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His smile turns mischievous. “To show the other Shadows just how lacking they are withoutprettywings.”

I wince, and he chuckles. I guess their hearing isn’t so bad either.

“It’s settled,” Levington says, gaining our attention. “Sena will stay here until the war games are over and then come to our academy.”

Levington glares at Talos. “Her mates will also join her.”

My stomach drops and twists as Levington and Dakson leave, both sending me small smiles that I guess are supposed to assure me everything will be okay. But not an ounce of my body feels it.

“Go to your mates,” the commander orders, no longer faking any more kindness. I glance over at him to find him as stiff as a board, his eyes filled with nothing but rage. “I doubt they will find moving to their enemy’s territory something enjoyable.”

I make my way out of the office as guilt seeps through me with his words, nearly consuming me whole.

CHAPTER 30

We walk in silence from the main building to the house, but the entire time my thoughts and worries are loud. So loud it’s all I can think about.

As soon as we are inside, I try to sneak away to my room, but Malakai calls out, stopping me.

“Why didn’t you tell us?” he asks.

My shoulders drop, realizing I’m going to have to get it over with and have this conversation now.

I turn around and finally look at them all. Each of them has a myriad of emotions slashed across their faces. The main one being anger.

“I honestly didn’t know,” I tell them with a harsh sigh.

“We’re supposed to just believe that you didn’t know you have fucking wings?” Knox glares at me.

I stop myself from snapping back at him, realizing I’m at fault here too.

“Tyler told me about them and then was able to reveal them to me to prove it. And then he threatened to reveal them to everyone else if I didn’t go along with his little plan,” I reveal.

“Your brother?” Cyrus asks, and I nod before frowning.

“Well technically we’re not actually related. He mentioned something about me basically being adopted.” Thank fuck.

“What plan?” Malakai asks, ignoring my little reveal to narrow his eyes on me.

I clear my throat and wince. “The one where I slipped into the commander’s office and stole a device for him.”

Knox opens his mouth but then closes it, while the others all look at me like they want to throttle me.

“Do you realize how dangerous—” Theon starts, but Malakai cuts him off.

“So, Tyler shows up, tells you he’ll reveal your wings if you don’t sneak into the commander’s office and steal a device?”

I nod. “Pretty much.”

Malakai clenches his jaw. “You should have trusted us when you found out.”

I should have. But I was scared. Sacred they’d hate me and look at me like they are now. With anger and distrust.

“You made it very clear you hated the other academy and their wings.” I glance down at my hands, “I thought you’d hate me too,” I admit quietly.

“It’s different,” Theon says with a sigh, and I glance up at him a little surprised at the softness in his voice.

“How?”

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