Chapter 44

RYN

I bent over to catch my breath and when I rose to my full height, I found everyone staring at me. Then I looked to the podium and saw the Alpha King and a man beside him frowning down at me. That must be the new Director. "Greetings, your Majesty. Greetings Director." I bowed.

"You've been tardy lately, Miss Ashmore," The Director stated, with his hands behind him. "No one here has taken more sick leaves than you."

I swallowed. "My apologies, sir. All those sick leaves were because I was actually sick and hurt."

"That's none of our concern." He said, "this is why we didn't want women in the army. You lots are weak and have too much drama going on." He chuckled and a few joined in, including the Alpha King.

I ground my jaw at

at the blatant insult. "My apologies sir, once again, it won't happen anymore."

"It

I

better not. Because from now on, if you are so much as one second late, you will be expelled and that would be the end of your training. Understood?"

I felt my cheeks flame as the weight of a hundred eyes settled on me. "Yes, sir."

Afterwards, The King and the Beta left the podium and just as Miro was about to follow after them, our eyes met. His eyes glimmered with an emotion I couldn't detect and I quickly looked away, remembering his warning about looking superiors in their eyes. When I looked his way again, he was gone.

Someone clapped me on the back hard and I turned to see some of my male colleagues beaming at me.

"I heard you fought with the two Princes and the Elites in action. What was it like?"

Did you see mutants?"

*I heard you took on five wolves at once."

"What happened?"

"Ryn, you're so

u're so cool."

as more and more of my colleagues surrounded me, giving me looks of approval. I smiled while answering them, then I looked to my left and

Ball is next week. You all will go through four series of tests that will try your mental agility, your

paid me

took turns with it. Theon had given me permission not

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the test." Adam said to us. "So, good luck." 12:05 Sat, Oct

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ran towards him. His men stopped me from getting any closer but Theon gave them the signal to let me go so I bypassed them to get close to him. I forgot how big he was in comparison to myself to the extent that his entire body shielded the sun from my eyes as I looked up at him. "Hi." I said, suddenly short of

Ryn." He said, wearing his same old stoic expression. "Good

"Yea."

I thought I was going to die, yunno? Then Healer Kwan found me, gave

It had a crystal bluish stone attached to the bottom. When I raised my head, I found Theon looking around as if to check if anyone was watching us. "What's wrong?"

top. "Healer Kwan also told me to hide it as well and

you

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and looked down at my fingers. "Because I trust

again in surprise and when I met his eyes, they

you down the parking lot to you the amulet that is

frowned, really not

T

breathe his cologne, his scent. At first, it had been subtle and I had ignored it but now, with every growing minute, it

at him, the more I wished he would touch me, even if it's for a brief second. I closed the distance between us, suddenly drawn in by the mystery in his blue eyes as every fiber of my being ached for contact

go.

the effects of the

"But?-"

Ryn. The Moonstone was made to give your a fighting chance but only for a short term just until we

cut me off with a raised finger. "I won't be around to save you anymore so you're on your own. And don't count on my brother either. Good luck." Theon said and turned his back on me to enter his car. "Why didn't you tell me you were suspended?" I blurted out and he stopped. "Because it doesn't

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