DORIAN POV I can faintly hear the pounding of boots and the howls of guards echoing up from the lower floors, filling the corridor behind me. Alpha Ezra isn’t playing around. He’s mobilized an entire battalion of instructors and guards just to hunt down one student and one Sword Bearer, now branded as traitors. And eventually, I’ll get dragged into this mess too. What could possibly be worse than that? I lean calmly against Alaric’s door, looking completely out of place compared to the chaos surrounding us. My arms are crossed as I watch the two panicked figures in front of me. Well, yes, my heartbeat remains steady, but anxiety is starting to creep under my skin. “Sword Bearer, you have less than two minutes before this hallway is swarming with wolves,” I say clearly, making sure

