I watched a frown form on Brian's face as he squeezed the bag of his meal. He cast a deep, chill-inducing glare at Roger, then stormed off. My attention snapped back to the people around me and I only realized the crowd was cheering for Roger, encouraging me to say yes. "Have you lost your mind?" I spat. "Lyric, be calm." He said, smiling. "How dare you do something so absurd?" Suddenly, my memory flashed back to six years ago and the memory of him on one knee, proposing to Emily sent a dagger through my chest. 'This is a perfect opportunity for revenge!' Maya pointed out, awakening a new sensation in me. From the look in his eyes, I could tell that this was all a drama to embarass me. But I wasn't letting that happen. "Oh, Roger." I called in a soft tone, watching his eyebrows furrowed in confusion for a quick second till he feigned his smile again. "This is such a nice proposal, in my university student union and all." Shaking my head, I took the ring and wiggled it around,
"Intimate embrace?" I chortled, taking the phone from him to look at the picture again, and the more I observed, 'intimate' began to seem like an understatement. My arms were around Blade’s neck while his were tightly wrapped around my waist, every part of my female anatomy was tightly glued to him. One of his hands had gone below, making it seem like he was tightly cupping my buttcheek. The angle was captured perfectly to give a meaning that was otherwise from reality. My eyes widened as I stared at the picture on Brian's screen. "No, no, you have to understand that it is a misunderstanding." "Misunderstanding, uh? Then why didn't you tell me about it?" The frigid look in his eyes sent a shiver down my spine, forcing me to stand from his leg. "Brian," I called. "I promise you it's not how the media is portraying it. After Roger made me lose my job, that guy stood up for me from my boss' embarrassment and he offered comfort because I felt like all hope was lost. I was too overwhel
I scoffed, glaring at her from head to toe. I couldn’t help but admit that she looked very stunning in her curve-hugging purple dress and heels. It made a pang occur in my heart and I scoffed agin. “You must be joking”“Bout what?” she smirked. “That I’m here to claim what's mine? Why would I joke about such a thing?”“I’m going to ask you to leave.” I stood in akimbo. She laughed. “What gives you the right? You don’t own this place.” “I’m Brian’s girlfriend, so I have every right to ask you to leave this place.” I insisted, stepping closer to her. She threw her head back in laughter. “Useless pups really do have a lot of guts these days.” That sent a spark in my brain and I could feel my eyes twitching. She had just added fuel to the fire of my rage towards Brian. MAya let out a howl in my head as I grabbed a handful of her hair. “What did you just say?” I asked in a growl, my fissts clenching beside me. “Let go!” She said through gritted teeth and grabbed my arm, her face cont
"Wh-what?" I let out a breathy laugh, my heart rate escalating. "What are you talking about?" "How long did you think you were going to hide it from me?" She stepped closer and I started stepping backwards. "H-How did yo-you find out?" I stammered. "Did Tone tell you?“Why wouldn't he? He’s my boyfriend. He doesn't keep secrets from me." She stopped when I did. “I–I… I don't know why he… that bastard!” I cussed. “Why would he just tell you like that?” a frown formed on my face as I prepared myself to choke the life out of Tone, “Wh-what are you going to do now? I mean…”“I’m going to report it. It's clearly not safe to have wolves roaming freely around our campus. She added. “What?” I exclaimed. “That’s ridiculous. We just don’t change anyhow."“I don’t care. I’m going to write a research paper on it, publish it to everyone and expose all of you monsters!” she hollered.“Raina, wait, sit down, calm down, let me explain things to you." It felt like I could no longer breathe proper
Another thud against the door made my heart beat spike up. "Raina!" I screamed, "don't come in!" Wait, what the hell? In my wolf form, I could still speak like my human self. "Are you okay?" She knocked again. "What was that noise? Wh-what's going on? " She asked, breathless from fear. "Uh… I'm fine… it's fine!" I glanced around, waving my paw in front of me. I shut my eyes and tried to force myself to shift again but it felt like I hit a hard wall, so I screamed again. "Lyric! Come out!" She hit the door. "You don't sound okay, what's wrong?" "I'm good." I replied, trying to reduce my panting so my noises didn't contradict my statement. A knock sounded from the dorm door. "Who the heck is it?" She hissed and I heard her footsteps leave. My phone? Glancing around, I found the phone on the bathroom rug and rushed over to it. "Voice assistant, call Brian." I whispered to it. "Calling Brian," she said then the call beeped for a few seconds till she said, "no response." I his
I screamed and jumped over her to quickly lock the main door. "I just added to the problem. Shoot!" Why did I have to blurt things out?Whimpering, I fell to the ground, watching a passed out Bri equally sprawled in front of me. "What do I do now? I don't know who to call." All my thoughts led back to the one person that had the most solutions to my problems. Sighing in defeat, I walked back to my phone and made my voice assistant make the call. The voice assistant made a video call against my command, but the call was answered before I could change it. “Look who finally decided to call again.” Her voice instantly made me roll my eyes. “What’s with the attitude and the wolf shift? Why call me if you want to be sassy?”“Mom, I’m not here to argue.” I started, the sass in my tone refusing to hide itself. Her eyes widened. “You just spoke as yourself in your wolf form? Am I hearing things?” “You’re not. I just switched against my will in my bathroom and the—” Bri shifted, shifting m
“What do we do with Bri?” Brian asked.“I don't know.” I said, watching Bri who was tied up to the chair, her head falling backwards. Anyone would’ve assumed she was dead, if she wasn't letting out generator-like snores. “Tap her to try and wake her up.” Brian said to one of the hefty men who I now identified as guards from his pack.He nodded then walked over and tapped Bri’s shoulder. When she didn’t respond, he tapped her again. This time, her face scrunched up and she squirmed in her seat, shifting and groaning till she opened her eyes.“Uh… Anna, leave me alone!” She said, fluttering her lashes sleepy, then they widened as she took in the view of where she was. “Where am I?”“A basement at one of my stores.” Brian said. “Help!” She began to scream again.“There’s no use.No one will hear you from here.” I explained and sighed, walking up to her. “Bri, please I need you to comply with me.”“Why wouldI? My Dad would kill me if he found out that I knew about a professor-student re
"Hey, how are you?" I said to Brian over the phone. "How's it going at the pack?""Honestly, it's rough, but it's okay. I might just need to stay a few more days." He sighed. "Oh." "Why 'Oh'?" He asked. "Nothing." I shrugged. Nothing like not having him not being available on my birthday. I heard the door click, confirming that Raina was coming in. "I'll call you later, okay?" I said, sitting up straight. "Why so sudden? Is something wrong?" He wondered but Raina opened the door. "Hey, Raina!" I greeted loudly, so he could understand. "Oh, bye. I love you." He said then I ended the call, paying attention to Raina. She stopped and narrowed her eyes at me. "Are you okay? What's with the energy?" "Nothing. I'm just really happy to see you." I lied— actually, half-lied. Jumping off the bed, I scurried to meet her. "I'm starving. Let's go get something to eat at the cafeteria." "Yeah, do you mind if Tone tags alone?" I groaned, rolling my eyes. "Whatever, he can come too."