be only a dream that I wanted to achieve but the only ce where no bone /bwill be able to drag me bback /bor bdare /bto touch once I btake /bmy ce on it,” I looked at my hands bthat /bwere no longer bcold /bor bshaking /b“Now I will gain my bthrone /bbeven /bif the balmighty /bAlpha who might know my secrets bstands /bin my bway /b

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