Azura
“You want to disguise yourself as Alpha Elias and participate in the combat?” He asks as if confirming if he heard right.
“Yes. I want to go to the Lunar Academy to train instead of your place,” I reply and he gives me a puzzled look.
“And why? Why do you want to do that? Do you even have any idea what will happen to you if you get caught?” Elias bombards me with his questions, playing my big brother’s role.
I can’t help but roll my eyes. “You know, I’m more powerful than you,” I smirk and continue, “Besides, I’m capable of fighting any Alpha and I want to have a chance to speak to the Alpha King. This Alpha combat is my only chance.”
“Because you think that no one else can bring justice to you and your father except the Alpha King, right?” Elias says, reading my mind and my jaw drops in amazement. He is getting smart, I would give him that.
“I know that even if I want, I can’t fight against the Dark Shadow pack as the situation in my pack is not good and no other Alpha can help you so I understand but you have to promise me that if anything goes south, you will ask for help and come back to my pack,” he smiles at me and I promise him before hugging him.
“Thank you, Elias,” I say, pulling myself away and smiling at him.
He smirks and pats my head. “Do you think you will be able to act like Alpha Elias? You know, I have a pretty tough personality and I haven’t lost any battle in the Academy before.” He boasts and shrugs.
My smile falters as I realize that everyone has seen him in the Lunar Academy earlier. What if someone…
“Hey, what happened?” Elias waves his hands in front of me, bringing me out of my thoughts.
“What if someone discovers that I'm impersonating you and that I'm not the real Elias? I mean, everyone has seen your bloody face.” I state with a frown.
He laughs, throwing his head back. “I like seeing you scared, Zura.”
I flare my nostrils and punch his shoulder. “Shut the fuck up, Eli-Peli.” I growl and he chuckles again.
“Don’t worry, little sister. Everyone has seen my face but I wasn’t Alpha Elias at that time. They know me as Elias, not Alpha Elias. I haven’t attended any event after taking over the post of the Alpha of the Black Cliff pack so they know Alpha Elias by his name only, not by face,” he explains and I sigh in relief.
“Alright, then. I should leave now.” I hug him again and get my backpack from my room.
I will do anything to make things work in my favor. I can’t let this chance slip from my hand. The daughter of the Beta Drake feared nothing and no one.
“You’re not going alone there,” Elias stops me, blocking my way.
“You gotta be kidding me,” I shake my head and scowl. “They accept only Alphas if you have forgotten.”
Eli frowns. “You should listen first before reacting. I’m not sending you there alone. My Beta, Jack, will drive you there safely and he will return only after seeing you entering the Lunar Academy. I can’t let you travel alone, knowing that your asshole husband will be searching for you everywhere like lunatics.”
My heart skips a beat at the mention of my mate. He will also be there. I have planned to get contact lenses and a wig to hide my prominent features. I don’t have money to buy the stuff I need and I’m feeling too embarrassed to ask for it from Elias. I have already bothered him enough. I don’t want to add more burden on him after knowing that his pack’s condition isn’t right.
I sit in the car after saying goodbye to him. “Take this and use it.” He offers me his credit card and I reluctantly take it after denying it twice politely. I will return the money to him once I find the real culprit and then, I will go back to my pack and get my mother’s fortune back from those bitches. He forces me to take it and tells me to ring him anytime and inform him every day about everything that happens in the Academy.
He simply wants to keep an eye on me so he will know if I’m in danger. I promise him to update him about everything.
Beta Jack stops the car at a mall and I get a makeover within two hours. I buy males’ stuff and it reminds me of Nicholas. I regret loving that asshole who didn’t even believe me and was ready to kill me. I wonder if he ever loved me or maybe it was just because of the mate bond.
My wolf is missing him but there is no way that I’m taking him back. I will stay away from him.
I make my way toward the parking lot and open the door of the car.
“Excuse me?” Jack snaps coldly.
“It’s me, Azura,” I say, stifling a giggle.
