AVENAAs soon as the words left my mouth, Isaac dragged me away from the crowd and out of the cafeteria. He took me and we went into an empty classroom, then he shut the door behind me, bolting it from inside.I bit my lower lip nervously as I watched him come slowly to where I stood, his piercing eyes narrowing at me and the intensity making my heart skip a beat."What's with you and that f*cking d*ckhead Marco? And why does he appear around you every f*cking time?" He asked. Even though his voice was low and husky, I could tell he was angry—a quiet, burning kind of anger—through our developing bond link. I could also feel the possessiveness in it and the slight jealousy as well.But it didnt mean I wasn't confused as sh*t as to how he was acting."You've been nothing but rude to me since I came back," I started, counting on my fingers. "Then you kiss Linda knowing we're mates and we felt the same thing, you surprisingly claim me few minutes ago and now this?" I asked softly not want
ISAACFather's Beta left the throne room as soon as I walked in and I stood, the scent of old wood and burning candles engulfing my nostrils while I waited for him to utter a word. Mother came into the room after me, quick on her heels and took her seat right beside father. Instead of it being a set of parents having a little talk with their teen kid, it felt like I was in a kind of judgment room awaiting my punishment.Father's expression was stoic, his fingers tapping the arm of the chair he sat on impatiently. He took a heavy sigh before finally speaking."You will not be mated to a Lunaria pack member bearing a Nyxian blood"."You dare say the moon goddess made a mistake, father?" I questioned immediately."Isaac!" Mother scolded, her gaze annoyed."You were born on the night of the blackmoon so as she was. That is already something unfortunate," Father stated and I felt Thor howl in anger. "And the calamity which her father, the previous Alpha committed before he died is another
AVENA It was the next day and Aunt Mona and Caro were dressing me up for the opening ceremony. I couldn't tell if I was happy to be attending the ceremony or not. The previous night's incident had calm down and the injured shifters were already starting to get back on their feet. Philly had informed us that the Alphas had concluded that the UPC was safe enough to still have the ceremony and that's why it hadn't gotten canceled. "You look fabulous my love," Aunt Mona complimented making me blush. "I'm sure Isaac would be thrilled to see you." Caro nodded in agreement, "Yes he would." Caro spoke for the first time to my hearing. I had learnt that she rarely spoke and when she did, she ensured it was as soft and low as possible. Her unique ability was having a high pitched voice which could be deafening and distracting when used during fights. Having a unique ability was what every Nyxian blood had and they had all discovered theirs once they were over ten years old. But here I was
AVENA "Someone has beautiful glowing eyes right now," Linda said. Her sly smirk beautified her red lips as she held my shoulder pushing me further into the lockers. The Ridger twins were behind her, arms folded in their matching black dresses watching us. My claws were unsheathed now and Sage was half in control. "What do you want, Linda?" I asked with a shaky breath, trying my best to hold Sage in knowing how ferocious she could be and how she would tear them down to pieces without thinking twice. "What I want? How about you start with telling us why you attacked the UPC yesternight." Linda said as she stepped closer to me. "Right girls?" She asked turning both ways to look at the twins and they nodded in response. By now everyone's attention was starting to be on us and a little crowd had started forming. I took a huge breath and shut my eyes for a brief moment. 'Now is not the time, Sage. I don't want to break the school rules.''F*ck the school rules. Let me out'. Sage repli
AVENA"The f*ck is wrong with today? It just keeps getting worse." Isaac cursed holding me tightly. I looked to see his narrowed eyes at Marco while Marco ignored him, looking at me. "How're you, Avena? I saw you in the hallway." Marco said to me. He was dressed in a blue shirt and black pants with his hair neatly styled. The hallway we were in was empty, with the only thing in view being the purple and white decorations which adorned the surroundings. The posters of some specialized classes were hung around, signifying where the classes were held. Isaac ignored Marco, dragging me to walk past him. "Langston I just want to know if she's okay, damn. Why are you so furious today?" Marco asked, making Isaac stop in his tracks and turn back to him. I sighed, knowing where this was heading already. Marco was smiling now as Isaac stepped closer to him and Isaac's unamused face seemed to make Marco's more excited, making me wonder if Marco actually was trying to check up on me or just d
AVENA It felt like the world had slipped away, and it was us two, just like in my memory. Isaac's lips were soft, moving possessively on mine as he poured in feelings he had been holding back into it. I didn't expect it to be like this. It was not like I had ever imagined him kissing me, either. Well..that was a lie. I had actually. The same day he had kissed, Linda was the same day I had imagined what it'd be like and how long it would take before it happened. But I was wrong. Here we were already. My heart pounded in my chest as Sage purred in excitement, urging me to deepen the kiss, to move my fingers around him and to grind my body against his toned one. I didn't even know I was capable of such thoughts until now and I had to say that the mate effect was more powerful than I imagined. Just as I inched further giving in, he broke the kiss.I was disappointed. I opened my eyes when his lips pulled away to see Linda strut away from where she was with the Ridger twins. Most peopl
