Surviving the Alpha Academy

d above my heart. The failure at the training grounds and the ne

thing unusual, and it was clear

on as possible to escape the constraints of this false identity-or

the academy's library housed a vast collecti

milies. However, a portion of these records w

ation to

e cover of darkness,

ess card for me, though its valid

has, I infiltrated the east

d the dry, distinct aroma of ancient books,

ical w

d by this atmosphere, yet its determinat

arded by an energy barrier. As I held the acc

nt hum before

, and the barrier rose ba

ring shelves filled with even olde

here. My unique power seemed to stir in t

y in response t

en Torrian's disappearance, the Vance F

cords related to the Vance Family, the acade

st me. Every s

es of alliance treaties signed between t

d exuding an ancient aura, had c

Family's insignia. The parchment was d

o find details regarding the allia

willing to sacrifice me to impersonate Torrian. There had

f the scroll, somethin

f the Vance Family, there was another party listed-a mark

-like symbol, accompanied by an ancient

skipped

where had I s

liar, as if etched

wy force within me

inning of the scroll and examined

ces only bore their family insi

liance included this shado

what was their connection to

eason behind Torria

lled Torrian to prevent the a

mit the symbol and

ce emerged at the othe

tudent. It carried a sens

was co

y rolling up the scroll and

esence moving steadi

Wolf Spirit within me letting

section-just the narrow aisles between shelves and the shadows pooling in the corners.

toward the shelf, sidesteppin

ed to summon the shadowy po

ounding shadows, I willed them to dee

usly, it

rther, wrapping me in a soft, concealing

closer, the aura of age and

tremble with fear, yet the shadowy power w

eared at the end

retaker, a Beta with a rigid demea

s light, moving slowly and meticulously, as if searching for

pause just a meter f

e it might burst from my chest. Swea

still, controlling my brea

slightly, as if

catch my unique scent or the traces

med to detect n

my presence, or perhaps the ancient aura of the

ace, he continued moving forward. The light of his lamp

l until I could no longer hear footsteps

e shadows, my legs trembling a

ad found a clue-and

here I had just hidden, I saw

r within me still r

uld conceal me in mome

ea, returning the access card and e

n doors, I took a deep breath, the

d shadow symbol and an

s disappearance, as well as a

on hidden within the shadows-was conne

to fin