All Chapters of Winter: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

After spending the rest of the week at the museum, I finished off the ten scrolls that the excavation team had provided. Carrie sent in a request for more to be provided but in the meantime, I had extra time on my hand. Ava and I hung out on Saturday but we were still unable to even brush up against each other without me feeling like I was being stabbed. We decided to keep it simple with a movie and then dinner.Ava did say that she spoke to her Alpha. He was busy this week and the next but agreed to see me the week after. I was glad since I would like to know what the hell was going on. Ava also had a a few of her pack members at school and we confirmed it was any wolves that elicited that reaction. All of them were unmated, Onan pointed out as well but Ava said she didn’t know anyone mated that was going to college. However, humans did not elicit the same pain. Which seemed odd but everything about this whole situation was odd.Since the new scrolls still hadn&

Alpha Chester ended up leaving a few minutes after that. However, he did say that I wouldn’t be seeing Ava tomorrow. That, until I had either marked or accepted my mate, he couldn’t allow Ava to see me. It was understandable. While we were friends, we had a physical history. It was painful to even touch her but technically, since I wasn’t mated, there was still the chance we could be intimate.He also wanted to put some distance between us since he said that despite her best efforts, she did have more feelings for me than I did for her. Which he confirmed with me as well. It was hard to hear, and I didn’t think that our relationship had shifted past what some would consider friends with benefits. If I was hurting her chances of being with her mate, all the while messing up my own mate bond, I couldn’t argue with his decision.After he left, a few of the pack nurses and a doctor went through their checks before giving me something

I was sitting in the airport, with Ember next to me, reading a book. Our flight would be leaving in two hours at 12:30 p.m. From there, we would get to the major city near the pack at 9:00 p.m. on the same day. Due to the time change, I’d be leaving on Friday and getting there on Friday. There was still the three hour drive North but Ember had her car parked at the airport so we wouldn’t need to pay for a ride-share.In total, it was about a fifteen hour flight including the layover. I also personally wouldn’t have paid for First Class, the lounge was were now enjoying was for those who were privileged enough to drop that kind of money on one flight. However, Damian was paying and as Ember put it, he wouldn’t let her fly any way but in comfort. Especially when he wasn’t able to go with her.Pulling up my phone, I dialed the number I was most dreading to talk, though not the end of my list. It picked up after a single ring and the

*** Winter’s POV ***  “Winter!”The pencil in my hand slipped and made a long mark across my page. Looking up, I had hoped I didn’t hear Caleb yelling my name. I’d already been relegated to my room tonight without dinner. There wasn’t anything else I could do or did do at this point.“Winter! Get down here now!”I winced again. Slowly getting up out of my chair, I opened up my door. Rebecca was leaning against her doorframe, smirking. Caleb must have come home a little while ago. He was late again tonight and it was already eight in the evening. Stepping timidly down the stairs, I stopped at the bottom.Gamma Maddox was grinning like an idiot whereas Caleb looked absolutely livid. Hannah had her arms crossed over her chest, looking annoyed. Gamma bounded over to me and ruffled my head. The tension was so thick that I couldn’t

The week only got weirder from there. On Wednesday, there was about a fourth of the students missing. At least for high school. Parents were keeping them at home while other students seemed to be more on edge too. Krista’s parents even wanted her to say home but she refused. Instead, her dad and Dee drove her to and from school.Thursday, a third of the students were missing and by Friday we were down to half. Coach Graves wasn’t even pretending to teach class. There were only nine of us left in his class out of a class of twenty. He kept us in the gym but let us mull around more than usual.I was glad because I wasn’t really feeling up to anything. The stress was starting to get to me even though the elephant on my chest seemed to ease just a bit for right now. I could also take a full deep breath which seemed like a luxury now. Instead, I was hunched over my notes for Biology.Monday would be a half-day for the seniors before midterms started on Tuesday. My fi