Filed to story: When The Moon Hides Crown
Wolves had a great sense of direction but this time I was not able to tell.
The corridors looked identical-same stone archways, same mossy corners, same rows of tall windows bleeding in slivers of golden light.
Same pale walls, same torches flickering with enchanted flames, same sharp scent of cedar and fresh linen.
I turned left instead of right, then veered down one corridor. And then another.-
Ten minutes passed.
The air here felt… different. Quieter. Almost sacred
My boots echoed softly over the stone floor as I passed a row of polished wooden doors, all identical, all perfectly spaced and immaculately kept. No nameplates. No noise. No signs of life.
A long line of doors ran along one side, each dark wood carved withancient symbols. Dorms?
Alpha instructors, maybe? I wondered, slowing my pace.
“Why is no one here?” I wondered and looked around as if I could ask for someone’s help to get back to where I belonged but there was no one.
My fingers skimmed along the wall as I passed door after door, until one caught my eye. The door was slightly ajar. Was someone in there?! could ask them for directions.
“Hello, is someone inside?” I called and got only silence. I knocked this time, “Hello?”
I waited for a half of the minute and again no response.
Looking around for a sign of life, I pushed the door open, “Hello, sorry for my intrusion.” Curiosity tugged harder than caution but I was cautious as well. I peeked in and then slowly stepped in, ” I am lost.
Can l…
My words caught in my throat and I gasped.
It was beautiful. The room was absolutely stunning!
A large, sunlit bedroom unfolded before me, so unlike the bare-bones quarters we students shared. The stone walls were smooth and warmed with amber-toned lighting.
A king-sized bed rested in the center, draped in rich navy linens. The scent here was clean but masculine-leather, forest, storm.
A private bath was visible through the archway on the side.
This was someone powerful. Respected. High-ranking.
It was luxurious. Silent. Sacred.Whoever lived here wasn’t just someone, they were important.
But it was too clean and no one was here. “Could it be a guest room?” I wondered
My gaze swept over the space as I stepped deeper in, drawn toward the large desk near the window where an open ancient book rested.
“What is this?” I grew curious. Gold-scripted. Handwritten. I leaned in, scanning the odd language that stirred something oddy familiar in my chest. A name wasn’t etched on the cover. No photos, no scent. Nothing gave away the identity.
My fingers hovered over the spine, then unsuccessfully I tried to read it but I could read one word. ‘Rogue’
My hand froze. Rogues?
The memory of those rogues in the ruins flashed in my mind. Was this book about rogues? Who were they? Why were they…
Then suddenly a voice came like smoke against my ear. “You like touching things that don’t belong to you?”
I gasped, spine stiffening, heart leaping into my throat.
His scent hit me first-stormy, rich, dangerous.
Ronan.
I spun around, eyes wide, and heat flaring all at once. I turned around my breasts bumping into his hard chest. Our eyes locked as he leaned down to whisper, “What are you doing in my room, little wolf?”
The book dropped from my hand. “Your room?”
My heart skipped a beat..
He leaned down towards my face even more, our breath mixing andour lips dangerously close as if they might touch any second, “Yes, my room,” he whispered.
SERAPHINA
Yesterday, the dorm assistant had pointed out that I was in a prohibited area and I had not seen other Alphas here. That meant I was in a prohibited area. According to rules we were not allowed to be in prohibited or forbidden places within the Academy or the only punishment was expulsion.
I wanted to stay away from Ronan so how had I ended up wandering into his bedroom? How had things turned out like this? And moreover how had I gotten caught as well.
” did not know it was your room. I got lost,” I instinctively stepped back, my spine brushing the edge of the desk as Ronan moved in like shadow and storm clouds.
“Really?” the corner of his lips curled up into a smile that screamed he did not believe me.
“Yes, I came to this area to drop off my mattress. And took a wrong turn. That’s all.”
“Then just happened to end up in my bedchamber. How convenient,” he smirked.
I glared at him, “What do you mean by that?”
He smirked again, his eyes going to the book that I dropped, “You even looked into the book?”
“It was open! I didn’t mean to look,” I snapped, but my ears burnt with embarrassment. Moreover, he looked more handsome even if he had that irritating smile on his face, “The door was half-open. I didn’t know it was your room. All the hallways look the same,” I explained.
He chuckled, and it was low, rich, and thoroughly amused.
“No one ever ends up here… unless they’re..” he paused, decreasing the distance between us and added, “… looking for me.”My cheeks blushed and I snapped, “I was not looking for you.”
This Alpha…had such a wild imagination!
“Shame,” he murmured. “Because I’ve been thinking about you.”
My breath caught over the way his gaze lingered on my features before locking with my eyes. He had been thinking about me? My heart started drumming in my chest with the feeling that I never experienced before. What was it? It felt similar to what had caused me to go into heat.
No, this was dangerous. This was exactly the kind of trap I should be avoiding, not getting tangled up with him. The only Alpha who seemed to affect my wolf and my heart.
took another step back. My shoulder bumped the wall. “Okay. Well, I’m going to leave now.” I tore my gaze from him quickly, not knowing exactly how I should be reacting to his crazy statement about thinking about me. “Sorry for infiltrating your room.”