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 of his guys, glaring at me. Not

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

raised my hand and Adam paid me attention. "What's the first test?' "The

others took turns with it. Theon had given me permission not to and now, that grace

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your fears and take the test." Adam said to us.

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me from getting any closer but Theon gave them the signal to let me go so I bypassed them to get close to him.

same old stoic expression. "Good to see you're

"Yea."

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

my head, I found Theon looking around as

"Healer Kwan also told me to hide it as well

you

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and looked down at my fingers. "Because

him again in surprise and when I met his eyes, they were stone cold. "You What's wrong with the twins today?

the parking lot to you

frowned, really not

T

an unnatural urge to be close to him, to breathe his cologne, his scent. At first, it had been

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

go.

reacting to the

"But?-"

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

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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