SERAPHINA
The moment I stepped into the Academy, I knew the storm hadn’t passed.
So, when Alpha Jude entered the grand hall holding Grace’s hand and Alpha Gideon stood in the center of the room, emotionless and unblinking, the real storm began to stir.
Grace looked like a ghost beside him. Pale. Silent. Her eyes flicked up to Alpha Jude, then back to her father, uncertain and trembling. As they stopped just a breath away from Alpha Gideon, the entire hall fell into hushed stillness. The tension clawed at every corner, everyone expecting either a deadly clash…or something far worse.
But what happened next?
No one could’ve predicted it.
Alpha Jude took Grace’s hand and handed it to Alpha Gideon.
Gasps echoed.
My heart plummeted into my stomach.
Grace…didn’t move. Didn’t speak. Her e
