Chapter 95 Alpha Vs Alpha

SERAPHINA

The sky had burned down to a deep amber, and the clearing thrummed with electric tension. Alphas shifted on their feet, baring teeth inpetitive grins, snapping necks and cracking knuckles. Grace stood in the center like a queen holding court, herughter gliding like honeyed wine through the firelit dusk.

But I barely noticed them.

All I could see was Ronan. Just like he had been looking at me.

The thought of him winning the kiss twisted something inside me. An unexpected unease bbloomed /bin my chest like wildfire. I knew that if Ryker and Ronan were both in the task then either of them would win and the winner could be Ronan if not Ryker.

Grace would kiss him.

Her bhands /bmight touch his face. Her mouth would press against his.

That single image jolted through me like lightning, stealing the breath from my lungs.

I looked away, fast, before my expression betrayed me, before Ronan could see the raw, wing difort that gripped me from the inside out.

But what I didn’t know…was that someone else had bseen/b.

Ryker.

Across the clearing, near the edge where bthe /bbshadows /blicked against the trees, he stood still and silent bas /ba predator. His bluet eyes locked on me, unreadable band /bunnerving. I could feel his gaze as though it were hands. Watching every twitch of my expression. Every subtle breath. Measuring me.

Grace’s voice rang out again.

“The pairs will be chosen by me!” she dered, arms outstretched as if she were some divine matchmaker. Two Alphas will fight each other. One will win. Only the bone /bwho remains conscious will bmove /bforward.”

bThe /bclearing erupted in bshouts /band eager howls.

1 had a bhard /btime controling my expression while watching her smile.

bCould /bbshe /breally kiss a random bAlpha /bas a reward? She was bfrom /ba reputed Alpha family band /bher father bwas /brespected blike /bgud, bjust /blike my father. But she was still going for it. So confidently.

If my bfather /bbwould /bbhave /bever even heard that I held bhands /bwith ba /bbman /blet balone /bkissed, he bwould /bbhave /btorn bthat /bbman /bbapart /bfirst band /bthen bconfined /bme in the bpackhouse /bfor the rest of my life. Or marry me off to the bfirst /bstrong Alpha he found.

In reality all the Alphas in the realin were controlling, narrow minded, and baggressive /bwhen it came to their soulmates band /bbdaughters/b. They felt powerful that way. That’s why bwomen /bgrew bcautious /bof their reputaticas especially if bthey /bbare /bfrom prestigious and powerful werewolf parks band /bbfamily /b

bBut /bGrace bdid /bbnot /bseem to care. She bwas /bnot beven /bbhesitant /bto kiss ba /bbman /bbin /bfront of so many bpeople/b.

My bgaze /bdarted instinctively toward Alpha jude sating by the bonfire. He must have bheard /bit all. He could not be so calm and chull hearing all of bthat/b. Had he mund–blinked /bbAlpha /bbGideon /babout it? Would bAlpha /bGideon be un his way here? All of this might take a very ugly turn.

Then, shall we start the blindfold battle?” Grace yelled, signaling the Omega to ring the bell

My woll grew uneasy and 1 was even more unsettled. I bdid /bnot want to see bthis/bb. /bI did not want to be here.

ncing at Ronan our bst /btime. I slowly turned around to leave, but then bRonan’s /bvoice came.

“I

won’t participate”

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1 froze mid–step. The instantly clearing silenced, even the mes of the bonfire seemingly paused.

Grace blinked, visibly startled. “What?”

“I said.” Ronan repeated, stepping bforward /bbcalmly/b, “I won’t participate. I withdraw.”

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A ripple of bconfusion /brolled through the crowd. Grace’s lips parted as if she hadn’t expected that answer from him of all people.

“But you know the rules,” she said carefully. “If you don’t participate, you might lose your chance at the nk bscroll/b.”

Ronan met her gaze bwithout /bflinching. “That scroll isn’t worth making my woman jealousb.” /b

My heart jumped so violently I nearly gasped.

