Lilac's P.O.V I entered class exactly a minute before the teacher did. Watching Serena and her goon's panicked expression as they shuffled through their books last minute, trying to figure out what even to write…? Best. Damn. Thing. Ever. The four of them, Serena, Aisha, and the terrible twins with an even more terrible choice of names given to them by their parents…Tiffany and Brittany, looked up from all the books scattered on their tables, panic prevalent in their faces and saw me walk in. The change of emotions was instantaneous. However, it was clear that not every one of them felt the same way towards me. While the other three girls looked relieved enough to pass out, Serena scrunched up the papers in her hand, a low growl escaping her lips as I saw her claws lengthen in her fingers. I shook my head and headed straight to my seat at the back of the class, pulling the earphones out of my ears so I could listen to the sound of their teeth grinding in a
Lilac's P.O.V I woke up with a sharp pain in my forehead. It took me a while to open my eyes because no matter how hard I tried…I just couldn't seem to do it. At first they seemed as heavy as lead, but the more I tried, the easier it got, until I was able to finally part them open little by little. I woke up to a dark, unfamiliar room, not understanding where I was or how I got here. However, there was no sense of danger to this place…yet. From what I could understand, I was at the school infirmary. And from the pain in my head…it appeared to be more of light concussion than anything serious. I was lying on one of the beds next to the wall, so there wasn't much light in this side of the room anyways and the curtains were drawn to keep visitors away…or to keep other students from seeing me and getting upset over getting treatment in the same room as the outcast. I tried to remember what had happened earlier, before I fainted. It was all a bit unclear and fo
Lilac's P.O.V "Are you feeling okay?" Liam looked up from his phone to look me up and down, his green eyes narrowing in on my pale face as I tried to lower my head to hide it. "You seem a little…off." "I don't know," I gave him a shrug. "This will be my first time falling off the stairs backwards." "Right." He put his phone back inside his pocket. "About that…I reported Serena to the Principal's office. I think they can't deny it after they look at CCTV, but I thought one complaint might make a difference." "You reported her?" I frowned. "Why?" "Why…shouldn't I?" Liam gave me a weird look. "She waited for you to come out of the teacher's room for nearly ten minutes and only when you were near the stairs did she suddenly loose her balance? That too taking you down in the process while she still stood on firm ground? That's not normal behavior." I stoppe
Lilac's P.O.V "So…you're saying that you didn't see what happened that day and you suspect it was an accident?" Principal Addison gave me a narrow eyed look through her glasses as she pulled up the CCTV footage from that day on her computer screen. "Even after watching the video?" "I..." I turned to look towards Serena, who was sitting next to her mother in a designer dress that probably coasted more than 15K total. She narrowed her eyes at me as well, just as Serena smirked. Shaking my head, I turned back to the Principal, completely ignoring, or tying to ignore the red eyed stare of Alpha Krimson who stood right next to her. "I honestly don't know. I went to the Staff room to help the teachers out with the assignment and while I was walking to my next class…the accident…happened." "Your friend, Liam Hunter, he reported that it might not actually be an 'accident'." I looked up at Alpha Krimson sharply, especiall
Lilac's P.O.V White shirt. Black pants. Black Apron. The most boring dress to wear at a million dollar party. But then again, I wasn't invited as a guest, was I? I was a mere server, grouped in with all the others at the Soup House to serve here at Krimson's lavish party while people came in one by one in glamorous tuxedos and bedazzled gowns, jewelry I've only dreamed of wearing before and shoes that could literally kill. While I stood behind the snacks counter, serving the guests and refilling the empty plates of condiments, one thing came to mind the most…why was I even here? Alpha Krimson had asked for the younger staff at the Soup House to be servers tonight for some extra cash. The only two younger staff were Hoji and Kaleb, both around twenty three year old men who just graduated college and are waiting to get appointed to their jobs. Well, Hoji is waiting on his appointment letter, but Kaleb is still trying to figure out what to do. But that
Lilac's P.O.V "Fuck! Seriously?" Liam cursed under his breath, loud enough that I could hear him. "What?" I asked him dumbfounded, not really aware of what just happened. "Well, either Krimson is acting like a jealous prick or he really wants to get you in trouble!" He sighed. "The guys that were just here at the counter? The ones I warned you about…well, those are the Alpha's. Elijah is the one wearing that ridiculous velvet red suit and best buddy in all brown is Killian." "Oh?" I looked across the room to find both Alpha's at an isolated corner of the room, talking to each other in hushed tones as if they were hatching some kind of conspiracy. Killian still seemed pleasant, but Alpha Elijah? No…there seemed something wrong with that man. As if noticing my stare, he looked up from his glass and his gaze met mine for a millisecond, but it was enough to give me the creeps. And Alpha Krimson had tagged them
Lilac's P.O.V Hope… It shouldn't even exist in my vocabulary. 'This is why strays shouldn't be picked up from the streets in the first place.' Krimson's words still rang out loud and clear in my mind, even though he hadn't said it loud enough for everyone to hear. But that didn't make a difference. It was clear enough for me. He could've said 'I hate your guts' in a thousand other languages and it wouldn't have hurt this much…not as much as those words had. Alpha Krimson knew exactly how to cross all boundaries. Knew exactly where to shoot so it hurt the most. I backed away from the crowd as Alpha Killian and Alpha Elijah followed Krimson out of the room, followed by Beta Luca. Now that the drama was done, people seemed to go back to their usual chatter, not caring that my world was just being ripped apart. I couldn't give voices to the screams inside my head; to the tumultuous racket inside my heart…the sound of it breaking into a millio
Krimson's P.O.V 'Send her to me so she can apologize! I don't understand how you can let such insolent people stay in your pack!' 'Aren't you showing too much interest in a server? We're hosting this party for business related purposes.' 'If you really want that land, Alpha Krimson, then have that insolent maid apologize. I do not believe in making deals with packs that don't respect me.' 'Go in, get on your hands and knees and apologize to Alpha Elijah!' The entire conversation with Elijah and Lilac played over and over in my head as I sat in my living room, unable to let it slide. It's true that I needed to get that piece of land from Elijah at any cost, because it would cement my control over all of Kansas, making me the only Alpha in the entire state, but I had never seen Elijah be this eager to get an apology from a servant. From what I'd heard…it was possible that Killian was his lover, and both of them were only in their mid-twenties, so they