My eyes freeze at the name on the screen. Bloody hell! I never knew the guy I hate so much will turn out to be the head of this Academy. Also the champion of the Annual Competition! Not even once,but three times he claimed the title! How's that possible? It reminds me of the first day I entered this Academy. I saw his name on the board and maybe his qualification was written beside it. But he never brags about it.
"It is quite shocking, I know. But he is the Alpha of the pack so I guess it's not that weird." Tessa says and takes the phone from my hand.
"But Tessa! He is the Annual Competition Champion! Three times! How is that even possible for a guy like him?" I say, but I don't surely mean it. To be honest, he looks powerful but also very down to earth. Out of all the people here, he never insulted me about my incapability when he could have easily done that.
Tessa pops her lips and star
My heart beats rapidly in my chest as I run past the trees. Everything blurs into a green and grey mist. Something is chasing me. I don't know what it is yet the feeling doesn't lift up my chest. Nothing appears clear, except a trail of tall trees. The canopy is so thick that the sunlight barely passes through it. Where the fuck am I? Before I can intercept, I trip over something hard and fall on the ground."Fuck!" My eyes fly open and the blades of the ceiling fan come into my sight. How did I come here? Wasn't I in some forest? Moving up slowly, I look over the place until I hear a sound. I snap at the direction of the sound and find Tessa sleeping on the other bed. The sound comes from her. She is snoring. But what is she doing here? I look around the place until I realise that it's my room. Bloody hell! I hold my chest and feel wet. The scary dream made me sweat like crazy. So, I step out of the bed and walk over to the washroom to chang
Professor Harold blows his whistle as we gather at the back of the building. I never expected the back of this building to be so huge. The land we stand on is a huge field with forests, caves and small buildings."Today is all about your first contest! Make it count!" He shouts and I look around the crowd of students gathered. There are students of the lower packs. But I don't find him anywhere. Is he running late?"I feel jittery in my skin." Tessa shakes her arms."Don't worry. I will be there with you." I sayProfessor Sheila joins us. She stands beside Professor Harold who gives her an uncanny look and turns around. "Welcome all my lovely students. You all look prepared. As per the rules, you all will be distributed in teams with two people in each. To make the decision…" She nods her head towards Professor Harold who then brings a glass bowl of white chits
We run inside the cave and blinding darkness invites us. I can't even see Jessica beside me. I look around and find no source of light. Even the entrance is gone. The only thing that's flashing are the digits of my timer watch in neon red. As they said, the timer has already started. Indistinct voices of people wave around. They are certainly the other students looking for their way. I take a step ahead and just then, the waves of something strange enwrap me. It's as if the air beside me is shifting. And it tells me I should duck. I do so and nothing happens. The energy disappears and a scream erupts under the darkness in front.What happened? Finding no other way, I keep taking small steps until the air shifts again and this time before I can duck again, something hard and flesh hits my face. I fall on the ground with a thud, hitting my ass in the process. Just then, something heavy and flesh falls over me making me grunt in pain. "Ugh! Bloo
I slowly flutter my eyes open to the warm light. Everything is hazy and my head feels like a bag of heavy stones. I grit my teeth and hold my head. A warm hand touches my shoulder. I blink a few times to adjust to the vision until the blurred images take a shape and I see a girl sitting at my side. For some reason, I know that girl. Her hazel brown eyes look at me with sheer concern. Where have I seen that before?Her lips move apart to speak. "Cinn? Are you alright?" Cinn? Hmm. I know someone who calls me by that name. Oh wait. I know her! Tessa!My eyes shoot open and I look around myself. The place is familiar. The same curtains and the rows of beds. All of a sudden my throat feels dry. "Water." I manage to spell out and Tessa rushes to get me a glass of water. The liquid down my throat feels like heaven. Water is heaven. Especially when you are parched."Where am I?" My hoarse voice cr
Silence. Only the ticking sound of the clock and the birds chirping outside stay profound in the room. Even the sounds of my heartbeat ring in my ears. What will he say?"You...want me to train you?" Tristian raises his eyebrows."Yes."He chuckles and looks down. "Are you joking? Or do you mean it?""Do I look like one who would lay a prank like this?"He clicks his tongue. "Not really. But why?""It's simple. You are the Academy champion. And I want to be the next. What's better than to learn from the best?" I say."Now I am worried. Complement from Miss Aurora Hemsworth? Hmm. I didn't come prepared." He clutches his heart dramatically. "Poor me. "I roll my eyes at him. "Would you help me or not?""Why would you think tha
