Chapter 85 The Moment He Said It

Seraphina

“I have a thing for him, Ronan said.

My eyes widened, and my heartbeat stumbled before it took off in a bwild/b, uneven rhythm.

What did he just say!

My wolf stirred at bthe /bsound of his voice, touched by his, pulled in by him. Completely drawn to him. My chest tightened as hear surged through me, not the bkind /bborn of embarrassment or anger…but something far more dangerous.

Desire.

It coiled low in my stomach and raced up my spine like ba /bwildfire I couldn’t contain. I felt myself slipping, just a little, losing control over something I couldn’t name.

My breath caught in my lungs.

What did I just hear?

Until a shadow at the door pulled me harshly back to breality/b.

Asher.

And just beyond him, standing outside in the hallway-

Finn.

My heart plummeted into my stomach. No..this could not be happening.

How long had they been there? How much had they heard?

Panic exploded in my chest. I was disguised as a man. As Seth. So being held like that by another Alpha, having Ronan dere he had feelings for me in front of all the other men? It was a disaster. Aplete unraveling of the careful mask I wore.

No! I could not let this happen!

I instinctively yanked myself away from Ronan, like I had just stepped on burning coals.

Before anyone could speak, I forced a blight /bchuckle past the tightness in my chest.

“I asked for someone to pick up Alpha Ryker’s btour /bfrom here, bAlpha /bbRonan /bsaid smoothly, a faint, casual smile curling my lips despite bthe /bbsuffocating /bbsilence /bin bthe /broom. “Not for you to barge in and give beveryone /ba heart attack with your dramatics”

bRonan’s /bface became unreadable. Ryker’s gaze was bcold /bband /bbt/b. Asher and bFinn/b? nk–faced. Guarded.

I turned toward the door, bshing /bba /bpolite smile at both of them. “Are you two here to help bAlpha /bRyker with the rest of his btour/b? Perfect btiming/bb. /bI’m grateful. Please apany him, I’m bgoing /bto bgrab /bsome bevering /btea.

With that. I stepped bout /bof the room with practiced bcalm/bb. /b

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But the moment I turned the corner and the others were out of bsight/b, the smile dropped from my face.

My legs moved faster. My hands trembled at bmy /bsides.

The panic. I’d buried in the musk room surged violently in my chest, tightening around my ribs. I bcould /bbarely breathe

I needed air. I needed space. I needed ou

I tied the academy building, my mind screaming, my heart mming against my ribs. I wanted to shift–to let my wolf take Control, tear through the trees band /boutpace this storm building inside me–but I couldn’t risk it. Not now, Not here.

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Chapter 85 The Moment He Said It

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As fast and far as I could, into the woods. My thoughts chased me. Images resurfaced over and bover/b: Ronan’s voice, Ryker’s hands, the locked door, Asher’s eyes, Finn’s silence.

Above all, Ronan’s wordsb. /b

“I have ba /bthing for him”

The deeper I ran, the angrier 1 became. Anger at the confusion he caused. At the power he held over me without even trying. At myself, for letting any of it affect me.

Ipushed harder, faster.

Until

Arge shadow appeared in front of me.

I skidded to a halt, breath catching, but not fast enough. I collided straight into a solid chest.

Strong arms caught me before I could stumble back. I bgasped /band looked up

Violet eyes

bMy /bown widened in shock. “Ronan…”

He looked down at me, bvoice /blow band /bquiet–almost like he wasn’t speaking to me at all, but thinking out loud. “Seraphina.”

I stared at him, breathless. Had he followed me?

How had he even gotten ahead of me?

How fast had he run to match me, to outpace me?

“Why did byou /be here?” he asked.

That bsingle /bquestion cracked something inside me. The anger, buried beneathyers of panic and confusion, exploded.

“You’re asking me bwhy/b?!” I yelled, bshoving /bbat /bhis chest. He barely moved. I yanked myself back, bseething/b. “What the hell was that back there?! What bdid /byou bjust /bbsay/b?!”

He tilted his head slightly, unfazed. b“/bbYou /bbran /ball the bway /bbout /bbhere /bjust from hearing bthat /bonce. Are you bsure /byou want me to say again

His calmness, his smug normalcy, only enraged me further.

“Lo byou /bthink this is a joke, Ronan?!”

“No”

“You do?” I sipped, fury boiling over. “Everything’s fun for you, isn’t it? Or why else would you say something that bridiculous /b

Trout of Hyker?! Asher and Finn were bthere/b! I bdon’t /beven know if they heard what you sad but if they did, if they beven /bsuspect, my entire faire a rued!”

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“What do you really know about me, huh? What bright /bdo you think you have to treat me this way? Honestly. I trusted you. When you discovered my secret and didn’t expose me, I was grateful. I believed byou /bwere different.”

My voice trembled.

“But I was wrong, Just like the others, you’re selfish. Arrogant. You think because you know the truth, you can pull my strings. toy with me, make me dance however you wish.”

His eyes darkened. bThat’s /benough.”

“No, it’s bnot/b,” I snappedb, /bstepping forward, ring at him with everything I had. “What’s the endgame, Ronan? Flirting with me, touching me, making me spend nights alone with you–what is it that you really want? Huh? You’re trying to trap me, aren’t you? Make me desperate, make me need you, so that when I have no one else, I’ll have to give myself to you. You’re waiting for the day I fall so you can-”

“ENOUGH!”

His voice thundered through bthe /bforest as he yanked me forward, locking me against his chest with a ferocity that made my

breath halt.

Don’t you dare say things like that about me,” he growled, violet eyes burning. “You bthink /bI’m like them? That all I want is to sleep with you? That I’d corner you bjust /bto take advantage of you?”

My voice was quiet, but sharp. “Am I wrong?”

He didn’t flinch.

“You follow

Ronan?” ollime. You watch me. You bflirt/b. You touch. You ask me to stay the night. If it’s not lust driving you, then what is it. /li/ol

His grip tightened. His voice dropped.

“bIt’s /blove.”

The world stopped.

I froze in his arms, the anger bleeding out of me like smoke from a broken me. My heart thudded in my ears.

“What?” I whispered.

He didn’t back away.

“I bstalk /byou,” he said, bvoice /btrembling with truthb, /b“because I can’t stand having you bout /bof my sight. I flirt with you because I Leed to bknow /bif you feel even half of what I feel. I watch you because I’m terrified someone else bwill /btake you awayb./bb” /b

His hand moved up bfrom /bmy bwaist /bbto /bthe curve of my neckb, /bslipping into my hair.

“I keep you close at bnight /bbecause…”

He leaned in slowly, his breath fanning my lips before he crushed his lips one mine, “…because I love you.”

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