21. I'll Make Your Life Hell, Mate. Aria's POV As soon as I stepped into the kitchen, I heaved a sigh of relief. Noah's appearance sucked the life out of me. I really thought he was here to hurt me. The looks on his face are rotating across my vision. He made me feel like those cunning she-wolves who cheat on their mates. I am not like that though. But how do I explain this to Noah? Above all, his attempts at making me look bad in my father's eyes warn me to stay away from him. He is heartbroken?! I don't know, but it really felt like he was worried. A hard punch of mockery lodged itself into my stomach. Exactly who am I trying to fool? There is no one who worries for me. I am just someone people like to trouble. There is hardly any chance that Noah would feel anything for me. Worst of all, he thinks I am Jake's girlfriend. He hates Jake. His hatred toward Jake is shifting towards me as well. How am I going to deal with him at school now that he is back! I picked out the t
22. I Hate You Crowd gathered around the two gangs. To think of it, one was the future alpha and the other his beta-to-be. Aria tightened her grip around the straps of her bag as she observed the number of accomplices each of them had. There were Dilane, Kai, Neil, Zack and Oliver supporting Jake. It was an amusing sight to see them all dressed in black. As if they were following a dress code. Upon milky tee shirts they had sexy black color varsity jackets put on. Towards the left hand side, just above their hearts, the initials of their names were engraved in pure white. Their postures were bordered with exasperation. They were impatient and so ready for a physical collision. One wrong move made by the opponent and they would pound on them. It emitted from their eyes that they wanted to get into a physical fight. Every wolf did. There was a famous saying that said, 'A wolf is only regarded as a wolf if he rips a couple of throats and bathes in blood once in his lifetime.' And eve
23. Enemies put together In the ongoing class, Jake drew random patterns on one of the clean papers of his notebook. Aria's words moved like a whirlwind in his mind. He anticipated anything but that statement coming out of her mouth. "Hey! Where are you lost, bro?" Kai was sitting next to him in the class in the very back. These guys had their permanent places in each of their classes-- that is toward the very end of the room just by the wall. Not that the teachers minded it. As long as the gang of these mischievous guys was quiet, they could sit just about anywhere in the classroom. "Nothing, just thinking about Aria." Jake replied on the mind link. Kai gazed in front of the classroom at Noah, who was in the third seat. He was engrossed in the class. This was the only class that Jake and Noah shared together. But thankfully Kai was here as well, and he was relieved after what transpired on the campus. The guys were minding their own businesses rather than picking up on each oth
24. Chased by the alpha Geography was the only subject that Aria enjoyed even though the teacher was as slow and boring as a snail. Only Ten... At the most, fifteen students out of fifty from her batch attended his lecture. Others abhorred Professor A. Stronghold but Aria loved him. His lecture was the only peaceful lecture that kept her away from awkwardness and fear. In this particular class she felt confident and aware of her potential. The bullies from the school aka Jake's friend did not attend his class for other reasons as well. Because geography here did not mean learning about the world and distribution of boundaries of the countries, various places and their respective environments. The geography in the wolf world was different. Here, the students didn't not learn about the countries. Rather they were made cognizant of packs distributed around the world and their respective culture and traditions. Rather than the climate of the places, the geography in the wolf world taug
25. Your arch enemy is my mate! No one ever talked to him like that. She may have breathed the truth behind his impulsive act from yesterday but she was no one to talk with him like that. "I committed a mistake and I take full responsibility for it. I know I have a history with Noah and I didn't like to see you with him, but don't act as if I am the guilty one here. You are as much at fault as I am. I did like you and I still do which is why I am standing here but your reluctance and sudden closeness with Noah... It was too much to bear." The air around them throbbed in tension. For a fluttering moment, Aria's heart thumped as she reviewed his words. Did he really? A deep look in his eyes and she realized he was not lying. He had stiffness playing along his hard gaze. Aria felt her confidence begin to crumble. She didn't know whether to trust him or shove him away. His gaze suddenly softened and he took her hand, "Look, I know I am wrong here and I will do anything you want me
26. Accident Aria entered the class right in time. The desks were hardly taken over and she could choose her place in the back of the class where no one would notice her. Although she wondered why Jake was not here already given his rushed escape, she pushed him in the distant corner of her mind as she had better things to undertake at the moment. One such thing was a perfect place to sit in this class that was going to turn into an abyss, containing little mischievous devils after a quarter hour. She being the shy type wanted to stay far away from them, hence a far away and comfortable place where she didn't catch anyone's eye was what she wished to find. She was thinking whether to sit in the left corner seat by the wall or in the right, which offered a verdant view of a variety of trees that stood gloriously on the campus ground. Her heart was still at unease and the heavy feeling in her stomach made it difficult to come to a conclusion. Thus, she remained there by the threshold