"A cloaking spell huh? Not bad. But I don't know how to do it. Then who will you ask to do the dirty work?" Alex saysI frown. "But you won the contest, Alex. You should know the spell, shouldn't you?"Alex licks his lips. "Uh, I didn't really tell you the whole story,did I?""Uhh,no?""The thing is…" he motions his hands forward. "Branson did most of the work. He told me the exact steps to win the contest and I just followed them. He also told me that he will have my back. So when I was going through those challenges, he maybe did some spell or something, but everything happened on it's own. I just had to go through it.""Oh." I look down in thought. I surely wasn't expecting that. And for some reason, I wanted to hear that he did it because of his hard work. "Then, we approach Branson.""I don't think that's a great idea, Aurora. He helped me a lot. He did a lot for us. And we are just tak
This time I lean close to her and whisper. "About the Kyle thing. Tristian is the Alpha of this place. I'm sure he knows a good deal." "How can you be so sure?" She whispers back. "Uh…" Shit! I can't tell her that Tristian saved me the day of that weird creature's attack. Nor can I talk about how I eavesdropped on his conversation and he caught me. Moon God! I sound like a stalker. "Isn't it obvious? He is in charge of this Academy so he must know things. Else, he's not worthy of being an Alpha. Duh!" "Yeah, right…" She nods her head. "But would he tell you?" "That's the point. He may not. I have to convince him enough so that he can tell me everything he knows." "Doesn't sound easy. Last time, he threatened you about Branson's case. I don't think he's easy on trust." Tessa adds. "How do you know? I mea
I stand still, rooted to the ground as it's my only life support. Tessa stands in front of me with big round eyes that stare at the back of me. Tristian walks in front of us and looks at us casually. "What is going on here?"Tessa exchanges a look with me and I gulp the lump in my throat. I don't understand what I am more stressed about. The way his skin shines under the ray of sunlight falling from the huge window beside us or that whether he heard our conversation or not. Calm. Take a deep breath. Act normal. "We were just talking. Girl stuff."Tristian raises an eyebrow and looks at Tessa who smiles and nods her head. "Well, alright. So be it.""But,why are you here?" I ask."You have a bad memory of Barbie doll. We had a deal, remember? So, today is your training." He says and a lopsided grin marks effortlessly on his lips. Oh how can I forget about the deal.
Hello beautiful readers. Finally we come to the end of this journey. I'm grateful to you all for being with me through it and giving your love to Tristian and Aurora. I apologise for the mistakes I have made. I will definitely edit this story to make it even better. Though this is not the end of my journey here. I would be sticking around, writing more books. If you enjoy werewolf stories, then check out my latest book "Chased By The Dark Alpha". Last but not the least, it would be great if you leave a small message on how your reading experience has been in the reviews. I would be eager to read them. Thank you once again for sticking around. Love you all. ~Pixie
Another two months pass by and things slowly get back to normal. I learned that after the attack, something was found inside Simon that put him into paralysis. I know that it was my wave. Tristian told me that the Shadow Society placed the blame on him, saying that he was responsible for not taking care of the academy well,but later reasoning made it clear that Simon was the headmaster of the Academy for a very long time. He killed the founder, making it look like an accident and then played his cards to capture the Academy. And the Shadow Society was the one who granted his request to be the headmaster of the Academy. Which means that it was their fault,not Tristian's. Rather he was investigating this case for a very long time and wanted to throw off Simon from his position,but no matter what he did, Simon proved to be not guilty and the Shadow Society rather supported Simon.So, the decision was made that due to the poor reasoning skills of
A bright light sets upon my vision, making me go blind. Well, who said only darkness can make you blind? I would like to change that theory. For a moment, I feel nothing except a strange warmness flooding through my body and mind. After the battle, I remember his face. Perfectly chiseled, a part of it shadowed by the darkness and those baby blue eyes glistening. So beautiful. I wish I could touch him again. Alas, I have to wait in heaven for that. Wait! Heaven? Am I in heaven or was I sent to hell? But if I am supposed to be dead, should I be even having these thoughts?"Aurie! Aurie!" My mother's voice booms out from the white space. Mom? She is here? "Look, she is showing movement. Doctor!" The doctor is also in heaven-slash-hell? And who is showing movement?The warmness that spread throughout my entire rises in temperature,going from comfortable to hot. Bloody hell! What is happening? I am surely in hell. I can'
