Jasmin's POV
"What the hell is going on here?" I asked slowly, my voice cutting through the heavy silence that filled the training room.
Something felt wrong about this entire situation. All of them being here, in the same place, at the same time.
Clyde was the first to break the silence, his voice quiet but steady. "We were all summoned by an Alpha instructor. Just like you were."
I blinked in surprise. "Why would they do that? Shouldn't you all be participating in the trial right now?"
Max remained silent, his expression unreadable. Harris's cold stare never wavered from my face. But Elliott finally looked my way, his jaw tight with barely contained frustration.
"You really want to know the truth?" he asked, his smile sharp and bitter. "Everyone who got caught up in that in-fighting mess was punished. None of us were allowed to participate in the last two trials. Even me, and I barely had anything to do with it."