“What the fuck. I can’t even recognize you,” Beta Jack’s mouth hangs in surprise when he recognizes my voice.
I sit in the passenger seat and he drives us to a restaurant. We take lunch there before continuing our journey. After eight hours of traveling, we finally arrive at the Academy.
“Take care, Azura. Should you need any help, don’t hesitate to reach out to us,” Jack tells me softly, smiling down at me.
“Thank you, Jack. Drive back safely.” I bid him farewell and he leaves after he sees me going inside the Academy.
I’m familiar with every corner of this Academy so I reach the office within a minute. The officer in charge asks me to go to the boys’ hostel and find my room number and roommate on the board. I pray to the Goddess not to set me up with Nicholas as my roommate as I walk toward the hostel with my heart thudding in my chest. I have used the scent disguiser but I’m not ready to face him yet.
I stumble and trip over a pebble. My ass would have landed on the floor if a strong hand wouldn’t have held my hand. My hands collide with his chest and I look into his amber brown eyes.
“Hello, ex-girlfriend,” he whispers in my ear in his deep husky voice, making me shiver.
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Azura His lips linger over my ear for longer than they should, awakening the butterflies in my stomach. He pulls himself away and lets go of my elbows. I swallow hard when his words sink into my mind and I realize that he has recognized me. My ex, Ryker Lockwood, the most arrogant and cold-hearted Alpha and half-brother of my mate has saved me from falling. I peer into his brown eyes and my gaze falls on his lips. My wolf is smitten by his handsome face, she liked him a lot. I hadn’t expected her to like him after having our fated mate but I guess my wolf is shameless and crazy. She growls at me and I ignore her tantrums. I frown when I see his lips twitching into a nasty smirk. I follow his gaze and realize that my hands are still resting on his chest. “Arrogant asshole,” I mutter to myself, immediately pushing him away and heading toward the lobby but he grips my hand and drags me along with him. I subtly clear my throat, masking my natural tone with a deeper, more masculine re
Ryker The officer asks me to have a seat and even orders a cup of americano for me as he prepares the new list. “Remove the old list and stick it on the board right now,” I say and he nods his head in understanding. Someone has deliberately picked that bastard as my roommate for me. We didn’t keep our hatred for each other hidden. Everyone knows that I don’t even prefer breathing the same air as him. “Any speculation… um, who could do this?” Ethan, the officer, asks meekly. My jaw clenches as I try to remember my enemies and there are plenty but no one can dare to do this. They fear me and know very well what will happen to them if I find out who did it which I’m going to find out eventually anyway. “No.” I give a curt reply and get up to go back to the dormitory. “I will let you know if I find any lead,” he says and stands up with the new list in his hand. We head to the dormitory together and part our ways from the lobby. I head to my room after seeing the new list on t
Azura Fuck. Everything is going opposite of what I had planned. I’m not ready yet to face my husband and to make the scenario worse, they start arguing. I hear Nicholas provoking Ryker as always from the outside and I immediately go to the small dressing mirror. Thanks to the Goddess, I had kept all the things in the drawer safely before taking the shower. I start getting dressed but I feel gross as I don't have any other option than to wear the clothes I had on again. Ryker’s growl makes my heart leap into my chest, fearing the worst. If Nicholas manages to prod him enough to make him lose his self-control, Ryker will lose the chance of even participating in the final battle, let alone becoming the Alpha King. I get out of the bathroom after making sure that my wig is in place and my scent is disguised. My jaw drops to the floor, seeing Ryker seizing Nicholas’s neck furiously. When he threatened that asshole to kill him, it wasn’t a mere threat. His wolf has taken control over