AVENAThe run in the woods was refreshing and I could feel both me and Sage feeling better. I didn't know how long I'd been running but I knew since the sun was already setting, it had been a while. I came to a halt under one of the trees the setting sun had cast its orange glow on and plopped down under the tree like a sack of stones. I thought to myself how I needed to do this frequently as the familiar sensation of me shifting back to human form hit me. I enjoyed the cold evening breeze on my naked body as I hurdled up, dragging my knees to myself and letting out a huge force of air from my mouth. Thankfully, Sage was behaving at the moment which had made it easy for me to shift back. The feeling was peaceful and it made me feel warm and quiet inside for once. The sound of the birds chirping loudly was soothing, and I closed my eyes, enjoying their little song. Just immediately, I heard rustling in front of me and as I opened my eyes, a bunch of clothes were thrown into my face
AVENA"What's he going to do when he gets there?" I asked Nell as we trudged towards the carNell shook her head, her lips pressed in a thin worried line for a brief second, "One thing about Alpha Gray is he's unpredictable to a fault. Even he wouldn't know what he'd do there."That was quite surprising. Back when we had arrived and had gone to the Silvermoon pack to the Alpha's meeting, I had pictured Uncle Gray to be like the kind of man who was calculated from how he talked to us and who didn't go head in first hoping for future actions to lead the way. But It wasn't as if I had known Uncle Gray all my life.. I mean, I didn't grow up with him, so there was nothing I could say I indeed knew about him. But hearing Nell describe him like this now made me kind of fear him a bit.I looked to see Isaac's Jaws locked. His gaze was fixed on the ground now, focusing like there was some kind of mystery he was seeing that we couldn't see. I knew he obviously had a lot going on in his head. A
AVENAI dashed into the sand immediately. I just had to dodge her and be as fast as I could. As long as I was fast on my feet, I’d have the advantage and me being smaller in weight than her seemed to give me another advantage. The sand was heavy on my legs than I expected but I tried to keep my feet light and make me way through it as fast as possible. My heart pounded in my chest and Sage didn’t seem to be disturbed surprisingly or want to be let out how she did some times when I trained alone. This made me worry less as I didn’t have to think about her randomly spouting out and ending the game for me even before it started. Instead it gave me a little space in my brain to notice the dry dusty air that was settling in my throat busily. As I ran and gazed forward, the only thing in my central vision being the rolled up scroll, I knew I had to get it and most especially, get it fast. I was almost there, arms stretched out forward and my fingertips almost halfway on the scroll that I
AVENAAfter the announcement, a random lot was drawn to determine which two teams would compete against whom and as if fate really wanted to see both Isaac and Marco fight, the two packs were competing against each other. I saw a devious smirk spread on Isaac’s lips and felt a little prick of uneasiness embarrass me. I only hoped he wasn’t up to anything mischievous.We stood in a straight line to determine our order to play. Strength and gender were irrelevant now because it didn’t matter whether or not the person you were up against was male or female or stronger or weaker. You just had to fight them. Some said it was cruel, to me, I didn't really mind.My eyes went to my partner and it was a girl from another class. She was a head taller than I was and a little more muscular. She had her brown hair pulled back in a bun and her arms folded, scanning the area and assembling students. She seemed to have noticed me staring at her and then turned to meet my gaze. Her dark eyebrows shot
AVENAOn the way out, Marco and I had a little chit-chat. It was just him asking me about my life the past few years, how the other pack had been and if I remembered my memory. It was nice that I was talking to him and he was just as fun as the little I could remember from back then.We turned around the corner and then reached the large grassy field, which was just beside the schoolyard, away from the parking lot, to see that a huge deep box had been positioned at one end of it, filled with sand. The box looked a bit spacious like it could contain at least fifteen people in it. And I wondered why it was here. I guessed everyone was thinking the same thing because they started to murmur amongst themselves. “Why is there so much sand in there?” I said and Sera mumbled something. Just then, I noticed Isaac’s presence and spun around. I locked eyes with him immediately and his eyes were glaring directly at me. I could also feel the annoyance and slight jealousy through our bond. And I
