Chapter 89 A Lover

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Fun? I blinked. bWhat /bwas that supposed to bmean/b? bAnd /bwhy was she looking in this direction? I shifted a little ufortably. She bsaid /bshe was here to find a mate when I was actually a woman. What if she suspected something about bme/b? I would be in great trouble.

Grace turned to Alpha bJude /band smiled, “I’ve received my father’s permission to spend time with the Alphas here and find myself a mate, since there are no uing trials. I hope you don’t mind.”

bAlpha /bJude stood up from his bchair /bin the blibrary /bwith all the grace of a predator bored of its prey. He didn’t look back once. His cont swayed behind him, cigarette still burning between his lips, as his boots echoed across the marble floor. He was already halfway to the door when he spoke in his gruff, amused tone.

byou’ll /b

“As long as nothing about it breaks the Academy rules, I don’t care bwhat /byou do,” he paused near the exit. “But if any of you idiots even think about disrespecting her- his head tilted slightly, just enough to let the weight of his words bsink /bin, find yourself at a major disadvantage in the next trial. And for the record, I don’t give second warnings,” with that he resumed. his walk.

The library, which had fallen eerily quiet in his presence, erupted again. Only this time, all attention had turned to Grace Gideon.

She stood surrounded by a group of Alphas, their eyes bgleaming /bwith interest, hunger, and dangerous hope. Some asked her about her preferences. Others leaned in, smirking, flexing their brank /bband /bcharm.

But Grace..she wasn’t looking at them.

Her eyes trailed after Alpha Jude’s disappearing form with an expression bI /bcouldn’t quite bread/b.

“Miss Grace,” one Alpha eagerly asked, “what kind of guy are you binto/bb?/bb” /b

She didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she slowly shifted her attention, her gaze scanning the room again.

She wasn’t looking bat /bthe Alphas crowding her.

She was looking at us.

At the back bench.

The tive who hadn’t moved ba /bbmuscle /bbsince /bshe entered: bAsher/b, Ronan, Rykerb, /bbFinn/b… and I.

Something in her eyes bchanged/b. Her smile sharpened with interest bas /bshe replied to themb, /b“I am into bhandsome /bguys.”

My muscle bgrew /bbtit /bbas /bbshe /bwalked btoward /bus, bparting /bthe sea of Alphas bwithout /ba word. “As well bas /bbsomething /bbthat /bis bhard /bbto /bget”

The bgroup /bfell binto /ba shocked bhush /bbas /bbher /bheels clicked bwith /bpurpose.

Unul she stopped in bfront /bof bAsher /b

The air in the library turned to ice as their eyes met and bthey /bshared silent beye /bcontact for a long time. I could not bhelp /bbut notice Ashier’s unchanging expression. bWhat /bbwas /bgoing on!

“Asher Grace suddenly murmured softly, her voice warm, bfamiliar/b. “Long time no see”

Asher rose slowly to his feet, siniling in surprise, genuine and soft in a bway /bI rarely saw. “bCrace/b,” he saidb, /bbhis /bvoice bjust /bas warm “Didn’t expect to see you here”

“True” she grinned and hugged bham /bin a way that had the other bAlphas /bgrash their teeth

Asher hugged her a secondter. “You did bnot /bbgrow /btaller than byou /bwere before.”

bluked. Did Asher and Grace know each other?

The sound of sharp, barely contained growls and shifting chairs rippled bough the library. Alphas weren’t subtle when they

barely–contained

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Chapter 89 A Lover

were jealous. Grace was probably unaware of that fact. Sheughed, light band /bpretty, still holding Asher’s hand as if they’d

bdone /bit ba /bthousand times before.

you

here”

“Luna never told me you applied to Lupine,” she said, brushing her hair over her shoulder. “It was a shock to see “She didn’t know until I was already bepted/b,” he replied with ba /bchuckle. “What about you? Sneaking into all–male academies bagain? /b

Again! Has she done that in the past?

“I call it walking through the front doors,” bshe /bwinked. “With style.”

It was obvious they had history. Close history. I remembered someone saying Asher’s mother came from

a strong bloodline

of Alphas, maybe that’s where the connection came from. The auraing from Grace was no less strong. She was a pure blood Alpha.

They looked so natural together. So easy,

Then. Grace’s gaze slid from Asher, straight to Ronan

Her eyes widened slightly. “bDamn/bb,” /bshe breathed. “You’re a little too breathtaking to be real.”

Ronan didn’t flinch and of course he did not get up like Asher. He met her gaze with utter indifference.

“I don’t flirt,” he bsaid /bbluntly. “I already have someone in my heart.”

His voice cut through the room like a de as I nearly choked in my bown /bsaliva at his bluntness. The silence was deafening. Even the rustle of paper stopped.

I held my breath as bmy /bheart disappeared somewhere bin /bmy stomach.

He said it.

Openly.

In bfront /bof everyone.

Even though no one knew who he was talking about, I still panicked. Heat rushed to my cheeks, and I tried my best to keep my expression unreadable,pletely neutralb, /beven as my fingers clenched under the desk.

“A lover!” Grace raised a brow, amused. “Is she prettier than me?”

“Yes,” Ronan said without missing a beat. “The prettiest in this entire world,”

I felt his beyes /bme and I blowered /bmy gaze to the bnk /bsheet in front of me as my heart skipped a beat.

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