RykerI look at her in awe, she is acting like a stranger in front of her husband for Goddess knows why. Nevertheless, it makes me happy and worried at the same time. Azura loved that bastard so much. The whole Academy knew that but Nicholas didn’t even bother to glance at her until he saw her with me. The only reason she dated me was to get the attention of my half-brother who changed girlfriends like clothes. Despite me trying to explain to her how he was and she was bound to get hurt by that asshole, she didn’t pay any heed to my warnings. She was blindly in love with him but the she-wolf standing in front of me isn’t a teen girl anymore. Azura has turned into the most beautiful woman and her actions are forcing me to wonder what happened between them that she isn’t even ready to disclose her true identity to him. He was such a foolish man, I chuckled inwardly. How can he not recognize her despite being his mate? “You will pay for this, fucker,” Nicholas seethes in anger and s
Azura“What?” I look at him with my jaw dropped to the floor. “For real?” I scoff, shaking my head in disbelief. He showed his faith in me when no one else did. Even he could figure out that I couldn’t kill my father but my mate refused to believe me. It hurts me more to admit that my mate doesn’t trust me when the man whom I fake-dated for a few months trusts me. Ryker steps toward me and sits beside me on the bed with a frown etched on his face. “Do I have to repeat myself?” Of course, the big bad Alpha hated repeating himself. “I can’t believe that you’re offering to help me find the true culprit behind my father’s murder,” I tell him, narrowing my eyes at him suspiciously. He rolls his beautiful amber-brown eyes and looks at me with a perplexed look on his face. “Why is it that hard to believe?” I sneer and shrug casually, stealing a glance at him. “Can you blame me for your cold-hearted Alpha reputation?” He waves his hand off and frowns. “I’m still cold-hearted but I thin
Ryker She gets ready in fifteen minutes and gets out of the bathroom after wearing her wig and lenses. I stifle a chuckle, she looks cute in a male’s attire. “Let’s go, Alpha Elias,” I sneer and open the door for her. “Thank you, Alpha Ryker,” she replies in her thick and deep voice, sounding absolutely funny. I heap my plate with apple cider cheesecake cookies, porridge, and scrambled eggs for protein. My eyes wander to the stall of bagels with smoked salmon, cream cheese, sliced tomatoes, and onions, my lips curl up in a smirk when I find Azura filling her plate with three bagels. It’s her favorite food, she used to do the same when we were studying in this Academy. She even prefers bagels for a hangover, she’s crazy for food. Assholes around her stare at her with a mocking glare because she is petite and slim to eat this much but they will be surprised when she will eat more after finishing her bagels. Azura walks to me after grabbing two bottles of juice and smiles at me.
Azura“I didn’t take you for a fool but being married to a moron must have taken a toll on you,” Ryker spits, not even bothering to hide his smug smile. “You should have researched about the training and the competition before coming here,” he remarks before I can retort to his taunts. My nostrils flare as I restrain myself from saying something. His rude words are hurting me but he can’t see that. Of course, I didn’t know the real face of my mate and I accepted that I was so stupid for falling for him but he didn’t have to rub it in my face all the time. “It wasn’t my plan to come here. I didn’t get a chance to do anything of that sort because it’s only for men so women know nothing about this. I didn’t imagine myself disguising as my cousin and entering the Academy to ask for help from the Alpha King to catch the murderer of my father so I wasn’t prepared for this,” I snap at him, not holding myself back. Ryker looks at me with a perplexed expression etched on his face, his thic
Azura As the rain falls relentlessly from the somber clouds above, my feet carry me through the quiet rows of headstones in the cemetery. Each droplet seems to echo the rhythm of my heart, heavy with sorrow and longing as my own teardrops stream down my cheeks. I stand before my father's grave, the damp earth beneath my shoes reminding me of the fragility of the situation I was in. With a trembling hand, I trace the letters of his name engraved on the weathered stone, feeling the weight of loss settle upon my shoulders once more. Amidst the downpour and chaos that my life has become, I find solace in the quiet solitude of the cemetery, a sacred space where memories linger like shadows in the rain. Still, that solace doesn’t last long as his pale face covered in blood flashes in front of my eyes and I ball my fists, restraining the boiling fury that empowers my emotions and threatens to consume me whole. My wolf is also in despair, but she tries to comfort me. It isn’t the righ