Val’s scent lingered in my mind, that faint sweetness from the infirmary, too soft for an alpha. And too entrapping to be ordinary. I couldn’t shake it off.

What the hell is wrong with me?

My wolf restless as I stood in the Assembly Hall, the air buzzing with students. Lyra’s warning to Val “You need to prepare for the day he finds out” rang in my ears, overheard when I lingered outside her garden.

Which was very annoying. I always seem to appear late when they're mostly done ...