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 “You are a slut.” The tiny nagging voice in my head judged me. I lost count of how many times it has judged me in the past week. Not like I disagreed with her or anything. If I am being honest. I might be a slut. Yeah, why else would I have slept with two different men on two different nights within a week? Scrap that, within two nights! It still felt like a surreal experience for me and if I didn’t have the marks on the bridge between my neck and shoulder, I would have concluded that I dreamt it. “It wasn't a dream. It really happened.” I whispered as I put the finishing touches to my makeup. It was the first day of the new school year and honestly, I just want this year to run through so that I will be in my finals. I am so tired of school and just want to run away but I can’t do that. “You can’t afford to not graduate.” I told myself. If I ever don't graduate, I am damn sure my parents will disown me. They have been hinting at it for years now. The only thing still
Thalia I looked away and swallowed, trying to clear the lump that formed in my throat. Fucking hell, my new professor is one of my lovers. What in the world? I spared him a lot again and he was still looking directly at me. fuck, he remembers me. I looked away again and tried to get my heart to stop beating fast. I hoped to meet him again after the night we had but I never thought it would be like this. At my school. I didn’t want him to be my professor because that would make him off-limits. The school has a rule that students and professors can’t date as long as the student still attends classes within the school. I didn’t want him to be off-limit. Lucas. I finally know his name but at what cost? “Lia, the professor is talking to you.” I heard Emily whisper and I looked toward the front. He smiled and my heart skipped multiple beats. Holy fuck. This wasn’t part of my plan today. “I am sorry, sir, can you please repeat what you said? I was a little distracted.” Good, Thalia, g
Thalia “I am sorry sir,” I said, bowing my head. The last thing I want right now is to be in my new professor’s bad book. “See me in my office after class, Miss Thalia. Sit down.” “But sir,” I stopped whatever I was about to say and took my seat. Bloody hell, it wasn’t looking good for me. Maybe I should have stayed at home today. I made a mistake already and it was just the first day of the school year. I really can’t afford to be on a lecturer’s bad side. I don’t want a bad grade because of spite. I let out another sigh and listened as he introduced the course outline for the semester. Each time I look in his direction, I always catch him looking at me. “Maybe you are just paranoid.” The tiny voice in my head whispered. Maybe I was seeing things that weren't there. He might not even remember me. The thought of him not remembering me kind of made me feel sad but if he doesn’t remember me then why did he single me out? He didn't ask any other students to introduce themsel
Thalia “Please, please, please.” I pleaded, wishing for it all to be a dream. It would be better if the whole of today was some kind of dream. I don’t want the men to be off-limits. Not when I wanted a repeat of what happened. Not when my body craves to be touched and taken by them again. “Thalia? Are you okay?” He called my name out loud. Fuck, he remembers my name. But doesn’t he think the other student will find it weird that he knows my name when it was just his first day? Hell, I have better things to be worried about. “Steve drop your phone while I am talking.” He said before I could respond to his question. I realized that he didn’t actually remember my name, he just knew the names of the students in his class and probably their faces too since he could tell who Steve the Course rep was. “I am sorry sir,” Steve said out loud. “Thalia still looks out of it. I know that I am hot but you don’t have to look so taken by me.” My mouth opened and closed in shock. The class
Thalia I stood there for a moment wondering if I had imagined what I had seen in their eyes the seconds they turned to me. It was a split second but I was damn sure I saw their eyes lit up. Yes, their eye color was different. I was close enough to see it even though it disappeared in the next seconds. “Thalia,” Cross said my name. A shiver ran through my body. I tried to shake off the thought of their eye situation earlier. It might have been my eyes deceiving me. “I came to see Professor Lucas.” I managed to say. “Yes, come into my office.” He said and I was about to do that when Cross stopped me. “No, she can’t. I told you to see me in my office.” “Yes, But he asked for me first. I had his class this morning. Once I am done, I will come over to your office if you can point me in that direction.” I told him. It kind of felt weird to stand outside of my professor’s office, addressing the two of them as “Professors” when they both made me beg for more during our intense, stea
Thalia“The marks.” I whispered to myself, my fingers itching to reach and touch them. Fucking hell, it couldn’t be. No way I carry the marks of these men who might be beasts. Werewolves? Vampires? Which one could they even be? And since when did I start to believe that those things were real? No way.“What are you guys? Werewolves? Vampires?” I couldn’t help asking. They both looked at me and each other before Cross spoke.“Wolves.” I gasped and tried my best to stay put. Werewolves. I fucked two werewolves and now carry their marks. What the fuck did I get myself into? No, I refuse to believe it. There must be a mix-up somewhere, someone was playing tricks with me. “Yes, Lia, we are wolves and you are my mate.” Lucas told me.“No, she is my mate. I am not about to do this with you.” Cross fired at him and I watched as they both started going at each other while stood there, going over what they said multiple times, trying to make sure I didn’t hear wrongly. Mate?“What are you
