When The Moon Hides Her Crown novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81 Hierarchy Rewritten

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“Eat.” He said

I blinked. So he brought this second plate for:

rine? Did h

he know I was

s still hungry?

It was impossible… right?

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Could he really have heard my stomach growling?

His gaze slowly lifted to meet mine when I did not touch the plate, and I felt my face heat with embarrassment.

Shit

“I’m full.“I muttered quickly, turning away and sipping my juice as if it could drown my shame.

He chewed silently for a moment, watching me. “What a shame,” he sighed. “The food will go to waste then.”

My head snapped toward him. “Why? You should eat it.

He ulted his head and pointed at the plate. “Once a plate is served, it can’t be returned or offered to anyone else. There’s no way I can finish all this. It’ll just end up in the trash.”

He sighed again, this time with exaggerated pity,

I stared at the untouched food. It looked too damn delicious to be thrown away. And truthfully, I was 1 hesitated.

hungry

Then, after a moment of quiet deliberation. I spoke. “I don’t waste food. And I can’t stand watching others do it either… so I’ll

cat it

Without waiting for a response, I grabbed the fork and spoon and began eating quietly, quickly, and without meeting his

nore on me than on his own food.

Unbeknownst to me, a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips. His eyes lingered more on That’s why I finished quickly and stood to leave, only to bear his chair scrape against the floor behind me.

He was following me.

Turned around with a frown. “Why are

you

following me?”

“Following you?” he arched a brow, feigning innocence. “I’m just leaving the cafeteria. Am I supposed to fly out another way?”

1 narrowed my eyes suspiciously and turned without replying. I walked faster, weaving through hallways, turning corners at randon—just to see.

Just as I suspected, he fallowed.

Every turn. Every hallway Every shortcut.

Every time, he had an answer that left me speechless

When Freached the dour of the bathroom and found him still behind me, I finally lost it

tell the you want

Hiru

He blinked. Hen widened his eyes dramatically “How did you know?”

I clenched my lists, stalking toward with an aritated

ing him

lue. “Can you stop being creepy!?

Hissi tamly faded.

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Then, without warning, he lifted his hand and gently touched my cheek..

“To make sure you’re safe in places like this,” he said, voice low and sincere. “I can be creepy”

My heart skipped.

And just when I began to feel that strange tightness rising in my chest again, an emotion I had no name for, an announcement rang out across the Academy’s halls.

It snapped the moment in half.

If someone had seen us like that. in that proximity….

I took another shaky step back from him, panic tightening my throat. His eyes never left mine.

I’d been so careful all this time. So cautious.

So how the hell had I let this happen?

Without a word. I turned and rushed away.

What was going on with me?

I didn’t stop running uinil the Grand Hall came into view. My breath was heavy, chest tight. I slowed, brushing my hands down my sides, trying to calm the thunder inside me before stepping into the crowd.

“Who is

Confused, I pushed through the crowd, squeezing between taller bodies. My height made it difficult to see what had everyone

But as 1 inched closer to the front. I finally saw it–the leaderboard.

And what I saw made my stomach drop.

Asher was no longer among the hierarchy.

My eyes widened in disbelief. I turned instinctively, and there he was–standing beside me, staring at it with a blank, hollow look. His face was untratiable, but the tension in his jaw spoke volumes.

This fall it had to be devastating

Had he been removed because he didn’t participate in the trial!

But want–Finn hadn’t participats slither

I scanted die board desperately four las mator.

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My eyes searched….for his name but another name caught my attention.

There, at the top of the hierarchy, was a name I didn’t recognize.

Alpha Ryker Wraithe…

I forgot to blink. “Who is Ryker…

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Before I could finish the thought, the crowd stirred. A tall, breathtakingly handsome face, commanding figure stepped forward and approached the leaderboard with smooth, deliberate steps.

His eyes, icy blue, instantly locked with mine.

My breath caught.

“Everyone.” a voice announced from the podium. “please welcome Alpha Ryker Wraithe, the only Alpha playing hunter whop returned alive from the overnight survival trial. And now, the new top contender in the Supreme Alpha throne race.”

The air shifted. Heavy. Electric.

My eyes stayed glued to his, sensing the same dangerous aura that I had felt earlier.

He was that hunter that Ronan fought in the dawn. The one with the terrifying aura.N

But…why were his blue eyes only on me?

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