I enter the room I was directed to for the interview and meet four stone-faced interviewers. Two males and two females. I can tell from their smell that two of them are werewolves while the other two are humans. Apex Academy is a school for both werewolves and humans after all."It's great to finally have you show up, Miss Reynolds or would you rather we address you as Luna Quinn?" The she-wolf amongst them glares and fires at me with a voice that drips sarcasm.Her attitude takes me by surprise. "Miss Reynolds would be fine," I reply cooly, fighting the urge to look at my watch and point out the fact that I'm not late. I'm twenty minutes earlier than the scheduled time.What's her problem and what's with the sarcasm anyway? I come for an interview doesn't mean she should treat me with disdain.She continues in her stern voice. "I'm Miss Pennyworth. For the past twenty years that I've been working in this great school, Apex Academy has only admitted students at the beginning of every
"Miss Reynolds... Miss Reynolds..." I heard a voice calling me from afar. My mind refocuses to see the woman who thinks she likes me looking at me somewhat pitifully like she already knows what ails me. What the hell! My mind traveled away from the interview room again. Focus, Ash! Focus!"We are done deliberating..." She says. Done deliberating!? Surely, my mind couldn't have traveled for that long and that far..."Meet the secretary outside. She will show you where you'll write the test. As the principal made you understand earlier, admission is solely given on merits here at Apex Academy. We understand you don't need us to get admission into the school but our acceptance and respect of you would depend on your score in the test. Any score less than eighty percent on each test will simply mean you're not worthy to be here even if you're given admission against our will. So good luck."I shrug."Thank you," I say before walking out of the room.The moment I step out, the middle-a
Thor's POV "Ugh..."I growl and close my eyes, leaning back in the executive chair as her last words play on repeat in my mind.‘I don't want to talk about the other women you fucked and I sure don't want to talk about your vampire bitch! I meant it when I said, twelve weeks. Maybe I'll be ready to talk to you then but certainly not now so please don't call me anymore! Please!’I stand up from the chair and start pacing around the room, fighting my frustration and the urge to smash and destroy something. After a while, I stop pacing and then squat when another of her painful statements resounds in my mind,‘I don't need your help with providing me with protection and I don't want to be reminded of your existence every step I take.’"Ugh... Fucking hell!" I growl and swear loudly in frustration. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I hurt you! I regret lying to you! What do I have to do to make you see that I'm sorry? What do I have to do to make you forgive me, dammit!"I stand up and then go to si
I open my eyes feeling disoriented.'This isn't my room!' I think to myself as my eyes take in my surroundings. I prop myself up on the bed till I see a large white cardboard propped up on a table far to my right. ‘It's normal to feel disoriented at first. Give it a few seconds and it all will come rushing back to you.’ The card reads. I frown as I lay back in bed. 'Give it some seconds? Who is this person?'... Before I can wonder any further, my phone starts ringing from the bedside table. The caller ID reads Eric and the face and name of the person immediately come to mind. Eric is my best friend and brother. I slide the call button to answer the call "Eric?""Yeah." He replies with a chuckle. "Judging by the tone of your voice, you're just waking up. I bet your brain is still foggy?""You bet right. I can't remember anything past fifteen seconds ago when I woke up. What's going on?"He chuckles again."You will remember without my help. Give it some seconds. By the way, we're
Ash's POV I stiffen on the bed when I hear my door open but I don't raise my head. Dammit!The fact that I was screaming enough to wake the whole household finally sinks in and I immediately lower my voice but I can't stop myself from heaving and gasping for breath."Oh, honey!... What is the matter!?... My poor baby!..." The moment I hear my mom's soft soothing voice, I sit up and shatter again. Forgetting the fact that I'm an adult. A mated adult."Mommy... Thor... He... He..." I try to talk in between sobbing and gasping for breath."There, there..." She says and pulls me to her with my head resting on her lap. "I understand... Hush now...""No!... You!... Don't!... He... He...""Shshsh– don't talk... Breathe... Just breathe...""No! He– he doesn't want to see me!... He...""He doesn't!? Are you sure about that!?""Yes!..." I reply and sit up to look at her. I wipe my tears with my hands. Talking while trying to control my breathing at the same time."At Apex Academy... I– I...
"You're right. This is serious if we consider it from your point of view." Lily says and I turn my gaze to her. "What do you mean?" I ask"Considering from his point of view, what happened at Apex Academy doesn't mean he's ignoring you. I think he's just trying to respect your wishes and give you time to sort through your emotions.I nod. That makes sense "After you left with your dad, we discussed at length. Me, Martha, and your mate. The others were there too... He pleaded with Martha and I to intervene on his behalf. I haven't done that because I felt you weren't ready. He has a lot to say to you, Sif. Three days, however short, is still a long time for couples with special mate bonds to stay apart from each other. It might be easier if you're not living in the same city and not smelling each other's essence. He's Alpha. For him to smell his mate and decide to respect her wish, I can bet he's also miserable wherever he is right now. I sigh and nod in understanding again when s
I hate daytime. The rise of the sun which usually brings some level of joy to others has only brought sadness to me. My suffering would usually begin with back-breaking chores as the sun rises and would go on and on while getting physically abused in the process, till late in the evening when most pack members finally retire to bed. What makes it worse is that my body is not strong enough to withstand the magnitude of pain they inflict on me, and I don't heal as fast as a normal werewolf should. I feel the impact of every blow and kick they rained on me more than I would have felt if I had gotten my wolf. I'm not a normal werewolf you see. I'm a very late bloomer. Normally, the shifting age for werewolves is fifteen years. Sixteen for late bloomers. When I didn't shift at even seventeen years, I became the omega freak who is the butt of every joke. The stress reliever for every frustrated and the punching bag for every aggressive pack member, most especially those that called themse
After the Alpha, Luna, and Beta, the Gamma wolves are the next in command in a pack's chain of command. They are the supreme protectors of a pack which puts them among the high-ranking and most respected officials of a pack. No wonder all the shifters inside the dining hall had shock written all over their faces when I didn't rush to do as the Gamma chief had commanded. They thought I'd gone crazy for having the guts to disobey a high-ranking officer of the packI squat in front of Martha's chair instead and look into her eyes that has tears in them. Martha is not a shifter. She's human, yet she treats me better than my own kind. As if she's my mother."I told you I'll make the coffee, Martha. You could have hurt yourself! You didn't even have your walking stick with you, what if you fall and break another bone?""I'm sorry child. I just wanted to help. When I saw you were already behind schedule... I - I was trying to help so you wouldn't get punished, instead, I made it worse... I