AVENAThe girls filled me in how they usually had pack group games each session during the beginning of the session. Two days were dedicated to each grade and they usually started with the higher grades - us.The games were crafted based on the standards and difficulties of that particular grade and helped evaluate different sections of each pack, such as skills, agility, intelligence, etc.By the end of the games, each scores were added to the pack project that was usually done later on in the semester. It was... all interesting to me per say. We never had this at my old school so it piqued my interest immediately.I was also curious to know if my shifting was still running wild and unable to control and if, perchance, finding my mate had affected it in a positive light. Or if at all, I was a bit close to even figuring out my unique abilities. "I'm pretty sure the Silvermoon and Mystic pack are going to go neck and neck this year, again, especially if there are combat games include
ISAAC“It’s not worth three weeks suspension, Isaac Langston.” Principal Taurus said. She had her hands folded, leaning back into her seat and pouring her unwavering gaze at me through her glasses. She was stern in everything she did, that I knew. And her rigid personality showcased itself in everything in her life. From how she dressed up to how she ran the school and in the little way of how she arranged her desk, always ensuring that her desk name plate bore, ‘PRINCIPAL TAURUS’ boldly written in the fine print was sat at the edge of the finely polished desk, in the exact same line and place. Her office space itself was the same as her, a dark shade of depressing blue and a historian wall clock, over her mini library that couldn't wait to announce what hour it was at the moment with a tic-tok sound. Her only flaw had to be that her sternness and principled nature had not rubbed off on her daughter because everyone in school and the UPC if I was not mistaken, was aware that her dau
AVENA "I mean f*ck her. She's lame, to be honest." Clay grumbled as he poured out some cereal into his plate the next morning. "You need to beat her a*s someday." "Watch your words, cuss lord." Nell scolded from beside him, her voice harbouring a sharpness in it. She gave him a look and took the cereal box from his grasp. Asher gave a low chuckle from his seat in front of me before dragging his steaming cup of coffee to his mouth and taking a sip. "What?! She's eighteen now. She knows these things." Clay retorted, his voice raising in defence and gaining an eye roll from Nell. He shook his head sighing, before going to the fridge to get a new milk carton for his cereal. I was seated by the table for breakfast, dressed in a fitted yellow pastel-coloured flowery patterned top and some loose baby blue jeans with casual sneakers. My hair was in a slick back ponytail which I had had Nell and Aunt Mona design with baby blue hair pins. My cherry-flavoured lip gloss was laid beside
AVENA"What's he going to do when he gets there?" I asked Nell as we trudged towards the carNell shook her head, her lips pressed in a thin worried line for a brief second, "One thing about Alpha Gray is he's unpredictable to a fault. Even he wouldn't know what he'd do there."That was quite surprising. Back when we had arrived and had gone to the Silvermoon pack to the Alpha's meeting, I had pictured Uncle Gray to be like the kind of man who was calculated from how he talked to us and who didn't go head in first hoping for future actions to lead the way. But It wasn't as if I had known Uncle Gray all my life.. I mean, I didn't grow up with him, so there was nothing I could say I indeed knew about him. But hearing Nell describe him like this now made me kind of fear him a bit.I looked to see Isaac's Jaws locked. His gaze was fixed on the ground now, focusing like there was some kind of mystery he was seeing that we couldn't see. I knew he obviously had a lot going on in his head. A
AVENAThe run in the woods was refreshing and I could feel both me and Sage feeling better. I didn't know how long I'd been running but I knew since the sun was already setting, it had been a while. I came to a halt under one of the trees the setting sun had cast its orange glow on and plopped down under the tree like a sack of stones. I thought to myself how I needed to do this frequently as the familiar sensation of me shifting back to human form hit me. I enjoyed the cold evening breeze on my naked body as I hurdled up, dragging my knees to myself and letting out a huge force of air from my mouth. Thankfully, Sage was behaving at the moment which had made it easy for me to shift back. The feeling was peaceful and it made me feel warm and quiet inside for once. The sound of the birds chirping loudly was soothing, and I closed my eyes, enjoying their little song. Just immediately, I heard rustling in front of me and as I opened my eyes, a bunch of clothes were thrown into my face
AVENA It felt like the world had slipped away, and it was us two, just like in my memory. Isaac's lips were soft, moving possessively on mine as he poured in feelings he had been holding back into it. I didn't expect it to be like this. It was not like I had ever imagined him kissing me, either. Well..that was a lie. I had actually. The same day he had kissed, Linda was the same day I had imagined what it'd be like and how long it would take before it happened. But I was wrong. Here we were already. My heart pounded in my chest as Sage purred in excitement, urging me to deepen the kiss, to move my fingers around him and to grind my body against his toned one. I didn't even know I was capable of such thoughts until now and I had to say that the mate effect was more powerful than I imagined. Just as I inched further giving in, he broke the kiss.I was disappointed. I opened my eyes when his lips pulled away to see Linda strut away from where she was with the Ridger twins. Most peopl