Thalia “You know we have a field trip tomorrow, right? It’s for two nights and three days.” Lucas whispered in my ear hours later when I was so close to falling into a deep satisfied sleep. I opened my eyes and blinked at him. Did he not think that telling something like that shortly after we literally just made love was inappropriate? He just reminded me that I was fucking my professor. I mean, I know but still not cool. Not cool at all. I don’t want to be reminded. “Could have kept quiet till morning,” I mouthed but he heard me. Damn, werewolf and good hearing. “I heard that.” He whispered in my ears again. His breath tickled my ear. I moved away from him just so I could glare at him. “Did you really think that I won’t know about my class trip? I am a top student, sir. I am very diligent and focused when it comes to school activities.” I bragged. He looked at me as if he didn’t believe me. “I telling the truth.” I let out defensively which made him laugh. “I kn
Thalia“Babe, where are you? Do you want us to be late?” Elena called out. She wasn’t the one who called me but she was the one who spoke. They were together, Elena and Emily.I was late. I know. But it wasn’t my fault that I was late. At least not entirely my fault. Lucas! That crazy man. He left the house without waking me up. It was all his fault. He took the “I am not going to treat you special just because you are my mate” too seriously. We slept on the same bed yet I didn’t know when he woke up and when he left the house.“You fault for staying up late and waking him up just to get fucked.” I blushed at the reminder from the judging voice in my head. Yeah, I was guilty but you can’t blame me. I had a hot man in bed. What would anyone else in my shoes do? I woke him up twice last night and I would do it again. Though the aftermath was being sore and late, it still was worth it.“Almost at the gate. This estate is damn big and I told you to drive in but you insisted on waiting o
Thalia“Hi, gorgeous.” I mentally rolled my eyes when he used the words she described him with on her. Emily once again ate it up. She was all giggly when she responded. I shook my head at both of them. The beta was clearly a flirt and Emily was just as flirty. Good for them but we needed to leave. “Elena you guys can catch up some other time, we are late!” I called out to Lena who glared at me before turning her attention to the hottie. Wow, even the one with a mate is taken by him. Women can be so very not loyal. Not me though. I am very loyal to my men.“Yeah, you got two. It will be greedy of you not to be loyal.” The smarty mouth in my head judged. I mentally rolled my eyes again. Thankfully, the hottie finally let my two best friends go. He waved us goodbye and got into his car. We did the same and Elena shot me a mean look.“You made us late.” I pointed at myself in shock.“Me? I wasn’t the one who was fangirling over a hottie.” I defended. It wasn’t my fault anymore. The
Thalia “Are you okay?” Emily voiced in concern, I turned to her and forced a smile. Not that I could fool Mily but I couldn’t even look at her for long. I remembered how I acted when it was clear that she didn’t have any double meaning with what she said about Lucas. How could I have such thoughts about my best friend and still have the mind to face her without feeling guilty? I couldn’t do it. Elena saw me struggling and came to my rescue. “She just needs to rest, right Lia?” I nodded without words, rested my head against the seat, and closed my eyes. I could still feel some traces of jealousy and it scared me. Was this normal? It definitely wasn’t normal. I thought back to the moment it first happened and I couldn’t remember anything being off until Emily made flirty comments about Lucas. That’s when I lost it. Something snapped and I still don’t know what. The bus was noisy with students talking loudly and filming for their social media accounts while I just sat ther
Thalia“Attention students!”Our course rep called out about three hours later. We were finally at the resort that Lucas had booked for all students to stay for the whole of the trip. According to what I found out during the trip, he was paying for our comfort which was crazy because we all paid crazy amounts to school at the University.I looked at Steve and resisted the urge to curse at him. After what I found out about him, I hated him so much. Emily already said to stay out of it and let her brother handle it. He was still busy acting like the perfect student when in reality, he was a pervert.“Okay, I am glad I got everyone’s attention. We already know about the trip so no need to go into long details. It’s four people in a room. Can’t be mixed genders to avoid you know what.”I tuned out what he was saying from there because I wasn’t really interested in what he had to say. I just wanted to go to the room and log off for the rest of the day. Thank God that we don’t have anything
Thalia “No, no. You got it all wrong, Lia. You aren’t going to live with that anger or jealousy for six whole months. You are just overwhelmed right now but it will get better with time. You just need a lot of reassurance from your mates. Speak to him about it. Speak to both of them about it.” She told me calmly. I let out a deep sigh. “I didn’t feel this way until this morning. It’s not the first time that I have seen Lucas close to a woman and I have heard our course mates talking about him before. Why was it different? What changed?” I asked her, still in confusion. It all just happened so suddenly. I felt like there was a whole new me dwelling inside me. It was hard to describe. “You have become more intimate with him now. That's the reason. The more intimate times you guys spend together, the deeper your connection will go and the more you will feel for him. Being possessive is a very common shifter trait.” “How do you know that I have become more intimate with him?” I
