Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 911 209.1 - Caught ?

Seraphina sat at her desk, her silver eyes cold as she scrolled through the academy's news channels, student forums, and the private networks where rumors thrived. The pictures she had so meticulously leaked were everywhere now. Her plan had worked—at least in terms of exposure.
And yet…
She clenched her jaw as she read through the comments, her fingers tightening against the edges of her smartwatch.
"Damn, Irina and Astron look good together."
"I didn't know they were that close. Kinda jealous."
"Irina seems so happy. When was the last time we saw her like this?"
"Matriarch Emberheart hasn't even said anything yet. If this was a problem, it would've been dealt with already."
Seraphina's grip on her smartwatch nearly cracked the device.
This wasn't how it was supposed to go.
She had imagined the fallout vividly. Irina shaken, unsure, forced to reconsider the relationship in the face of scrutiny. Astron finally forced into a position where he couldn't just walk away from consequences. And the Matriarch—surely the Matriarch would step in, wouldn't she?
After all, Irina wasn't just anyone. She was the Emberheart heir, bound by lineage, by expectation. The idea that someone of Astron's status—a nobody, an orphan—could walk into that space and remain unchallenged was unthinkable.
But the academy's reaction was the exact opposite of what she had predicted.
People weren't whispering in fear or disgust. They were celebrating. Irina wasn't cornered—she was glowing.
Seraphina had never seen her so visibly happy before.
The most infuriating part? The one thing she had counted on—the Matriarch's intervention—never came.