when blood Awakens

Chapter Three – When Blood Awakens

The classroom was too quiet.Too still.

Lia knew something was wrong the moment she stepped through the school gates that morning. The air felt… heavy. Like a storm waiting to break.

“Mom, you’re squeezing my hand,” Ethan muttered.

Lia quickly let go. “Sorry.”

But her eyes stayed on them.

Both of them.

Elena walked calmly beside her, but her gaze kept drifting sharp, alert, like she was tracking something no one else could see.

Ethan, on the other hand, looked restless. His shoulders were tense, his jaw tight.

Lia’s chest tightened.

Not here… please not here.

Inside the classroom, things got worse.

“Sit still,” the teacher said, writing on the board.

Ethan’s pencil snapped in half.

He stared at it like he didn’t understand what just happened.

“I didn’t even press hard…” he whispered.

Across the room, Elena suddenly stiffened.

Her head tilted slightly.

Then

Her eyes darkened.

“Someone’s watching,” she said quietly.

A few students laughed nervously.

The teacher turned. “Elena, that’s enough

The lights flickered.

Once.

Twice.

Then went out completely.

The room dropped into darkness.

A low hum filled the air.

Ethan’s breathing became uneven. “I… I don’t feel right…”

Lia, who had just reached the hallway, froze.

Her heart slammed against her chest.

“No…”

She ran.

Back in the classroom

A desk scraped loudly across the floor without anyone touching it.

Students screamed.

“Everyone stay calm!” the teacher shouted, but her voice shook.

Ethan stood up suddenly, his chair crashing behind him.

“I can hear everything!” he yelled, clutching his head. “It’s too loud!”

His eyes flickered gold.

A low, unfamiliar growl escaped his throat.

Elena turned slowly toward him, completely calm… too calm.

“Don’t fight it,” she said softly.

The windows rattled violently.

Cracks spread across the glass.

“Ethan,” she continued, her voice almost… commanding, “you’re scaring them.”

That’s when it happened.

The window shattered.

Glass burst inward with a loud crash.

Students ducked and screamed.

The pressure in the room spiked thick, suffocating.

Like something powerful had just awakened.

Lia burst through the door just in time to see it.

Her children

Standing at the center of chaos.

Power rolling off them like a wave.

Her worst fear… right in front of her.

“STOP!!!!”

Her voice cut through the room.

Both twins froze instantly.

Ethan’s chest heaved as he looked at her, fear replacing the wild energy in his eyes.

“I didn’t mean to…” he said, his voice shaking.

Elena blinked slowly, her calm cracking for the first time.

“It’s getting stronger,” she whispered.

Lia rushed forward, pulling them both close.

Her heart was racing so fast it hurt.

“It’s okay,” she said quickly, even though panic was rising inside her. “It’s okay… I’ve got you.”

But she knew the truth.

This wasn’t okay.

Not anymore.

Outside, a small crowd had already gathered.

Whispers spread like wildfire.

“Did you see that?”

“That wasn’t normal…”

“Those kids..

One man stood at the edge of the crowd, silent.

Watching.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Then he turned away, pulling out his phone.

“I found them,” he said quietly.

Miles away…

Alpha Liam stopped mid-step.

His entire body went still.

Then

A slow, dangerous smile spread across his face.

“There you are…”

His eyes darkened, something possessive and intense rising to the surface.

“Prepare the car,” he ordered coldly. “We’re leaving.”

Back at the school, Lia held her children tightly, but her hands were trembling now.

Not just from fear.

From something deeper.

Something she had been running from for five years.

“He knows…” she whispered under her breath.

The twins looked up at her.

“Who?” Ethan asked.

Lia closed her eyes briefly.

Then opened them filled with dread.

“Your father.”