Chapter 97 Storm

RONAN

Alpha Jude seemed to be observing more than necessary. So I said nothing. Just stared and kept my emotions in check. The fight shifted.

bSeraphina /bstopped defending and attacked.

No longer the cautious observerb, /bshe lunged with precision. Her strike missed Ryker’s throat by inches, but forced him to

stumble back

She bwas /bfighting him. For real.

Ryker wasn’t smiling anymore.

bnot /bjust

“Didn’t expect that from Seth Darven,” Jude muttered, his eyes fixed on Seraphina and Ryker’s bfight/b. “I’ll be honest, I didn’t think Seth would bst /btwo minutes against Alpha Ryker. But… his voice held an odd note of respect. That boy holding ground. He’s pushing him”

My chest swelled, not with pride. With bawe /band frustration.

She didn’t need a savior.

bThat’s /bwhat drew me to her in the first ce: her strength, her fire. She wasn’t waiting to be rescued. She was her own damn hero.

Still, I couldn’t just stand here. Not when it was Ryker.

His attacks were z

My blood boiled.

getting more physical Less tactical. His hands brushed her waist, her back, sliding where fists shouldnd.

I barely held my

ny wolf back from breaking out. His touches were too much to me on his blindfold. Sometimes on her waist, then on her hips, grabbing her from behind, and so on.

As if bon /bcue, ba /bsoft melodious voice floated behind me.

“Such a beauty from the outside,” Grace said. “But sharp as a bdouble/b–edged sword.”

I turned.

She stood casually behind meb, /bbarms /bfolded, watching the fight with a bglimmer /bin her eyes. She tilted her head. “They look like a storm together, don’t they? Wild and unpredictable.” she stepped forward and met Alpha Jude’s gaze, “Like they made for each other, don’t they?”

Thest tread of bmy /bpatience snapped at her bwords/b.

With clenched fists I stepped closer to her, my banger /bmasked by the facade of calmness, “Is this the fairy tail reason of byours /bbyou /bput them together as an opponent?”

Grace blinked bat /bbmy /bcasual tone that did not match the darkness in my eyes but didn’t bflinch/b. “Oh, you bthink /bI bam /bbying /bmatch making here?” sheughed softly, ncing at bAlpha /bJude once and then me. “Alpha Ryker bis /bbjust /benjoying his reward, Alpha Ronan”

“What?” Locked my brows

She lifted a manicured brow “Just like you asked me for information in exchange for returning my anklet, Ryker asked for something after returning my pearl ring”

Bly

match with Seth Darven

A thousand curses surged through bmy /bmind. As blood appeared in my eyes

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It wasn’t a coincidence.

He’d nned this.

He wanted her.

Why?

To test her?

To hurt her?

To touch her?

I clenched my fists so tightly I felt blood well beneath my nails.

The sound of grunts and thuds filled bthe /bclearing. The fight intensified. bAlphas /bwere starting to copse, eliminated one by one. The five–second rule held, if you were down for bmore /bthan bfive /bseconds, byou /bwere out.

But not Seraphina.

Not Ryker.

They still stood. bMoved/b. Fought.

She didn’t fall back. Didn’t retreat. She pushed him, again band /bbagain/b.

I could barely watch it with my barely intact patience.

Unknown to me, some distance away Asher and Finn watched me in silence. Their eyes were on me most of the btime/b. Watching my growing anger. Watching my wolf w beneath my skin.

I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

Until suddenly something loud echoed in the clearing.

Everyone, including me, stilled turning around.

“bWhat /bwas bthat/b?” Grace gasped looking up at the mountain behind us.

Alpha bJude /bstepped forward shielding her with bhis /bbbody /bband /bstared at the mountain with seriousness, “It seems like a rock from the mountain..” Before he could finish the wind shifted.

A bsharp/b, slicing bgust /bwhipped across the clearing, scattering dust and leaves. Tents trembled. Bonfires flickered out. Several Alphas stumbled blindlyb, /bunsteady from the sudden force.

The wind roared like a warning.

Crack!

A nearby tree blimb /bsplit.

“It’s a storm!” bFinn /bshouted, alerting everyone.

“Everyone stop!” bAlpha /bJude’s voice boomed as he turned to the bAlphas/b. “Halt the match, return to the Academy bnow/b!”

Chas exploded.

bAlphas /btore off blindfolds, darting in all directions. The bclearing /bbecame a whirlwind of bodies, dust, wind, and panicked

My eyes snapped toward the direction where Seraphina was earlier. I ripped through the whirlwind of the Alphas running out of there as I strode towards the storm but in the bmiddle /bof the crowd froze.

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“Where is she?” my wolf whispered in my mind as the spot where she was bfighting /bwas empty.

My mind bwent /bnk.

Seraphina was gone.

Ryker too.

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