Chapter Four

“Wake up!” Lisanna shouted in Cassandra’s ear. Cassandra awoke with a jolt, causing her head to hit the wall. 

“Shit,” Cassandra cursed while rubbing her head. She glared at Lisanna who was laughing on the corner while clutching her stomach. 

“You should have seen your face! It was priceless,” Lisanna said and giggled. Cassandra rolled her eyes at her and grabbed the towel hanging on the chair. “You should prepare, Cassy. Abby was already in the cafeteria,” Lisanna added. Cassandra nodded her head and went to the bathroom.

“Crazy dorm mates,” she muttered while turning the shower dial. Cassandra removed all of her clothes and let the lukewarm water ran through her body. After what happened yesterday at the cafeteria, Lisanna and Cassandra decided to go back to their room. They stayed inside waiting for further announcements. 

Cassandra opened her eyes and turned the shower off after washing her body. She took her towel and dried herself. Cassandra went out of the bathroom and saw Lisanna lying on her bed. 

“You won’t come?” Cassandra asked while picking clothes. She chose a pair of jeans and a jersey baseball shirt given by her twin brother.

“No, I’m going back to sleep. My class was scheduled in the afternoon,” Lisanna answered back and covered her face with a pillow. As far as Cassandra knew, Lisanna and Abegail were in the same grade as her, but they’re the first batch to arrive in Academia, making them ahead of her in classes. 

“Okay then, I’m off,” she said. Lisanna waved her hands. Cassandra closed the door behind her and went to the cafeteria. She quickly saw Abegail sitting on the table where they sat yesterday with her food. Cassandra ordered some for herself and went to Abegail.

“You are early today,” Cassandra said and started eating. 

“You too,” Abegail said and smiled. Cassandra shrugged her shoulders. The two ate their breakfast in silence while watching every student inside. Abegail fixed her clothes and finished the remaining blood on the bag.

“Do you want me to accompany you to your room?” Abegail offered but Candice shook her head.

“Thank you but no. I can handle this. You can go now, you might be late because of me,” Cassandra said and chuckled. She didn’t take Abegail’s offer as she wanted to explore the campus by herself while searching for her classroom.

“Are you sure?” Abegail asked and eyed her carefully. Cassandra thumbs up and smiled at her. Abegail heaved a sighed and swing her bag. “Okay, then. See you later, Cassy,” she said and left. Cassandra waved her hand and when Abegail disappeared from her sight, she continued to walk on her own. 

“First class is history, great,” Cassandra muttered sarcastically while looking at the schedule she has in her hand. The history class was in room P67.

“Finally!” Casandra happily said upon finding the room. She looked at her wristwatch and groaned. She was late for seven minutes because she was lost on her way. Cassandra knocked on the door and slowly push it open. A man approached him.

“You are the new student, right? I'm Thorin Stone, your history professor. Please introduce yourself," Thorin kindly said and smiled. Cassandra nervously smiled back at him and went to the center. As she looked around the classroom, she noticed that there were only a few students in the class. Cassandra cleared her throat and proudly held her head high.

“Cassandra Louise Reese of the Blue Moon pack,” she said. Thorin looked at her, waiting for her to add information about herself, but Cassandra just sheepishly smiled. Thorin sighed and nodded his head. 

“That seat is taken,” a boy said. He was deliberately preventing Cassandra on the chair she chose after she finished introducing herself.

“There’s no one here,” Cassandra said. The boy glared at her. Cassandra pursed her lips thinking what she has done to anger the boy.

“That’s First’s seat,” he said. Cassandra shrugged her shoulder and went to sit on another chair. As much as possible, Cassandra wanted to avoid the unnecessary issue. Thorin looked at his students and resumed the class.

“So we already discussed King Sephlius lineage, today we are going to discuss the war of the supernatural happened hundreds of years ago,” Thorin said, holding his book. “How did it happen and who's the mastermind behind the war,” he added. The topic caught Cassandra's attention. She knew about the war and read some of the books about it, but it doesn’t contain enough information. 

