Chapter 1

Scarlet Pov

"Scarlet, bring your luggage into the car quickly! We have no time left." Mom screamed as I try to arrange my hair for the last time. I stared at my reflection, and I looked good to go.

I’m scared that I might not fit in among the students at Virginia College. There are a lot of weird things I heard about the school, good and bad, and I hope all my suspicions are wrong.

“Yes, mom, I'm coming!" I scream back as I pull out my luggage from the bed and go out of my room. I shut the door and stared at it for a moment. I’m going to miss the comfort I find in this room.

I place a kiss on the door before letting go of the knob, and I run outside to meet mom, who is sitting in the driver's seat and has her seat belt on already.

I’m going to miss my mom too; she is all I got although she can be so annoying most times. I love her. I smiled at her as I got into the passager seat. Are We good to go?" she smiles.

"Yeah, we are good." I give her a small smile as she turns away to focus on the road. I glance at my house before we drive off.

I wouldn’t be home for a long time because my pack school is far away and I can’t frequent home.

I plug in my earphones, trying not to think too much about the college. At the same time it is exciting to be in college, and I can’t wait to enjoy the experience.

"So well, are you prepared for this?" She winks, I take off the earphones when I notice she is talking to me.

"Mom, I didn’t catch that." I tell her and she turns to repeat what she said.

"You don’t have goosebumps about this new trip of yours right?" She squeals, being careful of the drive as she speaks.

"No, no, I don’t think so." I nodded, biting down my button lips. Maybe I’m a little bit nervous, I say to myself.

"That’s great; we will be there in a short while." She goes quiet, and I have nothing more to say. I plug my earphones back in, but her question can’t stop playing in my head. "You don’t have goosebumps, right?"

I exhale and yet again try not to think too much about the college.

"And by the way, don’t forget to introduce your boyfriend to me. I know for sure that we will be having one anytime soon because the full moon is tonight!" She seems more excited than I am. I know the full moon is tonight, but I don’t expect to find my mate anytime soon, especially not in this college.

"Gross." I whisper, enough for her not to hear me as I roll my eyes. For now, I have no interest in having a boy in my life unless I find my mate, but not now or tonight.

There’s no way my mate and I can be at the same college. He could be somewhere far away, and one day we will find ourselves and love each other like we should.

As I’m about to plug in my earphones, I see the gate of the college. Jeez, I’m reminded that my mom is a bastard driver. She drives so fast. I’m not surprised anyway, because she’s won many awards in car racing.

"We are here, Scarlet; prepare yourself." She mumbled as she turns her hand right into the parking lot, and all I did was stare outside the window.

My mouth falls open when I see it is such a beautiful school. Everywhere and everything looks gorgeous. It’s everyone’s dream school and I am so excited to be here, but at the same time, I feel I might not really fit in as I see some of the students. I look very odd and different from them..I underestimate myself for a second.

"Get out, Scarlet; what are you waiting for?" My mom yells me out of my thoughts. Maybe I’m just overthinking.

As I step out of the car, I immediately meet this pair of green eyes. A guy watches me with a weird eye, and from his expression, he can tell that I’m new.

"Hey, Noah, let’s go." His friend pulls him from behind, and I feel nervous at his stares. He smirks at me before he turns to speak to his friend.

Those stares were so strange that I quickly threw my glance off him and follow my mom as we headed towards the ladies hostels.

I had already gotten my room but had yet to find out who my roommates were. My room is on the last roof of the building.

We find my room number and begin to knock on it until a girl comes to open the door. As we step in, we see the ladies in just their undies, and they are all gisting and laughing. It looks like we interrupted them.

"Hey ladies, are you good?" My mom waves at them and I try my best to let out a smile too.

“Yeah, ma’am," they respond. It didn’t occur to me that I would be having three roommates, which makes us four in the room.

I grab my luggage from my mom and drop it beside my bed. I need to see my mom off before I begin to arrange my stuff on my own. I smile at the ladies again before I go out of sight, shutting the door behind me.

"Be good, baby. I will miss you." My mom kisses me on the cheek.

"I will miss you too, mom." I kiss her back as I wave her goodbye before she gets into the car and begins to drive. I continued to wave until she was out of sight.

I return to the room, and the ladies are still chitchatting. "Hi, I’m Scarlet James, and I’m one of you from now on." I smile as I introduce myself.

"New student, huh?" The girl with a brown hair smirks at me as she chuckles.

"Well, yeah, I’m new." I nodded with a plain smile.

"Welcome, new girl, I’m Bella." She sucks up, spitting the words out like it’s too hard for her.

"Welcome, Scarlet. I’m Jane," she says, coming off the bed and pulling me into a small hug. She seems a little more free than the first, who just asked if I was nice. Jane is a blonde, and she looks perfect.

"Welcome too, Scarlet; I’m Maria." The girl with the jet-black hair has waves.

"Same here, Scarlet; you are welcome. I hope you have fun here, and by the way, I’m Cora." She smiles. She has a gorgeous smile, by the way, but I didn’t get to tell her that. They seem to have an interesting discussion.

I walk back to my bed and behind it to arrange my things while they go ahead with whatever they were discussing.

As I pull my luggage into my bed, I hear the same name I heard just a while ago. That same guy that smirked at me a while ago

"I can’t wait to mate with Noah tonight!" Bella squeals excitedly, jumping on her feet, as a faint red color appears on her cheek.

"Yes, I can’t wait to see the two of you get together. He has been so fond of you, and I guess this is the time that you both made it official as soon as the full moon comes out!" Cora yelps, looking gloomy as they talk about that weird guy with Bella.

"I can’t wait to find my mate too." Jane’s arm was swinging around Maria’s shoulder. It looks like I’m the weird one here because I’m the only one who is not talking about finding her mate tonight.

I try to ignore their conversation and focus on my stuff. By the time I was done, the day was a little dark.

My roommates are all gone from the room, and I’m left alone. I go beside the window and peep at what is going on down there.

Everyone looks merry and excited to welcome the moon. No, they are not just excited to welcome the moon; they are excited to find their mates and have sex throughout the entire night. The more I think about it, the more I feel sick.

I shut the curtain and crashed down on the bed as I remembered the guy I had just met earlier today. Aside from the weird eyes, he was so cute with those green eyes and gray hair falling to the side of his face. His jawline looks tighter a bit, and his lips are perfect on those curves.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guy as good-looking as him before. No wonder Bella can’t wait to mate with him. They look perfect to be mates; I wish them all the best.

I go to find something to wear before I join them downstairs to celebrate as we all await the full moon.