Thalia “No, I haven’t but I am sure it will happen to me soon. I found my mate, remember?” “That doesn’t help. Both you and your mate are shifters. I am sure it will be easier. Also, you only have one mate.” I reminded her. For her, it will just be once but for me, it would be twice of everything. Not to mention that I wasn’t a shifter! My poor human heart wasn’t prepared for any of the things I just found out. Extreme jealousy and possessiveness. An extra active libido. What more? “You are right. It will be much easier for me and yes, I am ready for all the changes that my body will undergo once my mate and I become intimate.” “You are not helping much right now.” I told her. “Sorry baby.” “That doesn’t help either. You know you have a new kind of work cut out for you now, right?” I asked her. She blinked in confusion. It was obvious but she didn’t get it. “You have to stop me from killing someone. Mariah is sharing a room with us, I might choke her to death if she t
Thalia “Are you thinking of sleeping with him before telling your brother?” I asked her. It took a moment for her to answer and I let her. “Actually, I thought of it but I won’t. My brother trusts me and I don’t want to break his trust. I will tell him first. No matter what he says, I won’t reject my mate.” I smiled at her proudly. “That’s good. Hold on to your man.” She smiled at me. “You should hold on to yours too. Call him, ask him if he wants you to come over to his hotel room.” She advised me. I shook my head. “No, I won’t. I am not that dick hungry.” I let out. She laughed. “You are very dick hungry, I told you that I could smell you, right? Right now, you are very much aroused by the idea of spending the night with him.” Wow, damn wolves! “You are right but I won’t give in! Let’s just go back, I am sure Emily will be waiting for us already.” I told her. “Are you sure? Don’t you have other questions? I can answer as much as I know.” She offered. I had
Cross “Why do we need to leave?” I asked him. The thought of leaving the school while knowing that that bastard was after my mate didn’t sit well with me. I hated it. “That’s what's best for her. It won’t take long for us to be linked to her.” “What does that even mean?” I asked him. I did my research before I took the job. If it was because of the no professor-student relationship then I don’t fucking care about that. I didn’t care before and I won’t care going forward. “I mean that if our relationship gets out, she will be expelled from the school and I don’t want that to happen.” He was talking crap. “That’s not going to happen!” “I wish it won’t but think about it! It’s not just one but two of us! Shifters are accepting but humans? They won’t! We don’t want her to end up sad, right? She really loves school and she has worked so hard to get this far. I don’t want us to ruin it for her.” I saw a lot of sense in what he said but that doesn’t mean I agree with it.
Cross “I am going to kill him. I swear on my life that I will kill him!” Lucas yelled on the phone. I couldn’t blame him. I felt the same too. I wanted to kill that bastard the moment I got the message from him. That bastard not only found out about Thalia but he has been following her for a while now and told me about it himself with picture proof. It wasn’t just a handful of photos that he sent. If it was, I wouldn’t have been so mad right now. He has been following her for a while now. Even before Lucas and I met her. I still couldn’t believe that bastard met my mate before I did and even talked to her. Thalia might not remember because he may have met her as a regular person but he did so and has been watching her for so long. I wouldn’t have believed his words if he hadn’t sent pictures of her from over a year ago. Just thinking about the conversation I had with him pissed me off so bad. I wanted to find him and murder him in cold blood. “You are not alone! I want to
Thalia “I can’t lie. Cross, I am scared. Honestly, I don’t know how to be calm and not anxious when someone out there is probably watching my every move. What if they find me when you aren’t there? It’s not like we are together every time, and it’s not like I can just stay home. I have school.” I told him, and he pulled me back into a hug.“Nothing is going to happen to you, Lia, I promise you. Don’t worry; I will take care of that bastard and make sure to put an end to the madness.” He assured me. I let out a deep sigh and snuggled closer to him. I just have to keep believing him and hoping that it will all end without me getting in trouble. After a while, we eased out of the hug, and only then did I remember that the other girls were in my room, and they probably heard our conversation. Not that I mind. “My friends are in my room. We are spending the night here.” I told him. he fixed my hair and nodded.“You go study, and I will take care of everything else.” He told me while