"Lamia demigod; a last of her kind vowed to protect a powerful stone that holds magic. She protects the balance of the supernatural world. She lives in the cave in the Southern part of the Amorthon Kingdom of Wolves,” Thorin paused and when he saw his student’s reaction, he smiled. They eagerly listened to Thorin speak about it. History may be a boring subject, but the war of the supernatural was an interesting topic.

“Ikrur a powerful and deceiving demon found out about the stone and plans to steal it. Ikrur devises a plan, an evil one. He kidnapped the Hildegarde, she's Urien's wife of the vampire clan. Ikrur told Urien about stealing a magical stone in exchange for his lovely wife. Urien was worried about Hildegarde's safety so he stole the stone from Lamia.”

"Lamia instantly seeks help from the Amorthon Kingdom of Wolves. The first King of the wolves, King Quillard, and his queen, Vivianne promised to help Lamia,” Thorin said. Cassandra was truly amazed at how the professor delivered the facts of the war that others couldn’t manage. This is what Academia does.

“King Quillard then sought his friends, Cirrus Redfrost, a faerie king, Evras and Xovia, the witch couple, to help Lamia restore the balance,” Thorin paused and moved the paged of the book. 

“They knew Urien is not that kind of man. Even if the vampires are aloof to the other races, they still respected Urien. They thought something was wrong and decided to visit their Kingdom. They began to question Urien, but he went crazy and stabbed Queen Vivianne who died instantly," Thorin added.

“King Quillard was furious. Grieving for his lost mate, he commanded Evras and Xovia to summon the powerful armies. Ikrur on the other hand was enjoying the destruction he made and summoned the ghouls, trolls, ogres, demons, and vampires under the influence of his power,” Thorin said. This event caused the wolves to be hostile around the vampires. The death of the Queen left them scarred. 

“The war lasted for about eight long years. King Quillard finally killed Ikrur and found out the truth. Urien was possessed at that time and killed Queen Vivianne. And Hildegarde? They never found out what happened to Urien's wife, it was still a mystery. Some said Ikrur killed her and fed to the hideous ghouls, but others said he hid Hildegarde so that no one will ever see her," Thorin ended. The whole class was silent. Thorin couldn’t blame them. After the war of supernatural, another series of war orchestrated by vampires followed.

“Still, werewolves are disgusting animals,” a vampire girl said out of nowhere. Cassandra stiffened, ready to pounce at the girl.

"Hah! Vampires are leeches," the boy at the back retorted. Professor Thorin Stone chuckled and put the book down on the table.

“Stop it guys!” Thorin ordered. The buzzing sounds stopped. “Because of the war happened, it created a rupture between two race. Now, we had a council that will guide us,” Thorin added with a smile. The class ended with Thorin giving home works to the students. Cassandra left the room and went to the cafeteria. 

“Cassy!” Lisanna shouted and waved her hand. Cassandra instantly saw them and went to the table bringing the food with her. 

“He's here,” Abby quietly whispered, her hands were shaking in fear. Lisanna dropped her bread and paled.

“I thought he will arrive tomorrow?” Lisanna asked. 

“What are you—” Cassandra cut her sentence when the weirdest thing happened. “Do you smell that?” she asked. 

“What? We don’t. Cassy, please lower your gaze. Joana will see us," Lisanna nervously answered. It hit Cassandra’s nostrils, the smell of cinnamon mixed with woods. She sniffed the air once again, finding the source of the smell. It was a soothing yet delicious kind of smell. Cassandra doesn’t care if that group will notice her as long as she finds the source of the delicious intoxicating smell. Then the most handsome man on earth walked into the cafeteria. Cassandra suddenly froze and nearly fainted when her wolf spoke the two dreaded words she wished she didn’t hear.

“Mate! Mine!”