27. War for the omega "Aria!" Jake stormed inside the medical room upon the doctor tending her head.A cotton ball was being patted on the inflated gash on the left corner of her forehead. Noah was there beside her, holding her by the shoulders as the doctor cleaned the cut. " Aria, are you alright?" Jake had the very intention to haul Noah out of the medical room and break every freaking bone in his body. But his heart rose in his throat as soon as his gaze found Aria's weak body on one of the beds. She was in a dizzy state. Her lashes barely open. They faltered as she tried to figure who was calling her and a shade of white whipped into her cheeks, making her look pallor that set Jake's heart at fast and unsettling motion. "Aria, can you hear me?" Jake stopped on this side of the bed-- standing right across from Noah.He cast him a glare eclipsed with pure indignation and bent down to replace Noah's hands around her shoulders. He knew this was not his right. He knew he didn't ha
28. Cherish her! When Jake regained his senses, he found himself in a room painted white from the floor to ceiling. It was robbed of Windows. Just plain boring walls with no hint of spot on it. He didn't have to know where he was because he had been a guest into this room three times before as well. The Power Detention Room. Mischievous students like him were often brought here into detention to discipline them. This room was made with such technology that no powers worked here. Hence, no matter how much they forced their bodies, they couldn't shift here. Another downside of the Power detention room was that a pupil was locked in the room for hours until they accepted their mistakes and promised to never break the school rules. Anyway, Jake pressed a hand on his neck to control the stinging pain. He recalled the doctor thanking his assistant, Ms. Nixon, for injecting Jake with depression since he refused to come under control. "That cunning woman, I will not lea-- what the hell,"
119Aria's POVAfter leaving my house and Kai and Daisy in it, I rushed into a dark alley to cry my heart out. I was in pain I couldn't narrate. My heart was hurting from Jake's ignorance while my body vibrated from the after-effects of my mate's force used on me. My life went from bright to dark overnight. I was made to pay for a mistake I didn't even commit. My wolf was howling for respite. We both needed some rest. All these hours we tolerated since the morning has taken a toll on her. However, we refused to relax. Not now. Not when our eyes were blazing with the fire of revenge. Melody and I have vowed to not sit quiet until we settled scores with Noah Rhodes. That bastard caught us off guard. He attacked me when I was not prepared. But now my veins were fueled with aggression, my limbs aching to fight back. My mind was compelling me to use all the tricks I have learned from my father through intense training. I moved in the darkness as I made my way to Noah's house in search
117"How dare you play such a trick on me?" Noah's voice bounced off the walls. He picked up Aria from over the broken bed and clutched her hair tightly, making her wail. He pulled them in a merciless joke as his canines surfaced. His muscles convulsed in fury as he brought his face closer to Aria, "It was Jake's idea, wasn't it? He asked you to do this to trouble me.""Aah!" Aria's body was a huge ball of pain. She tapped on his wrist so he would let go. Alas, enraged like an uncontrollable bull, Noah tossed her across the room again. Aria fell on her weak study table, crushing it under her. She hissed with thick tears streaming out of her eyes as a pointed piece of wood pierce her inner thigh. Noah didn't show any pity as he raised her by her hair again. Her scalp ached as a thousands brightly blinking stars burst across her vision. "I detest Moon goddess for mating me with a gold digging whóre like you. You are despicable and..." His words faded out as Aria's senses spun into
116Aria walked on the quiet road on light feet. She was feeling cold and had to wrap her arms around herself. The winds were piercing into her skin and the dust it carried swirled around her. She shuffled her feet ahead with teary eyes as she wondered where to go.She just returned from the club she heard the girls mention in the library. It turned out that Jake left an hour before she reached there. Then she went to his home, the alpha mansion. Unfortunately, there were a dozen expensive cars lining outside the mansion. The alpha probably had visitors, and thus she couldn't gather up the courage to walk into that house while powerful people occupied it.There could be one, if not all, disliking her father. She was too frightened to appear in front of any such person who could take a dig at her to humiliate the most feared hunter in the pack. That being said, she left without meeting Jake.Now as she started her walk to nowhere, she reminiscenced the times she spent with Jake. He had
