Chapter Six (Camilla POV)

  No he can’t be my mate. Now I am sure I’m cursed, what did I do to you Moon goddess why pair me with the Alpha? Of all men why him? I glance at him and his Beta as more tears stream down my face. 

  I shiver from the cold and also fear raging through me. They walk away from me and before they look back I make a run for it, I run to the principal's office, not bothering to knock when I enter.

   “Miss Burton you can’t just barge in this is not a…” She halts when she takes a better look at the crying mess I am, “What happened to you?” Unable to speak I cry even more, she offers me a pitiful look, I hate that look but people have been giving it to me all my life, it’s pathetic, I loathe it. 

  She has her head and gestures to the seat, “Come on, take a seat over there I will call Alpha Ryan to pick you up. School isn’t done for another 1hour but this is an emergency.” She says picking up her phone. 

  “What happened, did someone do this to you?” She asks. I don’t speak, I nod wiping my tears. She lets out a sigh, “Bullying is unacceptable! I will take care of the perpetrators but please don’t tell your brother about this little incident.” She pleads. 

 I nod once again, wiping the tears. I’m not a snitch, especially not to Ryan, he would have her head and Raquel's for what she did to me.

“What are their names?” She sighs. I did nothing to Raquel and she did this to me. Imagine what she would do if I actually do something to her, she will kill me and I will let her because I made a vow. Wiping some tears I shrug, “I don’t know.” I lied. 

She would believe it of course, I just showed up here and I’m not acquainted with anyone just yet.

  “Alright can you please stop crying.” She says, offering me a tissue. 

 Someone Knocks on the door, The principal flickers her gaze from me, to the door. “Must be your brother, he said he was close. Come in.” She yells. 

 When the door opens, she smiles. I tilt my head to wipe my tears because Ryan will tear this place down If he sees me crying here.

 I take my time composing myself as she jerks off her seat, “Alpha, Beta! Wow, what an honour to have you here, at Winter Bloom Academy.” She says, her tone giddy, like a child. “Please take a seat.”

I hear footsteps and they stop when I guess the person sit’s, it’s not Ryan. The only other Alpha I’ve seen is…

 I raise my head to confirm my suspicion and I was right, it’s Alpha Adrian sitting next to me. My eyes widen and I feel like my contact lenses are about to fall off. I tense in my seat and he quickly jerks off. “Adrian?” Beta calls out sounding worried but Alpha Adrian doesn’t respond, he gazes at me with a blank expression but it’s far from blank, I can’t read it just yet.

 Beta calls out to him once again and this time he answers, his gaze piercing into my soul as I pull away from it, scared it might see right through me, through this entire guise. “What’s wrong?” Beta asks, only then do I feel his gaze lift from me, leaving with a new fear.

 “Nothing, principal Jones, I just want to talk to you about a transfer for my sisters.” He says looking between me and the principal. I am no longer looking at him but I can feel his eyes on me.

  “Oh,” She exclaims, “The girls can’t transfer, other schools have already registered their students for exams so it won’t be possible for twelfth graders.” He doesn’t respond, the room is silent and I peer up at him, my eyes finding his instantly, he growls, his gaze spine chilling as he stares in pure disdain. “Have a good day Mrs Jones.” He mutters walking out, with his Beta behind him. 

 “I see you’re rattled by our Alpha.” She smiles while handing me a bottle of water. I drink it with my eyes closed but the image of Alpha Adrian and his deadly stare makes me choke. 

   I give myself a mental shake and take the bottle away and cough a little, Mrs Jones goes to the door and I take another sip of my bottle water only to choke out even more. Suddenly, I feel someone brushing my back, it’s my brother. 

 “Princess, breathe it out. Don’t stress about it.” Micheal says brushing my back. “Good that’s it.” He smiles when I finally stop coughing. 

His hand caresses my wet hair, “What happened to you?” 

  Oh, you don't know I got terrorized and nearly exterminated by the stare that my mate gave me but I don’t say that, rather I shake my head, sniffing over my hand. “I had an accident.” 

He looks back to Mrs Jones “Can I take her home?...” 

  When we get home, I go straight up to my room and fall onto my bed to continue crying. I don’t want to go to school anymore. Everyone is mean, they bully and laugh at me.

  I simply can’t go back and what’s worse I met the devil, now every time I close my eyes I see his face right in front of me staring into my soul with disgust (hatred).

  The image flashes before my eyes so many times that I feel like peeing on myself. He instigated fear in me, real fear and not the guise of fear I’m accustomed to. 

His scent still lingers in every room I walk into, and that girl Belle, she smelled like him. Of course she does, she must be his little sister, how I missed that before puzzles me, only she can be that beautiful.

 “Milla, baby.” Arielle sighs sitting on the side of my bed. I get up to hug her, laying my head in her lap, I cry out even louder.

 “Mi amour, what’s wrong?”

  “I don’t want to go to school anymore.”

  “I don’t like it there Ryan you were right it’s not good, I don’t want to go ever again.”

 “Princessa.” I hear Ryan sigh from the door. 

 “Please don’t make me go back there, they don’t like me, they bully and laugh at me she… she will kill me Ryan please I don’t want to go to school again!”

  “Okay you won’t go anymore I won’t force you.”

  “Ryan!” Arielle snaps. 

  He shoots her a look, “What?”

  “She has to go to school.”

  “She can learn from here. I won't force Milla if she doesn’t want to go, it’s best she stays here. I mean look at her, she’s shaking.” He says pointing out my current responses. 

   “So what? She shivers when she’s scared. Camilla is not a little kid anymore and you can’t bring yourself to deny her anything but I can. For her benefit, I will and so I say she has to go.” She demands. 

“Ari please.” I sob, my voice comes out squeaky and broken. 

 “Just look at her My love, she’s crying even more! You know what, don’t worry princess you don’t have to go.” He assures me. 

Arielle sighs, her gaze fixed on me, “Honey please wait outside.” 

   “Why?’’

  “Because I will pay you in kind.” She sounds like she is asking him a question yet she is telling him and he knows it so he turns away and closes the door. Arielle waits for his footsteps to die out before she begins to persuade me, but I don’t want to be persuaded. I hate it there. 

  “I don’t want to Arielle, please don’t make me.” I tell her wiping my tears away. 

 “Look baby, it’s high school you can’t quit because your hair looks bad or you’re not going to have a prom date not even if they bully you. Camilla people are like that they will hurt you because you’re better than them they feel threatened and besides…if you quit every time one thing goes wrong people will call you a coward and father won’t be proud is that what you want?” 

  Smart, bringing out the father card. 

   “No. I don’t want him to.” I sob. 

  “Well then will you go to school or quit? ”

   “I will go back to school, Ari.” 

   “Good and you will show whoever bullied you you’re not scared, you will push back when you’re pushed and if they don’t leave you alone. I will handle them myself. Now come on, take a shower and I will take you for ice cream.” She says tickling me.