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."

them, then I looked to my left and found Konan standing far off with some

next week. You all will go through four series of tests that

my hand and Adam paid me

remembered the last time I entered such and almost died. Ever since then, I didn't participate when others took turns with it. Theon had

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

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to see him so I rushed downstairs and out the building. "My Prince!" I called as I ran towards him. His men stopped me

old stoic

"Yea."

for the heads up. I thought I was going to die, yunno? Then Healer Kwan found me,

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.

back underneath my top. "Healer Kwan also told me to hide it as well and not to tell

yet, you told

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at my fingers. "Because I trust

again in surprise and when I met his eyes, they were stone

felt like chasing you down the parking lot

frowned, really

T

had been subtle and I had ignored it but now, with every growing minute, it became like an itch that I needed

drawn in by the mystery in his blue eyes as every fiber of

go.

the effects of the

"But?-"

a hotter seat than you've ever been before, Ryn. The Moonstone was made to give your a fighting chance

my brother either. Good luck." Theon

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