“I wouldn’t touch another woman let alone kiss bone/b,” he said, voice deeper now, eyes scanning the crowd buntil /bthey met mine burning. “Not even as a reward or game.”

Every muscle in my body tensed.

I could feel my wolf melt.

The entire clearing seemed to fade around me. His words didn’t justnd, they sank deep, pressing against something raw and vulnerable inside. My lips parted slightly. My cheeks heated

Was he talking about…bme/b?

Of course he was. But I couldn’t let myself react–not here, not in front of everyone.

Grace, unfazed for once, crossed her arms with a sighb. /b“Well, that’s noble of you, Alpha Ronan,” she drawled, “but you already confirmed your participation in my Omega not long ago. If you withdraw now we will be short one fighter. Under those conditions this task will not be how it should be. That is very bad. I also believe bthat /byou don’t want to ruin this for everyone else, right?” she blinked bslowly /bat him.

Murmurs started again.

Ronan replied to her without blinking, “Then let’s fill that bspot /bwith someone else.”

“I bdon’t /bmind,” she replied calmly.

However, just as Ronan shifted bhis /bgaze bpast /bGrace to where Asher band /bFinn bstood/b.”Sorry but Alpha Finn band /bAlpha Asher are already mine, Alpha Ronan,” she said with a cheeky bgrin/b. “They bdon’t /bneed to participate, so they can’t fill that spot for you.” Ponan frowned slightly but bdid /bnot argue with her.

Grace’s eyes swept the clearing and then bnded /bsquarely on me.

“Which leaves one person,” she smiled, a glint in her eye. “Alpha Seth bDarven/bb./bb” /b

Honan’s frown deepened

“Why don’t you take bRonan’s /bce?” she asked me

I blinked, atunned “Me?”

“You want the scroll, don’t you?” the arched a perfectly plucked brow. “But you seem too shy to participate in the earlier tasks Now is your chance” She let her voice linger a moment before adding. “If you win, you’ll draw closer to win the scroll and also get my kiss

Every head turned. It actually earned Reed and Cassius bte/b, which was not desired attention. They instantly saw me as a badrance: But bother /bthan them I also felt Asher, Finn, and Ryker’s gaze on the

I did at blook /bat bany /bof them but I had a feeing ill bavoided /bit this time they bwould /bbe suspicious of me. Asher had been almost doubtful of me earlier and had noticed that I was different with Ronan When others bwere /bso bmuch /binto Grace and 1 was different they might doubt that I was not a man or something. It would really be a problem.

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Moreover I filled the spot for bRonan/b. It meant if he did not participate he bwould /bnot win or get bthe /bkiss….

“Wait, why the bhell /bam I bothered by that…” my teeth clenched.

“bAlpha /bSeth!” Grace’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

I lifted my gaze and met hers. I wanted that scroll.

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bMoreover/b, if I participated it would bshow /bmy interest in Grace and no one would question my disguise. Yes, it was all about

that.

Taking a sharp breathb, /bI stepped forward.

The crowd let out ban /bapproving rumble, bsome /bbin /bbs /b

surprise, others in excitement. Grace pped her hands once,

glittering.

“Perfect.

But when I met Ronan’s gaze, he did not seem happy babout /bit.

Momentster, I stood among the chosenpetitors, blindfold already secured across my eyes. The world turned dark. sound sharpening into crisp, echoing detail.

I bcould /bsmell pine. Grass. Sweat. Earth. A mix of testosterone and territorial tension.

My breathing slowed, my muscles coiling with readiness.

I had no bidea /bwho I’d be fighting. That was the point. Grace hadn’t revealed the names yet. But she started doing it.

The siren rang, a shrill howl that made my wolf stir under my skin.

Then came her voice, bright and loud as bshe /bshouted.

b“/bAlpha Seth Darven, your opponent.is Alpha Ryker!”

At that moment, my heart dropped.

No…

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