Chapter 78
Ellie POV
Idiot.
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Gods, I was an idiot.
One moment I was frozen in place, listening to Karina’s voice echoing like poison through my skull, and the next 1 was stumbling backward, vision blurring at the edges, breath coming in uneven, shaky bursts that felt too loud in the quiet hall.
I had survived the humiliation. Survived his constant games, mark on Vivian and maybe even…started to believe he was better. Better than my Dominic. And I had been stupid enough to believe maybe he wasn’t entirely against
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I was walking, insure where I was going when-
“Ellie?”
I flinched so hard I almost dropped my notes. Lucas stood a few feet away, head tilted slightly. He took one step toward me, and I took one back, instinctive, like my body was trying to hold itself together without external interference.
“Hey woah,” he said with a grin. “Hey about earlier, I wanted to apologize. I was just having some fun with the heart beat thing. Besides, you got it! But I shouldn’t have messed with your grades when you—”
He paused, like he finally realized I was shaking.
“Ellie? What happened?” he asked softly.
It all just poured out. “Dominic,” I breathed, the name tasting like smoke. “It’s him. He must have told the girls about me staying that night at the Alpha ball.”
Lucas’s head tilted. “You stayed with Dom?”
“My conduct!” I hissed, “Academic probation! It wasn’t someone else! It was him! He planned it! He’s sabotaging me. I heard him. He and Karina- she said she made sure I’d be expelled… just like he wanted.”
Lucas’s reaction slowly went from goofy to smile to this icy, cold prince I have never seen. Even I flinched a little. His entire expression sharpened, concern evaporating.
“What?”
But I was fuming from just trying to explain it.
That ass, I hated him. Dominic. I just-1-
My anger had nowhere to go. I was fed up with everything. Something snapped.
I shook my head and pushed past him before he could say another word, my feet already carrying me down the hall in quick, purposeful strides. Rage churned hot in my bloodstream, guiding me more accurately than any map ever could. Every step made my pulse hammer harder, my thoughts sharpen into something jagged.
I followed the scent I normally ran from, my stride long, thunderous.
I reached the intersection of the hall and as soon as I saw his back I barked. “Hey! HEY!”
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Dominic turned, his eyes widening at my pace.
“Ellie?” He titled his head, “Why-”
My forearm slammed across his throat, pinning him against the wall with a force that shocked even me. His head jerked up, eyes going wide, body tensing beneath my hold as he grabbed my wrist on instinct.
A few girls screamed, other watching wide eyed.
“YOU’RE THE WORST! YOUR DISGUSTING PEST! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!,” I hissed, the words dripping with venom I’d been swallowing for far too long. “Don’t you ever talk to me again! You are the worst thing that keeps happenign to me! Go! AWAY!”
Shock flickered across his face, a true, pale face shock. Quickly followed by anger, and then-confusion. Real, disarming confusion all over.
“Ellie…Ellie-what-”
“OH SAVE IT,” I spat, leaning in closer so he could see exactly how much I meant every word. “All you do is lie! Like it’s all some game! I don’t even know what you want! What your stupid goal is from all this other then to torture me! You pretend to care. Pretend you want to help. You don’t get to look at me like I matter while you’re working to actively screw me over behind my back.”
He blinked, jaw flexing. “Ellie, just, hold on. Working to-? What are you talking about-”
“You WANT me to fail,” I said, voice trembling even as I forced it steady. “You wanted me out. Back in the Luna box where you can use me-shape me-control me. You weren’t protecting me, Dominic. You were setting me up! You always are!”
His brows slammed together, his hand moving to my sides, gently pushing me back. “Ellie, stop. I don’t know what your talking about, but I never-❞
“Lies!” I snarled. “You-AH!”
He lifted me, straight lifted me into the air with ease by my hips. “Will you calm down!” He said with a light shake. “If you don’t let me explain, I can’t help.”
I gasped, batting at his arms, nearly kicking my legs with no use. “Put me down!” I hissed. “Gods! All you do is lie! I said put me-
Then footsteps rushed, echoed down the hallway.
Lucas.
I gasped when he was suddenly behind me, his hand on my jeans hook as he forced Dominic to lower me with a gush of wind.
I blinked, shocked, as they stared at eachother like fire over my head.
