Chapter 32 The Alpha Watches

• "Darius never takes his eyes off me-whether I want it or not."
• The days after the Wicke estate were a blur of whispers and watchful eyes.
• No matter where I walked-through the Academy's stone corridors with their flickering torchlight, across the training grounds where morning mist clung to the grass, or even in the hushed sanctuary of the library with its towering shelves and leather-bound tomes-there was always a pair of golden eyes tracking my every movement.