Chapter 57: Hell & Monsters.
Elara’s POV
I staggered down the hallway like a survivor from some low-budget apocalypse. My back still hurts. My ribs were still sore. And my pride? That died somewhere between the lip-lick and the hallway moan.
Students parted when they saw me, whispering behind hands and nudging each other like I’d grown a second head. I didn’t have to guess why.
For three days straight, all anyone could talk about was The Incident...capital T, capital I. Apparently, someone with too much free time and a sharp pair of eyes had caught Captain Kian Blackhole-of-my-existence pinning me to a wall and licking my lips like I was a dessert he’d been denied for a century.
And now?
Now I was that student. The one who got Alpha-licked in broad daylight.
I don’t even know who s