His presence sliced through the moment like a blade, eyes already burning, expression carved out of fury as he took in the sight of me pinning Dominic to the wall.
“Well,” Lucas said, voice low with disdain. It didn’t fit him. “isn’t this fitting. The two-faced sheep finally cornered.”
Dominic’s entire body went still, his hand tighten on my hip.
“Lucas,” he warned. “This doesn’t-”
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“Concern me?” Lucas shot back. “Yeah, no. I’m done watching you pretend you give a damn like your the good guy. Then push her around, sabotage her, manipulate her, and then act confused when she finally breaks? You’re pathetic.”
They were livid.
“I’m sick of you sticking your nose into business you don’t understand,” Dominic growled. “Sick of you circling her like you’re the answer to anything.”
“And I’m sick,” Lucas said, stepping closer, “of you acting like you own everything the light touches just because you’re going to be an Alpha.”
Dominic’s nostrils flared. “I,” he stepped closer, looming over me. “Haven’t done anything you two are accusing me of. So, I’m only going to say this once. Stand down, Lucas, or I won’t.”
My stomach dropped.
I was angry, furious. But this was escalating too fast.
“Wait, stop,” I said, but neither of them even flinched as I tried to push them back.
Dominic straightened slowly, eyes locked on Lucas with a predator’s stillness.
“You wanna finally go?” he snarled. “Because I have been looking forward to shutting you up.”
Lucas’s grin was slow, humorless. “Gladly.”
Everything inside me lurched.
Shit. Shit. SHIT.
Everything happened at once.
One second Dominic and Lucas were snarling inches from each other, the next Dominic’s hand—large, hot, terrifyingly steady-was on my shoulder, pushing me aside with a gentleness so at odds with the violence in his eyes that it made my stomach twist.
And then he struck.
His arm loaded like a canon, fist connecting with Lucas’s mouth in a crack that split the world open. Lucas flew backward, skidding across the tile, blood misting the air as he hit the far wall hard enough to break through it.
The brick exploded outward.
Dust clouded the hallway as an entire section of the school wall collapsed. Screams erupted behind me-students scattering, some running, some stupidly pushing forward for a better look.
Through the settling dust, Lucas flipped back to his feet, skidding to a stop in the grass outside. He wiped blood from his jaw with the back of his hand, grinning like this was fun.
I didn’t even have time to scream.
Dominic’s clothes shredded-literally ripped apart-as his bones snapped, cracked, and reformed beneath his skin. The sounds were sickening, wet and violent, like the tearing of meat, like the splitting of wood.
Dominic surged forward, his spine arching, muscles bulging grotesquely as a wolf skull burst out around his head –jaws splitting open from his own, bone sliding over bone, teeth doubling in size with a sick crunch. His body detonated into the form of a massive black wolf, headed straight for Lucas.
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The blonde man had just grinned, wind coiled around him and in a heartbeat his body snapped, growing, contorting. The gust tore through his clothes as fur erupted over his skin, bones stretching, reshaping.
He became a tawny white wolf, sleek and sharp, eyes glowing amber just in time for Dominic launched himself at him.
Lucas met him head-on, and the collision was violent enough to echo.
Massive bodies-horse-sized-slammed together, claws raking, teeth flashing. Blood splattered the dirt in red arcs as they tore into each other, snarling with a sound that didn’t belong in a school, didn’t belong anywhere near people.
I staggered to the opening in the wall with the others, trying to find my footing.
Dominic ripped into Lucas’s shoulder, dragging him across the field, jaws clamped down with bone-crushing force. Lucas shrieked, twisted, and slashed Dominic’s stomach with a swipe of his claw, spraying blood across the
grass.
My breath hitched. I tasted iron in the air.
They were…actually trying to kill eachother.
Students screamed around me, some running for teachers, others just standing there, phones out, watching like this was entertainment,
Wind blasted my face from their movements. My hair whipped backward as the wolves collided again, bodies slamming together with crunches I felt in my teeth.
“Oh my god…” I whispered, voice shaking. “Stop. Stop!”
I stepped forward on instinct, throat tight, legs trembling.
“STOP!” I screamed, louder, rawer, voice ripping out of me. “STOP-PLEASE!”
But they didn’t as I ran into the field.
This was my fault.
All of it.
