Chapter 457

Chapter 50
Today, I raise my hand to ride The Beast. I may have to attend the sex class, but I don’t have to participate which means that I HAVE to be first to complete The Beast. I have no idea how far the others may have gotten yesterday but I didn’t hear that anyone has completed it yet.
“Sebastiana. Which instructor do you want to compete against?” Dane asks.
I don’t look at my uncle or my brother. I skim over Alpha Ezra, almost as angry with him as I am with my family members. I look at Alpha Jackson, angry that he denied me withdrawing from the sex class.
“Alpha Benjamin,” I say.
Alpha Benjamin raises an eyebrow, then smiles. “I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to choose me.”
“Today’s your lucky day,” I say, not feeling great about choosing Alpha Benjamin. He’s the oldest Alpha here. I would rather go against one of the younger ones, but not when I can feel my wolf still pulsing with anger. I need to focus, not get distracted by my emotions.
I get to the starting line and when Dane asks if I’m ready, I take a deep breath and nod.
He calls the start, and Alpha Benjamin and I both race up the ramp.
As expected, he’s a bit slower than Dane and Ryan, and a bit more cautious on The Beast. I get through the first six levels, careful to stay steady on the ice feature. When I’m across, I look at the next level. There are rings, hanging from ropes above us. I look up to where the ropes are attached and I’m pretty sure I know what’s going to happen.
As soon as I leap on the first ring, it drops and I begin bouncing in the air, making it harder for me to reach the next ring. I have to use my body’s momentum, swinging myself to reach the next ring. As soon as I grab it, it begins doing the same thing, only this time it begins bouncing from side to side, not just up and down.
I can feel myself getting tired, having not really eaten in the last couple of days, but I push through. I have to get these points if I’m going to stay at the Academy and try to make the leaderboard.
I make it across, then look at level eight. It’s just a walkway that looks like a balance beam. It’s too easy, so I slowly begin stepping across the walk. I hear a click and a whir and I look up just in
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time to see a knife whizzing toward my leg. I move quickly, barely maintaining my balance as the knife knicks my leg.
I hiss as blood begins dripping down my thigh before my wolf closes the wound. I look around more carefully, finding the spot where the knife was thrown, then finding three more spots across this area where knives could come from.
I carefully make my way across, avoiding any more slices from the knives and when I get to the other side, I realize I’m at the last level. The wall.
The wound in my thigh is still throbbing, but I have to make this. There’s just one more level and I’ve won the points for completing The Beast first.
Just as I’m about to take off running, Alpha Benjamin races ahead of me on his side. I watch as he pushes his body as high as it will go, then takes one last leap to grab for the top of the wall. He pulls himself up the rest of the way, making it to the top. I won’t get the points for defeating an Alpha, but I could still win for being the first to defeat The Beast.