Chapter 2

Dahlia ~

I turned away quickly, praying Kaden wouldn’t recognize us.

He had only seen us briefly after our parents brought him home before he was sent to the academy, but how many short boys with silver hair could there possibly be?

“Let’s move along,” Vincent said, already picking up his pace.

We followed him to the dormitories, where he led us to the third floor, the wing reserved for the strongest students.

I didn’t question it. We were late, so perhaps this was the only space available.

Our room contained six beds, each with a trunk at its foot.

“You’ll have four roommates,” Vincent explained. “They’re in class now, so you’ll meet them later.”

A small wave of relief washed over me because at least we’d have time to plan.

“Your clothes, necessities and sanitary materials are in the trunks. There’s a class schedule inside as well. Be punctual and stay out of trouble,” he gave us one last warning before leaving.

The moment the door clicked shut, Sienna rushed to her trunk while I sank onto my bed.

“This place is insane,” she muttered, holding up a pristine white uniform with gold embellishments.

I barely heard her. My mind was still on Kaden and the Vicious Boys.

Then I pulled the sanitary supplies from my clothes and quickly hid them at the bottom of my trunk.

“Put those away!” Sienna hissed. “We need to check for cameras and wiretaps.”

She climbed onto the bed to inspect the light fixtures while I checked the bathroom.

When I saw it, I froze, there were six toilets, one bathroom with six shower stalls that were practically open.

“Fuck. Couldn’t this ridiculously rich school afford private bathrooms?” I pull my hair in frustration.

“Maybe they did not consider the fact that two girls could infiltrate their Academy, boys don't care about privacy after all.”

“So what's the plan?” I questioned and she rolled her eyes at me.

“Ugh, and we have regular Sienna back again,” I sigh.

“Maybe I wouldn't be like this if you weren't so irritating,” she said, “this whole thing was your idea so you shouldn't be asking me about ‘the plan’,”

“Don't act like you're not part of the kingdom that was destroyed, we both have to do this together and you know it,” I hesitated for a moment before I said the next part.

“We were both there the day Mom and Dad were killed and our kingdom was destroyed, everything we knew gone for reasons we do not still understand —”

“That's enough, you do not need to remind me,”

“Obviously I have to,” I muttered.

She narrowed her eyes and shot me a deadly glare which I ignored.

“So the plan… first during our stay in this school we will search for the hidden location of the kingmaker gemstone, with it we will change our appearance and apply for the Luna trials because the prophecy —”

“Says that a silver haired woman would be the downfall of the Alpha king and the wolf kingdom of Lunaria and we won't be allowed to contest at all without changing our appearance,” She completed.

“Good,” I said with a small teasingly proud smile on my face.

“Well, that doesn't seem too difficult,” Sienna remarked sarcastically.

“I hope the goddess doesn't have plans to make this more difficult than it should be.”

We changed into our sleeping clothes and climbed into bed, both exhausted from the journey. My chest bindings were so tight that breathing felt difficult.

I had barely closed my eyes when the door slammed open.

Four tall figures filled the doorway, laughing and talking as though they owned the place.

My heart dropped as my eyes met The Vicious Boys.

The platinum blond one scanned the room with icy blue eyes and a lazy smirk.

“Well, well. Looks like we’ve got some fresh-meat roommates.”

The brown haired boy leaned against the doorway, “You’re in our room?” His amused gaze swept over us. “Aren’t you scared?”

I couldn’t answer because I was speechless, beside me, Sienna was equally frozen.

The red-haired boy adjusted his glasses, a slow smile spreading across his lips.

“Take it easy on them, boys. We should let them get accustomed to their new environment before showing them who rules this school,” he said.

Then Kaden stepped into the room and his eyes met mine.

Yeah. We were totally fucked.