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Chapter 78
Ellie POV
Idiot.
+25 Bonus
Gods, I was an idiot.
One moment I was frozen in place, listening to Karina’s voice echoing like poison through my skull, and the next 1 was stumbling backward, vision blurring at the edges, breath coming in uneven, shaky bursts that felt too loud in the quiet hall.
I had survived the humiliation. Survived his constant games, mark on Vivian and maybe even…started to believe he was better. Better than my Dominic. And I had been stupid enough to believe maybe he wasn’t entirely against
- 2
I was walking, insure where I was going when-
“Ellie?”
I flinched so hard I almost dropped my notes. Lucas stood a few feet away, head tilted slightly. He took one step toward me, and I took one back, instinctive, like my body was trying to hold itself together without external interference.
“Hey woah,” he said with a grin. “Hey about earlier, I wanted to apologize. I was just having some fun with the heart beat thing. Besides, you got it! But I shouldn’t have messed with your grades when you—”
He paused, like he finally realized I was shaking.
“Ellie? What happened?” he asked softly.
It all just poured out. “Dominic,” I breathed, the name tasting like smoke. “It’s him. He must have told the girls about me staying that night at the Alpha ball.”
Lucas’s head tilted. “You stayed with Dom?”
“My conduct!” I hissed, “Academic probation! It wasn’t someone else! It was him! He planned it! He’s sabotaging me. I heard him. He and Karina- she said she made sure I’d be expelled… just like he wanted.”
Lucas’s reaction slowly went from goofy to smile to this icy, cold prince I have never seen. Even I flinched a little. His entire expression sharpened, concern evaporating.
“What?”
But I was fuming from just trying to explain it.
That ass, I hated him. Dominic. I just-1-
My anger had nowhere to go. I was fed up with everything. Something snapped.
I shook my head and pushed past him before he could say another word, my feet already carrying me down the hall in quick, purposeful strides. Rage churned hot in my bloodstream, guiding me more accurately than any map ever could. Every step made my pulse hammer harder, my thoughts sharpen into something jagged.
I followed the scent I normally ran from, my stride long, thunderous.
I reached the intersection of the hall and as soon as I saw his back I barked. “Hey! HEY!”
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Dominic turned, his eyes widening at my pace.
“Ellie?” He titled his head, “Why-”
My forearm slammed across his throat, pinning him against the wall with a force that shocked even me. His head jerked up, eyes going wide, body tensing beneath my hold as he grabbed my wrist on instinct.
A few girls screamed, other watching wide eyed.
“YOU’RE THE WORST! YOUR DISGUSTING PEST! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!,” I hissed, the words dripping with venom I’d been swallowing for far too long. “Don’t you ever talk to me again! You are the worst thing that keeps happenign to me! Go! AWAY!”
Shock flickered across his face, a true, pale face shock. Quickly followed by anger, and then-confusion. Real, disarming confusion all over.
“Ellie…Ellie-what-”
“OH SAVE IT,” I spat, leaning in closer so he could see exactly how much I meant every word. “All you do is lie! Like it’s all some game! I don’t even know what you want! What your stupid goal is from all this other then to torture me! You pretend to care. Pretend you want to help. You don’t get to look at me like I matter while you’re working to actively screw me over behind my back.”
He blinked, jaw flexing. “Ellie, just, hold on. Working to-? What are you talking about-”
“You WANT me to fail,” I said, voice trembling even as I forced it steady. “You wanted me out. Back in the Luna box where you can use me-shape me-control me. You weren’t protecting me, Dominic. You were setting me up! You always are!”
His brows slammed together, his hand moving to my sides, gently pushing me back. “Ellie, stop. I don’t know what your talking about, but I never-❞
“Lies!” I snarled. “You-AH!”
He lifted me, straight lifted me into the air with ease by my hips. “Will you calm down!” He said with a light shake. “If you don’t let me explain, I can’t help.”
I gasped, batting at his arms, nearly kicking my legs with no use. “Put me down!” I hissed. “Gods! All you do is lie! I said put me-
Then footsteps rushed, echoed down the hallway.
Lucas.
I gasped when he was suddenly behind me, his hand on my jeans hook as he forced Dominic to lower me with a gush of wind.
I blinked, shocked, as they stared at eachother like fire over my head.
