Gone

Seana

I was still shaken by the way I reacted when I saw Ray-khan. Heck, how is that even Ray-khan?! He looks so…mature that no one would know he'd just turned twenty! Yes, he's handsome and everything, but couldn't I have been subtle? And what was that scent of his anyway?

Amid my meltdown, I heard others getting up from their seats ready for the next class, so I started to leave. The hallway was so packed but everyone or almost everyone seemed to be heading to the cafeteria. I wanted to pull out my phone to check what the time was, but then I realized that I had submitted my phone to the receptionist lady.

“ Hey!” I heard someone say, startling me.

“ I'm Vena! Vena Vandough” Said a very adorable-looking girl. She was so cute that I tried to resist the urge to hug her, she was still a total stranger. Her eyes were cat-like and big, she also had this really cute button nose and her cheeks were so red, but I had a feeling it was always like that.

“ Hi…you're cute,” I blabbed, and she just sighed.

“ I know, can you not remind me that I look like a kid?” She said with a sigh.

“ Anyway, I heard you're new here, but I couldn't help but show you around a bit. Especially after THAT encounter you had with Ray-khan. I'm pretty sure you'll need my help with what's to come.”

“ What is to come?”

“ Hmm…just the usual. Sara and Noelle are going to threaten you to stay away from Ray-khan since you're so…”

“ So what? I'm so what?” I said, wondering what Ray-khan must think of me.

“ Hot” Vena responded with a smirk and I sighed, laughing awkwardly afterward.

“ You think I'm hot?”

“ Come on, you are hot. Look at all this!” She said, motioning at my curves.

“ Thanks,” I said, giggling like an idiot.

“ Anyway, there's that and also the fact that everyone already knows you. So you might want to watch out for Keith, Nick and Terry. They may seem sweet, but they are actually players, so don't even fall for either of them.” She said as we went to the cafeteria.

When we got there, we sat alone at our table. Everyone seemed to already have their clique, and I was just glad I didn't have a clique. That's just too much work.

“ So what about you, Vena? Where are your friends?” I asked and her smile disappeared.

"No...no friends in particular, but I talk to everyone. I promise I'm not a loser or anything," she said with a smile.

As I was about to ask about her family, that scent swept me off of my feet again. It was so enchanting and seductive, it was a man's scent. I turned around, searching viciously for who had that scent, and when I found him…my excitement died.

It was Ray-khan, and he was with Sara, who was all over him. No doubt nagging about what she had heard earlier.

“ She's definitely nagging about him going to Mystik pack to find his mate,” Vena said, as though she had read my mind.

“ How do you know that?” I asked, genuinely surprised that she knew too.

“ Well, news about Ray-khan spreads fast. I mean look at him, he's only twenty, but he's so buff, he's tall, his eyes are so sexy, and his lips…”

Immediately she mentioned his lips, I stared at them and thought of so many unholy things all at once. But I quickly stopped and looked away from him and continued listening to Vena.

“. .and I need to get his hair care routine too ‘cause it’s just so beautiful,” she was saying,“ it's a shame all that is going to waste on a girl from Mystik pack.”

“ But why do you think he's angry though?” I asked, watching as he removed his hair from his face angrily, but even that was beautiful to watch.

“ Why else would he be angry? He probably was wrong about having a mate there since he came back without her,” she responded while I nodded my head absentmindedly.

I gasped when his eyes met mine and quickly turned away. At that moment, all I could think about was why this was happening to me. Sure, I admired Ray-khan from the start. I had always heard so many amazing things about him, but I didn't foresee having a crush on him.

I mean, is that what this is? A crush? What I feel is way worse than this. His scent is driving me out of my mind, the sound of his baritone voice when he speaks is just so enchanting and whenever I hear girls giggling and thirsting over him, it aggravates me so much that I have to restrain myself from ripping off their limbs.

There's no way this is just a crush, there's just no way. Something is happening to me and I better -

" Hey Bloom pack girl," someone said, pulling me out of my thoughts. It was Terry, and he was sitting at the table where Vena and I sat.

" Why don't you come join us over there," he asked with a smile I knew was meant to charm me into doing as he wanted. That may have worked if it was Ray-khan doing that to me, but it isn't. He seemed so disgusted with me earlier.

" I don't want to go without Vena," I said with a frown still on my face.

" Come on, you only just met her."

" You do realize that I can hear you right Terry?" Vena said, while he just scoffed.

" Fine...you two should come. Besides, he keeps staring at you. I'm sure he wants you to come over, but he's too damn proud to say anything." Terry said with a smirk as he looked at me.

I turned around and true to his word, Ray-khan was staring at me, but it was more of a glare. As if he was daring me to come, but there was something sinister about the way he looked at me.

" Thanks, Terry, I'm good," I said after a while, but Terry grabbed me by my hand and started heading towards their table. The second Ray-khan saw us, he got up and left.

The whole time I was so angry, I couldn't understand why he was acting that way to me. Yes, I bumped into him and I almost touched him - or maybe I did touch him, but that's not enough reason for him to act like I have a plague!

I've never been so bothered by anyone not liking me before in my entire life. I've never cared about it. Now it just drives me crazy how he treats me.

" I need to pee," I said abruptly before I freed myself from Terry and headed straight for my room. I didn't want to deal with Ray-khan's bullshit anymore. I'll just go to my room and chill out.

I was quite lost in thought, and I was walking so fast that I almost tripped, but luckily I didn't. There was someone who was standing in front of me. I was just going to walk right past, but then I realized who it was.

" What the fuck is your problem? Are you following me?" He asked as he raised one of his brows in a manner that made me so mad. I really wanted to say a few nasty things to him, but he was revered around here. Doing that would lead to a very horrible semester for me.

" No. I just want to go..." I stopped what I was saying when I realized that I was not in the right place. I was in the boys' dorm!

" I...this was a mistake. I was going to the girls' dorm, I swear" I said, but he just scoffed.

" You must be the worst so far. I have no idea how you made it this far, but if you don't stop following me, I'll make your life miserable" he said through his teeth as he looked me up and down like I was nothing.

" Oh come on, don't be mean to the pretty girl," another guy said, but he looked like a creep and the fact that very few people were in their dorms made me scared. Who would help me if this weirdo tries to do anything... weird?

"Pretty..." he said, as if he was just realizing that I was pretty," Just leave this dorm. There's just something about you that I can't stand - so just do me a favor and never let me see your face," he said so coldly.

I gulped and shut my eyes because I could feel my blood boiling. If I don't control myself, something terrible will happen, and I will be sent away. I may never learn to get my powers back.

" Sure. Thank you," I said with a forced smile before I willed myself to leave. But I had barely gotten to the stairs when someone pulled me back, and I swear I was going to scream, but his scent consumed me. He was so close to me, there was barely any space between us, and all I could hear was the sound of his heart and my heart beating so loudly.

For a second his eyes did not seethe with disgust like they used to, it was as if he wanted me, as if he wanted to... claim me. But how could he? We aren't mates.

Still, we were so close that I felt his lips brush against mine. It was slight, but it was enough to make my wolf lose control for the first time since I lost my powers. But he was fighting back, it was as if he didn't want to kiss me, so I took a bold step and stood on my toes to kiss him, but we heard someone's voice, and just like that, he was gone.