Claimed By The Alpha, Marked By The Biker Chapter 9: The Scandal

Kianna’s Pov;

A blush of sunlight spilled through the open hostel window, flooding the room with golden light and making squint as I stirred awake.

Last night was so tiring... I can’t even recall properly how I got ho. But anyways, since I’m safe and sound nothing more matters.

I’ve convinced myself not to think too much of what I saw on Mordred’s phone and the ssages, but I still couldn’t let go. My mind was floating with a lot of questions.

As usual my roommate Lesley has gone out with her man, leaving with just a goodbye written text on my drawer. I groaned and stretched lazily before finally getting out of bed.

I couldn’t enjoy the prom night thanks to Mordred Sinclair and I couldn’t even say bye to Lysander. Wait, speaking of Lysander... gosh Kianna, I can’t even believe I left him all alone at the prom after everything he’s done for .

He might be thinking I’m such an ungrateful soul by now. I need to call him, but damn my phone is dead. I forgot to charge last night before sleeping. And so I put it on charge and went to take my shower and got dressed.

Right after that, I turned my phone on to check my notifications...then boom, Lysander had called almost 20 tis plus a whole lot of ssages asking of my whereabouts. Not just him but Lesley, Monica and Maddox.

I texted Lysander back and apologized for not being able to say goodbye before leaving the event. But his reply got my heart thudding. It say’s,

"Have you seen the trending news on the school forums? Go check it now!!"

I don’t know why but my body began shivering as if I already knew what the news was all about. I was thinking maybe Maddox’s Scandal or Mordred’s dozing picture. But instead, it was an almost blurry image of Mordred and I.

The first image was when I was helping him into the taxi, second was at the bar when we nearly kissed and the most surprising one was in front of Mordred’s house when I was helping him inside.

And the caption says, "A new love interest? A girl player and a school heartthrob bad boy love. Kianna Martin the cheap princess."

I felt like throwing the phone away. I clenched my fits against my hips. And only one na ca to mind, Kim Robert. That bitch tailed Mordred and I for headlines.

The comnts under the posts were mostly from her and her friend group, criticizing and cursing out. Then I saw another one too with an image of Lysander and I sitting together in the prom room. Captioned, "Two faced, player."

"How dare she!" I threw my phone on the bed. The more I thought about it the more I felt like going crazy.Never in my miserable life did I imagine I could beco this popular through a frad scandal.

I called Lysander imdiately to explain to him what actually happened. He arranged for us to et in one of the lunch shops along the street.

When I got there, he was already seated on one of the chairs inside waiting for . I thought he would scold or even get mad at but instead, he welcod with a broad smile on his face.

How sweet of him, always making feel things I didn’t an to. I sat beside him and tried to explain properly but he stopped .

" Order so food first, we will talk later. I know none of this is true." he

I paused and just glared at him in awe. For the first ti in my life of always pleading for attention, soone actually believes and is ready to listen to no matter how long it’ll take.

Is this a dream ? If it is, I don’t want to wake up from it. Even through tough tis, he puts a smile on my face first. A type of friend I didn’t know I needed.

And so I ordered so food, ate quietly as he watched with nothing but a soft stare and a soothing face. After eating, he finally spoke.

"I’ve contacted the admin of the forum and told him to take those images down but he refused. And personally, I don’t really care about those scandals. All that matters is that you’re okay."

"Ahh, thank you so much Lysander." I purred, with a smile. His eyes never left mine. He glared as if I was his favorite al, then slowly grinned before taking his eyes off .

We spent the rest of the day together. The scandal and the chaos was long forgotten. I turned off my phone to avoid any disturbance as I surf the city with Lysander.

We went to the park, did so horse riding together, ate ice cream and he took to watch a basketball ga.

After the ga he took to a flower shop and told to wait there. At first I thought he wanted to buy a flower but then he ca back with a small gift box.

It was a marching bracelet with our first na initials on it. Mine had K and his was L. How cute, He really made believe there are still good people out there.

He put the bracelet on my right wrist, smirking tenderly. His fingers brushed my skin for a second and sothing stirred inside .Is it instinct? My wolf? Or my heart...I couldn’t tell.

But the way his eyes always soften around tells a lot of stuff I’ve been ignoring. I shouldn’t like this, I should focus on my bully mate Maddox and fulfil my destiny. But why is this so hard?

After putting on the bracelet he walked ho. I was expecting him to say sothing, maybe talk to about how he feels and why he’s so good to . But he didn’t.... Instead, he talked about his life as the only child in his family and his obligations.

I listened to him carefully but all the ti my mind drives back to Mordred’s ssage.

Even though I’ve cleared my mind away from the scandal, I couldn’t let go of the fact that sohow my life is in danger.

What if the ssenger wasn’t Kim but soone else? What if Mordred’s enemy saw and now thinks I’m part of it too.

But I couldn’t express all those fears and worries in front of Lysander. He has been through a lot himself and is trying to make happy as a friend. That’s enough already.

When we finally got to my dorm. He waved goodbye and went to his dorm too.

I walked through the quiet hallway to my room—but sothing felt off. The place was too silent, as if no one lived there. I told myself I was overthinking... until I saw a tall figure standing in front of my door.

"Well," a deep, husky voice said, "it took you the whole day to co back. Where have you been, Kianna Martin?"

My hands started trembling, my knees going weak as that familiar voice echoed through my mind.