After a dinner of stew, which Raven had put on hours ago, with plenty for all of us, including our visitors, When we were all done, and the dishes were clear, we gathered in the living room. I was hopeful Everly and Ronin would tell us about my dad. Over dinner, they’d chatted about how they spent most of their time traveling in their wolf forms from forest to forest, never staying in any one place very long. They said there were a few other members of their pack still out there, but not many, and most had given up on their wolves long ago, trying to blend into regular society. The other shifters at the table, my wolves, had made faces at that, and I got the impression it must b
“Both?” Everly asked me, her eyebrows raised. “You can’t have two Alphas, dear.”“No, I know that,” I assured them. “But I also don’t know how I’ll ever choose between them. They’ve told me that it’s possible for a Mage not to choose, that she could just have two or more… lovers.” It was h
Work on the house began a few days before school started. The extension was being added on near Ben and Joshua’s room. I told them they could stay in Grandma’s room for a while if they wanted to, but instead, they moved into the living room because they didn’t think I really meant it when I said they could have her room. I probably didn’t. I hoped the workers would at least get the part of the house that required the exterior wall of the dining room to be replaced by a sheet of plastic done soon because I wanted the guys to have their privacy back. Not that it was exactly private when they had to share a room anyway, but it was better than having them camped ou
My hope that I’d have at least one member of my pack in each of my classes faded pretty quickly. First period, I had History. Joshua was in that class, but so were a couple of the Parker pack members--Wayne Crawford and Billy Parker. I didn’t know Wayne, though he looked kind of slimy, the way he kept looking at me with a crooked smirk on his face. Billy was one of the two guys who’d been involved in the accident. I’d saved his life--after I’d found him lying on top of my sister in the back of a truck. He didn’t look at me at all.
Ben was in my third period English class, which was great. If there were any creeps in there, I hadn’t met them yet. Fourth period, I had choir. Raven was with me, but she is an alto, and I’m a soprano, so we couldn’t sit next to each other. One of the Parkers was in there, too. I have no idea which one, but I know he’s a Parker because he looks just like Brice and Billy, just not as old as them, and maybe not as angry at the world. The fact that he was laughing and carrying on with a couple of other guys makes me think they are probably dark wolves, too.
I didn’t know anyone in my math class, and we immediately jumped right into the curriculum, which sucked. I was hoping for at least one day of no work, like in most of the other classes I’d had so far. At least it was something I already knew how to do. I had a feeling this class was going to end up being way easier than the classes I was used to back home. My other academic classes had been. The only class where I’d struggled at all was art and that was probably because I had never taken that class before, and the teacher didn’t give us any instruction.
“It is the first day of school, Miss Nightingale,” Mr. Short, the principal, said, staring at me over the top of his glasses. “I was hoping we could at least make it through one day without any incidents, but clearly, that will not be the case.” He sighed, shaking his head, as he looked at the report the drama teacher, Ms. Piper had sent down with me when she’d sent me to his office about twenty minutes ago. Since “the incident” had happened in last period, there was a good chance I’d be here late. Luckily, my guardian had arrived at the high school within a few moments of the principal calling him and telling him there was a problem--al
I stared down at the large platter of roasted vegetables in front of me for a moment before I looked up into Sam’s eyes, my eyebrows arched.“I am many things, Harlow Nightingale, but a liar is not one of them,” he said to me, fighting a grin. “I promised Mr. Short only vegetables for dinner, so that’s what you’re getting.”
The next day at school, Brice sat by me in art class, but it was clear he’d gotten into a bit of a tiff the night before. He had claw marks on his neck and a big bruise on his face. I stared at him for a moment, and he gave me that cocky smile. I guessed he still hadn’t learned his lesson then.Mrs. Flynn gave us time to work on our drawing again, which I appre