Caspian's POV
The abandoned ranger station looked like something out of a horror story—all shadows and broken windows and the kind of isolation that made you wonder what had driven the previous occupants away. But it had walls, a roof that mostly worked, and enough distance from the Academy to let us breathe for the first time in hours.
I watched Aria examine the perimeter while Hayes searched for supplies, and tried to process everything that had happened tonight.
My roommate was a girl.
Not just any girl—the daughter of one of the most powerful Alphas in the region, who'd somehow managed to fool an entire Academy full of trained observers for months.
I should have been angry about the deception. Should have felt betrayed, manipulated, used.
Instead, all I felt was impressed.
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