His presence sliced through the moment like a blade, eyes already burning, expression carved out of fury as he took in the sight of me pinning Dominic to the wall.
“Well,” Lucas said, voice low with disdain. It didn’t fit him. “isn’t this fitting. The two-faced sheep finally cornered.”
Dominic’s entire body went still, his hand tighten on my hip.
“Lucas,” he warned. “This doesn’t-”
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“Concern me?” Lucas shot back. “Yeah, no. I’m done watching you pretend you give a damn like your the good guy. Then push her around, sabotage her, manipulate her, and then act confused when she finally breaks? You’re pathetic.”
They were livid.
“I’m sick of you sticking your nose into business you don’t understand,” Dominic growled. “Sick of you circling her like you’re the answer to anything.”
“And I’m sick,” Lucas said, stepping closer, “of you acting like you own everything the light touches just because you’re going to be an Alpha.”
Dominic’s nostrils flared. “I,” he stepped closer, looming over me. “Haven’t done anything you two are accusing me of. So, I’m only going to say this once. Stand down, Lucas, or I won’t.”
My stomach dropped.
I was angry, furious. But this was escalating too fast.
“Wait, stop,” I said, but neither of them even flinched as I tried to push them back.
Dominic straightened slowly, eyes locked on Lucas with a predator’s stillness.
“You wanna finally go?” he snarled. “Because I have been looking forward to shutting you up.”
Lucas’s grin was slow, humorless. “Gladly.”
Everything inside me lurched.
Shit. Shit. SHIT.
Everything happened at once.
One second Dominic and Lucas were snarling inches from each other, the next Dominic’s hand—large, hot, terrifyingly steady-was on my shoulder, pushing me aside with a gentleness so at odds with the violence in his eyes that it made my stomach twist.
And then he struck.
His arm loaded like a canon, fist connecting with Lucas’s mouth in a crack that split the world open. Lucas flew backward, skidding across the tile, blood misting the air as he hit the far wall hard enough to break through it.
The brick exploded outward.
Dust clouded the hallway as an entire section of the school wall collapsed. Screams erupted behind me-students scattering, some running, some stupidly pushing forward for a better look.
Through the settling dust, Lucas flipped back to his feet, skidding to a stop in the grass outside. He wiped blood from his jaw with the back of his hand, grinning like this was fun.
I didn’t even have time to scream.
Dominic’s clothes shredded-literally ripped apart-as his bones snapped, cracked, and reformed beneath his skin. The sounds were sickening, wet and violent, like the tearing of meat, like the splitting of wood.
Dominic surged forward, his spine arching, muscles bulging grotesquely as a wolf skull burst out around his head –jaws splitting open from his own, bone sliding over bone, teeth doubling in size with a sick crunch. His body detonated into the form of a massive black wolf, headed straight for Lucas.
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The blonde man had just grinned, wind coiled around him and in a heartbeat his body snapped, growing, contorting. The gust tore through his clothes as fur erupted over his skin, bones stretching, reshaping.
He became a tawny white wolf, sleek and sharp, eyes glowing amber just in time for Dominic launched himself at him.
Lucas met him head-on, and the collision was violent enough to echo.
Massive bodies-horse-sized-slammed together, claws raking, teeth flashing. Blood splattered the dirt in red arcs as they tore into each other, snarling with a sound that didn’t belong in a school, didn’t belong anywhere near people.
I staggered to the opening in the wall with the others, trying to find my footing.
Dominic ripped into Lucas’s shoulder, dragging him across the field, jaws clamped down with bone-crushing force. Lucas shrieked, twisted, and slashed Dominic’s stomach with a swipe of his claw, spraying blood across the
grass.
My breath hitched. I tasted iron in the air.
They were…actually trying to kill eachother.
Students screamed around me, some running for teachers, others just standing there, phones out, watching like this was entertainment,
Wind blasted my face from their movements. My hair whipped backward as the wolves collided again, bodies slamming together with crunches I felt in my teeth.
“Oh my god…” I whispered, voice shaking. “Stop. Stop!”
I stepped forward on instinct, throat tight, legs trembling.
“STOP!” I screamed, louder, rawer, voice ripping out of me. “STOP-PLEASE!”
But they didn’t as I ran into the field.
This was my fault.
All of it.
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