Chapter 98 Where Is Going On?

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The world bhad /bvanished in a howl of wind and white. The e sky turned ck too fast. One second, the fire crackled, Alphas fought, and then–chaos.

A screeching bwind /bthat pierced bone. Branches ripped through the sky. Dirt lifted in spirals. It was the kind of storm that didn’t just fall. it actually attacked.

I barely made it beneath the rock overhangs near the slope, shoved bback /bby Alpha Jude himself. He was already on edge due to Grace’s safety. She bhad /brefused to return to the Academy with others and was stubborn enough to stay with bhim/b.

I couldn’t argue. I couldn’t resist.

Couldn’t see.

My eyes had snapped shut against the dirt band /bash whipping through the air. Every breath filled with dust. Every sound drowned out by wind. My hands scraped rock bas /bI crouched under the ledge, but I didn’t feel the sting.

All I tried to feel Seraphina. My wolf bgot /banxious when he could not sense her.

Where the hell was she?

My hands curled into fists as I tried to rey it, thest image in my mind. She was fighting Rykerb, /bblindfolded. And then

bstrom/b….

Nothing.

Every second under that overhang was a cage of iron, and I was the wild thing trapped inside.

I couldn’t breathe without knowing where she bwas/b.

I didn’t care if the sky cracked open and dropped mountains, I’d find her. I had to. Or my wolf would lose his mind. I never felt this kind of loss before in my entire life but for this girl…the girl that I had met barely two months ago, my wolf was agitated over her absence.

The wind began to weaken, softening into cruel gusts rather than ban /bunrelenting scream. That was all the permission I

needed.

I surged out from under the rocks just as movement flickered bfrom /bthe far slope.

banother /bcover point, brushing dust off their shoulders.

Finn and Asher were climbing out from

From the opposite side, Reed and bCassius /bemerged too, coughing, hair windswept, looking shaken but whole. They seem to bhave /bfailed to escape and return to the Academy like othersb. /b

Finn’s voice came first, tight with urgency.

“I don’t see Seth anywhere.”

“What do you bmean/b? Alpha Jude appeared just behind meb, /beyes sharp, coat pping as he bstepped /bforward with bGrace /bfollowing hum closely. “Where could Alpha bSeth /bbe if not here?”

Asher scared the field of broken btrees /band twisted bground /b“Ryker’s gone too. He definitely did not breturn /bto the bacademy /b

like others.

Alpha Jude’s expression darkened. “What the fuck is going on hereb?/b”

Then Reed, bwho /bwas looking toward the distant treeline, spoke next. “They were fighting near bthe /bwaterfall’s edge could they have fallen from there?”

My jaw nghtened whale Fum rushed to the cliff at lighting speed.

Cassius added. “Or probably blew away with the storms

My world appeared in my eyes snapping at his secret smile.

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Only the thought of the possibility of that split my mind open like an axe. I didn’t even realize I’d moved until my boots were pounding against the wet earth, toward the edge, where the roaring bfalls /bchurned violently below.

“Seth!!” Finn bwas /balready there, scanning the steep cliff.

Asher was close behind, shouting bover /bbthe /bwind. “Seth Darven, where are you?”

bAlpha /bJude followed fast, barked an order at someone behind us to report back to the Academy.

Bur L

I stood there, frozen.

Not from fear.

From the violent, inhuman need to roar and let my wolf take over.

If she fell, if Ryker….

“THERE’S SOMEONEb!/bb” /b

Cassius‘ voice rang out like a gunshot behind us.

We all turned.

Near the edge of the clearing, beneath a broken tree an Alpha was pinned, partially buried under heavy branches, coughing but balive/b.

Alpha Jude was already rushing over.

“Are you alright?” he asked as he crouched beside the fallen Alphab. /b

“I–I’m okay,” the Alpha gasped, clutching his leg.

Grace quickly knelt down and checked, “His bfoot’s /btrapped. It’s not crushed.” saying bthat /bhe called, “Alpha Casius, Alpha Reed, pleasee band /bhelp him.”

Cassius and Reed were there in seconds, helping Alpha Jude lift the thick, splintered log. With a bfew /bbgrunts/b, they managed to bdrag /bhim free.

The Alpha was saved and panting, but his eyes widened suddenly.

“There bwere /btwo more.”

–

Everyone stilled and roy wolf’s bears /bperked up.

bmy /b

I turned to him bsharply/b. “Where?”

The injured Alpha lifted ba /bshaking hand band /bpointed.

“There_under that pile of trees. I saw them fall there before beverything /bbwent /bbdark/b”

My head snapped at that side at lightning speed. Could it be her?

My body moved before my bthoughts /bdid.

Threw myself at the Twisted pile of trees like a madman-

The trunks were thack, older, bheavy /bthings, their roots ripped from the earth in bthe /bstorm’s fury.

SETH DARVENI

My voice ripped from any throat, raw desperate.

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I tore at the wood, dragging a branch as thick as my chest out of the way, heart mming like war drums.

“SETH““”

“SETH DARVEN![”

No answer. There was only silence

I didn’t stop

Didn’t hesitate

Another trunk rolled free under my strengthb. /bMy shoulders burned. My knuckles bled. I didn’t care.

She’s in there. She bhas /bto be.

bI /btossed one more log aside when I felt a presence at my side.

Asher dropped beside me.

Then Finn.

Neither said a word at first. They just started helping. Lifting. Grunting. Straining.

Asher asked. “Is he in here!

I nodded once, sharp and sure. “He’s definitely in here.”

Finn hesitated, panting. “But–bwhat /bif he fell toob? /bIn the waterfall! You didn’t see-

“He didn’t.” I groaned.

I tossed another massive branch aside bwith /bba /broar, feeling my bones scream beneath the strain, Finn me my

me my eyes. “How can you be so sure?”

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Asher had the same question in his eyes. Breathing hard, and controlling the rage of my wolf, I stared down at the pile of the

trees.

Sise could not have fallen into the waterfall. She would do anything but would never let bthat /bhappen. I knew it…because….

The water would bwash /baway her bdisguise/b,” my wolf stated in my mind.

We both looked at the trees where we felt Seraphina. But why bwas /bher heartbeating so abnormally?

bA /bbvery /bbad feeling arose in my chest bwhen /bI recalled she was not alone. Ryker bwas /bthere too.

My bfists /bclenched. “What was going on in there between them?”