Three rules existed in Theo's mind ever since she set foot into Gravemont Academy.
Rule One: Never let down your guard with those you don't know, and those you do not trust.
Rule Two: Always keep your heartbeat steady and your fear silent. These students feed on the slightest shift, and Rule Three, most important of all: No matter what happens, never let an Alpha get too close. Their senses are too sharp and too deep. If they get close enough, they might sniff out her secret - she had learnt that lesson from Sylas because that man had only taken one glance at her and picked her out!
And Alpha Ashbourne was standing right behind her.
Theo's lungs froze and her spine locked in place, the way a prey did when a predator's shadow passed over it. She felt the power before she even heard his breathing-disciplined and unbearably heavy.
Her pulse tried to spike but she force-flattened it.
