swallowe

t to look back. Every instinct screamed at me to run, to put as much distance between

ugh the thick undergrowth. The wolfsbane in my satchel pressed agains

rag me back. Dari

t let tha

tops, my body ached with exhaustion. My clothes were da

rs away, but I wasn't stopping

y's towering walls lo

est survived. I didn't know what gave me the idea to come her

d hair. I had spent years hearing whispers of Dominion Academy-wh

ded to do it in the last place any

lace than where a

the Academy's emblem, a wolf's head, crowned in flame. Gua

tepped forward. I was going

ur name a

th, his piercing gaze locking onto me.

onfidence into my voice. "Alp

off my tong

lightly, as if trying to catch my scent. My heart pounded.

an alpha," he said, su

enched my fists. "I don't need

witched, but before he could reac

trouble,

the gate, arms crossed, e

ith the name Lyra Dune inscribed on an iron p

omething about her screamed strength. The kind only femal

ike I was the most interest

ed. "This one doe

as she studied me. Her gaze swept over

y rank needs your approv

Then, to my shock, sh

with

frowned. "

, he won't last a week. Eith

unted but st

aled

glance over her shoulder. "Try

t dare

I stepped through

ademy was o

training grounds-it was nothing like the suffocating halls of my f

ke being surrounded by an alm

ning. Some barely spared me a glance, too absorbed

near the entrance, their con

that?" on

ad, frowning. "Someth

of wolfsbane in my satchel like a lifel

e further, a sharp voi

New re

head, his presence alone

aster

t then he wasn't the headmaster fo

le to ignore. The stories about him were endless. He had led Dominio

ike he already kn

e," he

ose at my sides. The last thing I wanted

tomes and battle maps. He moved behind his desk, f

gers tapping against the wooden

rd had somehow communicated to t

h

me for a

urself like an alph

"I wasn't aware th

but there was no am

of Dominion." His voice hardened. "Weakness has

like a promi

eeping my expr

e said. "Your room assign

my heel an

allway did I let out the

y inside Dom

I will be laying my he