Thalia “Hey, did something happen?” I asked with concern. He didn’t respond immediately, just hugged me tighter until it got a little hard to breathe and I had to tap him. “I can’t breathe.” I managed to say and he let go immediately. He looked me over as if trying to make sure that I was okay. I smiled at him to ease his worry but he seemed even more worried. Something must have happened to make him so worried. “Are you okay?” He asked with so much concern lacing his voice. Yup, something definitely happened. “I am okay. Did something happen? Why are you so worried?” I asked him. He pulled me back into a hug. “Thank goodness,” He let out in relief. “Hmm. Why did you think something happened to me? I have been at the pack all afternoon and you told me that I am safe here.” I reminded him. He pulled out of the hug again and nodded. “You are safe here.” He assured me. “Okay, so why were you worried for me? You literally look like something big happened tha
Thalia “Yes, claim her. If he doesn’t, she might never know. Also, she has to be attracted to him too.” Those two are definitely attracted to each other. I literally see sparks flying around when they are in the room together. “You will see. I am betting money on the fact that they will get together.” I told her. She looked unconvinced. “I doubt it but let’s see how it goes. I really like her so I will definitely approve.” Emily called out to us again and We didn’t say anything else as we both made our way upstairs to the balcony outside my room where the other girls were already sitting and waiting for us. I realized that even though I have been here for about two weeks straight now since I returned from Lucas’s pack, I haven’t been into my room. I use Cross’s room and everything I need is there so I don’t even bother coming here. “You guys took forever to do the dishes.” Calista scolded us. I waved her off and sat next to Emily and turned on my laptop. Good thing I asked
Thalia “I am not tall enough.” I knew that wasn’t an excuse even before I said it out and Emily knew too. She eyed me. “Don’t piss me off,” She warned me in her motherly voice. I shook my head at her. Elena showed up just in time to save my ass from more talk and to eat. She sat down without asking questions. “Did you see your brother?” I asked her when I remembered the reason she had to go home first. “I did and he said to not worry and that he and the alpha will handle things.” She told me and started eating. She looked sad which made me worry for her but I didn’t ask any questions while she ate. “What happened at home? You don’t look okay.” I asked her when we started piling the dishes we used into the dishwasher while Emily and Calista went to up our reading spot. She forced a smile. I knew it was forced because her real smile was always more beautiful and carefree. “What happened? Did he not believe you?” I asked her. “No, he believed me. Someone else from th
Thalia “I told you before that he owns a booming business. They both do.” I told her again. she dropped her fork and widened her eyes. “I thought you were just saying.” “Girl, you literally searched for them, remember?” I reminded her. “Yeah, I did. Why did I forget that? anyway, you are one lucky girl. You are born into a rich family, got mated to two rich men and on top of that, you are a literal genius and a beauty goddess, honestly, I don’t know why you aren’t exploring your full potential. What’s stopping you? Remember that modelling job?” I rolled my eyes at her. now, she was back again with the same shit that I already told her that I wasn’t interested in. she wanted me to go into modelling. I asked why she didn’t and she said and I quote. “This is not about me, this is about you and using your beauty for the good of all.” as if that made any sense. It all started a month ago when I got stopped by a talent agency that wanted me to sign with them as one of their mod
Thalia “I am sorry,” I repeated when I finally found my voice. We hugged for a few seconds more before we broke apart and stared at each other. She cried. I could see the aftermath of tears in her eyes. I made her cry yet she didn’t not leave. “I couldn’t leave. I hate fighting with you but I couldn’t continue pretending that you weren’t hurting my feelings.” Emily told me. “I am sorry for how I have been acting. I promise that it won’t happen again. You were right, I need to work on my trust issues. It's not you. It’s me and I will work hard to become a better version of myself.” I promised her. “Thank goddess,” Elena said and we both turned to her. “Do you know that you both fighting will ruin the mood of our small friend group? Don’t do that again. I was gone only a few seconds and you guys broke up?” She let out and shook her head at us in disapproval. “Agree. One moment it was cool and the next moment, they both wanted to tear each other apart. I am just glad th
Thalia “It’s worrying because this is a no-drone area. No drone should be able to get close to the pack.” Now I was even more confused because I didn’t know there was something like that. She saw my confusion and explained. “Our packs, both the Silver-crust and the Rhae Blood Moon pack do not allow drones. We have an official permit from the government and all! Drones are not to be seen in the pack, especially around the woods, I don’t know what happened.” She explained, looking back the way she came from and looking up too as if looking for the drone that she had seen. I looked too but there was nothing. “I don’t know if it's a lost drone or if someone is deliberately sending drones in the direction of the pack to watch us.” Now it made sense. With everything that’s happening with the council, I hope it was a lost drone and not one sent to watch the pack. “I have to speak to the alpha and tell him what I saw.” Elena said in a hasty voice. She looked around again. I re