115. Truth out in front of Daisy "I hate her for hurting Lana, Kai. I will never forgive her."She banded her hands around his waist stiffly and wailed. "She not only cheated on Jake and my sister but on me too. I trusted and loved her just like Lana. Why did she have to do that? She was very well versed with the fact that Noah was dating my sister. But she still kissed him." Kai chewed the inside of his cheek agitatedly. He wished to tell her about Noah and Aria being each other's mate but he bit it down. It wasn't his place to tell her. But he definitely needed to make her see some sense and not entirely blame Aria for the kiss. "Do you realize this wouldn't have happened if Aria didn't go to the old age home with you?" "What are you insinuating, Kai Sinclair? Do you want to say that I influenced Aria to do that." Daisy's voice hardened ruthlessly. "All I'm saying is that Aria isn't the only one who you should condemn. Noah is equally—" "What's wrong with you, Kai?" Daisy pus
114. No more friends from now on! Aria tried to rein in her breaths after coming to the sports ground. She held onto the railing around the sitting area and pressed her lips together. Her body wasn't helping her. She sat down in the stand and buried her face in her hands. 'Aria, you are making it more difficult for us. Do you know that?' Melody whispered in a heavy voice. As a wolf, things were already messed up for her. Her mate didn't want her. He was dating and making out with another she-wolf in the name of punishing Aria and her. There was Jake to care for them and help them get back at the fucker. But right now he was also mourning for betrayal Aria never meant to commit. It wasn't entirely a betrayal. She was forced to kiss. There were no sparks and most importantly it disgusted them both. "I can't put their words in the back of my mind, Melody. My heart is squeezing. I don't know what to feel." Aria breathed ruggedly. The sky was a deep, foreboding gray, with clouds that
113. He's hurt Aria appraised them closely. Their dresses caught the light in the library, specifying they've never been off the racks of their wardrobes before this. Their hair done flawlessly in parlours and their nails painted and shaped in different ways.One of the three girls, dressed in a yellow dress, scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Aria's finally getting exposed for the trash she is. That photo of her kissing Noah had left me motionless for long minutes. How could she do that?""You're right. I was in the middle of getting my eyebrows done when that photo came. Ugh, that girl's a disgusting, manipulative liar. She thinks she's so perfect with her fake smile and her 'oh, I'm so in love with Jake' act." The second girl on the table who had the longest and pointed nails spoke with contempt. Aria moved back into the shadows behind the shelves after hearing that. She felt a jab of pain in her heart for being called a manipulative liar too. 'Don't, Aria. You just promised me that
112. Craving for Jake Aria was clueless. Her mind was a maze covered with fog and her heart running wildly like an out of control stallion in her chest. She blinked her lashes to clean the mist of tears, except the burn remained. It made the back of her eyes throb while her throat became thick.She was unable to breath, her skin growing hotter and hotter, the rush of adrenaline becoming intense. She tried not to hyperventilate but the event that just transpired, the pushes she tolerated, the malice she detected in her one and only best friend's eyes along with the condemnation she saw in Kai's expressions, it was difficult not to.Aria walked on light feet, too afraid to make a noise. Her heart throbbed everywhere in her body. Her fingers twitched and her toes curled in her shoes. She took small and unnoticeable steps towards the library while she attempted to walk by the wall to avoid curious eyes. She was majorly on the receiving end of hostility at the moment. But her luck gave h
111. Go away, Aria! "K-kai," Aria blinked her teary eyes as relief washed over her.Kai was Jake's best friend. As much as he was faithful to Jake, he respected her. Aria had this feeling that Kai would hold her trembling frame— like the nice guy and good friend that he was— and wipe her tears.Unfortunately, the moment she rushed towards him on her shivery legs, he bared his canines for her to see as his warning."K-kai?" Aria experienced a brief moment of cardiac arrest, watching Kai give her that look.He sized her up with eyes clouded with anger and drawled grimly, "I am ashamed of myself for liking you, Aria. How could you do this?"Aria fought to breathe. Dragging in a series of sharp, gasping breaths as she struggled to maintain eye contact. The world around her has turned to a blank space. She saw nothing. She noticed nothing. She could hear nothing except for Kai's angry heartbeats and his breaths coming out heavily as he struggled to keep his fury in control. "Jake loved y
110. Go back to dirt Aria came back home. She realized that she was all sweaty and jittery the minute she sat down on the couch in the living room. Her face was scorching from Noah's touch, her lips bleeding from too much biting.To say he was her mate, but nothing about the kiss made her stomach drop. It only distressed her. It felt like hot, hot boiling water was poured on her.Getting up, she quickly darted inside the restroom and removed her clothes. She stood under the cold water and put her hands on the wall of tiles as she slumped her head, breathing ruggedly.She felt disgusted. Her lips felt violated. Tremors billowed up her spine as Aria vigorously rubbed her lips to wash the touch of Noah's lips.It felt like she cheated on Jake, and the feeling pressed down on her.Aria came out and put on Jake's tee that he happily gave to her. Like those girlfriends who relished wearing their boyfriend's t-shirts as night dress in novels, Aria wanted to recreate it. Thus she requested