I open my eyes to find Simon on the other side, looking up at me. Yes! I have finally turned!!! Sia! Now it is upto you! Sia gives out a loud growl and lunges forward, crashing with the wall. Simon has moved away and attacks from above. I now understand his speed, so Sia moves away just at the right time. But, his movements are still fast and they are getting faster with time. Time! I don't have time. If I strain this too long, Sia will eventually fall. I have to do something. Think, think.Something stabs Sias's body and we both grunt in pain as the thing pierces our inner muscles. What the—another hit comes from the front, but Sia dodges it and goes straight for Simon's body, and gives him a blow like a bull. The impact throws him at the other end of the tunnel. Sia, it's alright. Calm down. We have tolerated much more than this. She tilts her head and takes out the staff Simon stabbed us with. She throws it away, and blood star
Screams are heard from everywhere as people run around in fear and the smoke covers everything. Smoke from the bombast. The blast happened through one of the corners of the room but it is hard to tell that from where exactly. The moment the fire started spreading, the horrific sight of a few people going unconscious terrorised me and without having a second thought, I ran for their rescue. Tristian called a few times, but his voice faded away and mingled with the screams that were still coming through the fog, piercing my ears. The students are still scared, I can tell. Even I am too. Who thought something like this would happen? I don't have any doubts on Tristian's security setting, but the problem is the attack happened from the inside and not outside. Which is not possible,until someone led this attack inside.I kneel down to check on the bodies lying on the floor. There is one male student, probably a witch lying unconscious. Oh MoonGod,
We step into the dance floor as per the plan. We stay close to them and I do my best to not look at him. Yet I can feel his stare on me. Breathe, breathe! Alex holds me by the shoulder and his other hand holds my hand. We start moving with the music slowly and get the grip of the dance."I can't be thankful enough to you. I can't imagine what you are going through or have been going through for so long." I say with every inch of genuineness in my voice."You are like this only, Aurora. You become tough in front of other people,but you forget to defend yourself when you are with your loved ones. It should be me thanking you. You were there for me from the beginning even though I was a man and someone opposite to your species type. I took the time to realise that you did so much for me and all I did was be selfish and take the essence of the friendship away from you. Yeah, it is tough, but love is all about sacrificin
I sit on the washroom floor and pull out my mask. Tears stream down my eyes like the dams of a river, probably messing with my makeup. I put so much more attention into it while doing it so that—so that when he sees me, he finds me beautiful. But right now, he has already moved on from me. So quickly. And that is no other than Jessica! My frustration would have been the same if it was any other woman, but still. I thought things were better between us after the incident. Yet nothing changed for her. She still has her eyes on him and now her wish has come true. While I...I weep on the floor reflecting on what a failure I am. I guess my dad was right. I am never good enough for anyone.I should go back to my home, apologize to him and take in the fate that I have. Atleast, it will be good enough if I marry some other Alpha and then show him in front of Tristian. He will understand the meaning of jealousy then. Yes! He will be so jealous!&
"Ugh!!!" I throw the last dress on the floor, frustrated by the less amount of choices I have. Why don't I have a good dress at all? Am I poor for now? After Peter told me about Tristian's past yesterday, he gave me an idea that can work. The ball is a great way for people to come together and if I can steal the show with my appearance then maybe I would be able to get close to him. But there is no good dress for that!"I think you should wear the dress you designed for me." Tessa says, putting the dresses back to their respective hangers."No, Tess. I made that for you.""But it's beautiful and you need it more right now!" She counters. She knows about Peter's plan because she is his girlfriend right now. And they together came up with the plan to go for a triple date at the ball. Yes, that is a thing too. Peter, Tessa and I. Like the sausage in the middle of the hot dog buns. It sounds so weir
I hold the bedsheet and clutch it between the suppression of my fingers while my eyes stream down tears. It has almost made the bed wet. Tessa is in the auditorium hall, working in my place to manage everything. After she saw my condition,she tried soothing my nerves, but I was in no mood to go back to my usual self. She understood that and told me to rest while she handled it. I'm sorry Tessa, for judging you. I thought she has stopped liking me because she is with Peter. But I was so fucking wrong! She was there for me from the beginning and what was I doing? Judging her and her choices. I cry more, my hair strands thrown apart in the bed. Even Sia is silent and sad. I could feel Ash's pain when Tristian was saying those things to me.How could I do this to him? Maybe, Jessica was right. I don't deserve him. I am too much for him. He deserves a nice woman who won't—wont break his trust! Won't break it! Which I did! Even after he told