Chapter 106: Blood on The Walls
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The academy halls were quieter than usual, the air heavy with a strange anticipation. Felix adjusted the collar of his freshly laundered purple uniform as he walked toward his first class of the day. Just yesterday, he had been discharged from the infirmary after surviving the brutal wound Director Thorn had carved across his chest. It had taken days, his wolf had been slow to respond, his body barely clinging to consciousness at one point, but finally, he had healed. Mostly.
His steps echoed through the corridor, each one hesitant, wary. He kept looking over his shoulder, not because he was paranoid, but because he had learned to be. The academy was a death trap, especially now. He was the last visible feral, Elise was still missing without a trace, and Lorraine...
Lorraine had vanished like mist. No one had seen her for over a week. Some whispered she was dead. Others said she’d run. But Felix knew better. She wasn’t the type to run
Still, her absence left a vacuum. One he now filled alone.
He walked into the classroom, eyes quickly scanning the space. Dozens of students, lycans, elites and nobles, were already seated, their polished uniforms and arrogant smirks making his battered form stand out even more. The whispers started the moment he stepped inside.
"Look who finally crawled out of the hospital."
"Feral boy decided to show his face again, how brave."
"He must miss getting beaten."
Felix ignored them. He kept his head down and took the only available seat, right at the front, under the instructor’s nose. Maybe, just maybe, that would keep him safe. Maybe proximity to power could shield him from the wolves in uniform.
The instructor entered, and the lesson began. Felix tried to focus. He really did. The class was on pack history and political dynamics, an important one, especially for someone like him trying to survive a world built against him. But his mind wandered. Pain still throbbed dully beneath his ribs. The desk in front of him blurred.
But immediately the instructor stepped out of the class, he felt it.