Sasha's Pov
The Academy was a cage disguised as a kingdom. You didn’t just survive here, you learned to expect the knife in your back, the pit beneath your feet, the poison in your cup.
I woke with the warning still echoing in my skull.
You’re not safe. I know what you are.
The note burned through every thought as I dressed in silence, each movement deliberate, cautious. My skin still buzzed from yesterday's scent flare. I'd barely slept, flinching at every creak of the walls, every gust of wind.
Alex hadn’t said a word since he tossed that note at me, but I could feel his eyes on me. Watching. Thinking. Analyzing every breath I took. It feels like he knows who I am. What am I? A she-wolf. The way he said it, he found her feminine, soft. She wasn't doing well enough to hide herself.