Thalia“Don’t come any closer,” I whispered and moved backward. He stopped moving. At least he listened. The heat inside me grew even though he stopped coming towards me. Fucking hell, why do I have to react to him? To them? Why can’t I be immune to them? It would have been easier to tell them off.“You can tell them off regardless, just think about graduating.” Yeah, my inner voice was right. I just need to think about graduating and not getting expelled because the school found out I slept with not one but two professors.If that ever happens, my parents will disown me and remove my name from the family register faster than they ever responded to any of my distress calls or attended anything related to me.I took a deep breath and reminded myself that no man is worth giving up what I have worked so hard for. Not even if they are my two hot lovers.“You are not in the place of accepting or rejecting, sir. As far as I am concerned, you both are my professors and I would like for it
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“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“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 “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 “Were you waiting for me?” Lucas asked when he dropped me down. I glared at him for the question because what did he expect? “Sorry baby, I didn’t mean to keep you waiting. Let’s go inside.” He said, offering me his hand which I took even though I still glared at him for what he said before. “What did you expect me to do? Of course, I waited up! I have been waiting for you to come back all day.” I lamented. He stopped walking and looked at me. I made a face to show him how upset I had been. He ruffled my hair and I pouted in reaction. “Sorry baby. I had to take care of something at the company and couldn’t access my phone for hours. Since I was already on my way home, I didn’t think of calling. Next time I will call ahead.” He said apologetically. “You better! I was so close to calling my lover and having him steal me away,” I lied. “Lover? Who? That bastard?” I didn’t even think of Cross when I said lover. I just spoke without thinking but I nodded at
Thalia “When is he coming back?” I let out impatiently. I have had the urge to call him all afternoon but I resisted as much as I could because I didn’t want to come across to him as some kind of needy and desperate for attention kind of girl and I got through the first few hours after four o clock with the same mindset but now, it was way past nine pm and he still wasn’t back. Now, I don’t think I can hold on anymore without calling him to find out where he was and when he would be back. I had lunch on my own. I even made dinner hoping to share it with him but I ended up eating first because I wasn’t a fan of eating late. “Did he ditch me?” I let out. I know that’s not possible but it still didn’t stop me from thinking he did. He should have been back already. “You can just call him to find out where he was.” My inner voice advised. Yeah, I could call him but he could have called me to tell me that he won’t be home early or at least a text. Nothing from him since mo
Thalia “I trust you but if you need me, you know you can always talk to me, right?” I nodded and smiled. “I know. Thank you. I love you.” “You are declaring your love for me a lot more lately.” She observed. “Right. I should say it more.” “I love you too, Lia.” We talked some more and even planned our outfits for the trip. At some point, we added Elena who had been busy earlier to the call and we talked about other things. The call went on for about another hour before I hugged up and suddenly, I felt alone in the big house. I wandered downstairs to the kitchen and made a quick lunch for myself which I ate in the kitchen. I washed the dishes I used and returned to my room. I tried to study but I couldn’t focus. I kept thinking about last night and wishing for Lucas to come back already so that we could have a repeat. We might not be able to do anything in the next two days because of the trip. No way I would let myself near him with other students around to see us. I
Thalia “I don’t give a fuck about my family. And as for the guys, I just met them so I can’t love them more than I love you. I mean, I don’t think I love them. I do care for them but love? That’s too early. Don’t you think so?” I wasn’t even sure what I felt for them. It could be lust. Yeah, definitely lust. Look how happy I was after an erotic night with Lucas. Also, I was so offended and angry when Cross refused to touch me and then got mad at Lucas too for the same reason. Lust was definitely front, center, and back of our relationship right now. “It’s never too early. Love at first sight exists for a reason.” Love at first sight only happens in movies and books. Not in real life. Who would fall in love with a stranger on the first day? Definitely not me. “But you can sleep with a stranger on the first day? Make that first hour.” The voice in my head judged and I gracefully ignored her. “I don’t know, Em, I don’t think I am in love with them. At least not yet. How can I
Thalia “You know that you have been smiling like a fool for the past thirty minutes that we have been on this video call, right?” Emily called me out. I didn’t even try to deny it. I just smiled even more. I mean, I can’t stop myself from smiling when I feel so happy. This is the happiest I have been in a while and I had one hot man. No wolf, to thank for my current happiness. I smiled even more and could feel my cheeks heating up when I remembered last night and everything we did. Most importantly, this morning. I smiled at the memory of waking up to Lucas’s kisses and the slow, sweet, and tentative lovemaking that followed. The way he carried me to his restroom after and bathed both of us. The kisses he gave me before he left the house this morning. I don’t remember Monday being so lovely. I didn’t have any classes today so caught up on sleep and woke up to Emily’s call. We have been on video call for more than thirty minutes but I have barely said anything and couldn’t even