First Day At School

~Davina~

Wolf Academy was nothing like I had imagined. Absolutely nothing close. I’ve heard of users, every wolf has an ability attached to them from birth and sealed away till there is something strong enough to break it.

“Don’t be nervous,” Tony, my personal driver, said softly in an attempt to make me feel better. “The people here are from different parts of the world, you are no different from any of them.”

Of course, I’m no different until they find out I have two different personalities.

I held on to his words, got down with a heavy sigh and walked towards the massive school. Alpha Aiden owns all these but my father couldn’t just borrow money from him to pay his debt?

I froze and shoved the thought aside. I need to stop thinking about him.

“Hi!”

I turned around and saw a blonde probably in her late thirties. “You must be Davina…”

“Shadowclaw.”

She nodded and ticked off something from the book she was holding. “This way please. I’ll show you to your class.”

We exchanged soft smiles and I followed her to a building painted red. There were several buildings, I noticed, in different colours and weird structures.

“Morning class. We have a new student amongst us.”

Everyone in the class wore a vague expression, like they were expecting something better. Everyone but the one person who had an empty seat next to him, black hair, golden-brown eyes, sharp jaws…and Alpha son.

“Hi. I’m Davina.”

The class was silent, and even the teacher looked at me like he was expecting me to say more.

“You’re welcome, Davina. Have your seat next to Ryan.”

I settled in the only empty seat and the class went on although I had no idea what they were talking about. Throughout the class, I felt eyes on me, especially from the dude sitting right next to me.

Once the class was over, the class erupted in noise like they had been holding their breaths.

“Hi,” one of two identical girls approached me, playing with their hair. I knew these kinds of people, probably the bully of the class, trying to feel their ranks be known.

“Davina, isn’t it?”

I nodded without looking at her and gave a soft smile.

“I’m Voss, and this is Vera, my sister. So what user are you? Where are you from? What’s your wolf like?”

“I…I haven’t figured out my abilities yet.”

“That's sad, what of—”

“Davina,” a lady called from the door. She searched through the class till her eyes landed on me. It’s the first time I've seen her. “Alpha NightShade calls for you.”

The class went still. Frozen. It was like his name alone was enough to seize their breath and fill them with fear.

I followed the girl to a separate building behind the school.

“Go in,” the lady said and turned back.

My heart began to race again. I was just a few feet away from him, yet, I was always nervous. It’s always the same thing, even when he comes in my dreams.

I pushed the door and went in. He was sitting behind the desk. Sitting on the desk. I froze. His sleeves rolled up to his elbow, his black hair curled over his forehead like he’d just finished running his fingers through it. He crossed a leg, shirt half-opened and both hands gripping the edge of the table.

His cologne and scent filled my lungs, and my knees weakened. I hated this. I hated the effect he had on me. He effortlessly had that power even though he is completely oblivious to it.

I took a deep breath and avoided his gaze. His gaze would be the very place I fail and fall apart.

“Come closer.”

His thick voice said something else in my mind, something I’d rather hear at Crimson Arch.

I took a step closer, staring deeply at my shoes. I hear him hiss and move towards me. He stopped when the tips of his shoes were touching mine. I was willed to look up at him.

The heat…it was like a surge, an unstoppable tsunami of want finding its way to ruin me.

“First day at school and you’re already disobedient. If you had come to work for me, you would be here, and you would be getting paid. Now you’re just here…forced to learn, adapt to a new life…”

I didn’t hear any of his words. He was too close. So close that if he bent down just a little, we would—

“…Davina.”

I blinked. “Yes?”

“You weren’t listening.” His voice dropped, his eyes dropping even lower to my lips. The familiarity, the deja vu was slapping me in the face but I just couldn’t place it.

I gulped and attempted to step back but his hand grabbed me and pulled me back to him. The contact forced a shudder. He felt it, then let me go.

I looked away but it was already too late, my face was burning with embarrassment. He’s my father’s fucking friend!

Gladly, he went back to his actual seat without saying anything. “Anne said you didn’t have breakfast.”

Still trying to steady my breath, I nodded. “I didn’t want to be late on my first day.”

“But you were late.”

I looked away and frowned. “Uncle Aiden, can’t you tell my father you can’t accept me or I’m not fit for the school…anything to make me go back home?”

He tapped on the table with his pen, staring at me like I was a decision he was making.

“No.”

“Uncle Makar would have…”I said underneath my breath but he heard.

“Then you should have gone to Makar!” He yelled. It was a sudden switch like mentioning uncle Makar triggered something. I flinched. “I wouldn’t have let you here if you didn’t have anywhere else to go.”

“Pity.”

My voice was already a sob. He sounded just like my father.

“Davina…”

“I understand,” I snapped. “Is there anything else?”

He wasn’t looking at me, but all I could see was my father. He didn’t say anything else for the next few seconds.

“I’m going back to class, Alpha Nightshade.”

I turned and left. His words kept ringing in my head while I tried to find my way out.

I wouldn’t have let you stay here if you didn’t have anywhere else to go.

Anywhere else to go—

A sharp pain spread through my toes to my brain. Before I could process it, I was falling to the floor. Laughter erupted all around me. My anger flared. The anger is been managing from Aiden’s office was at my throat.

I stood up, fuming. I was surrounded. “Who did this?”

Voss appeared with a smug smile. “Oh sorry, my—”

I slapped her hard with the back of my hand before she could finish. Everyone around gasped.

“How dare you!” Vera helped her sister up and both their eyes started flaming. They weren’t shifting to their wolves, but they were commanding fire with their hands. Everyone around stepped back like it was a battle. But I was too agitated to back down. “How dare you touch me!”

The fire came from nowhere, I started to burn, my clothes…it hurts. I let out a scream from the depths of the pain.

Then it stopped.

It stopped the moment I stopped screaming. When I opened my eyes, both Voss and Vera were hanging mid-air trying to breathe, their veins popping vigorously. Teachers were around us, including Alpha Aiden.

Ryan was right in front of me and he was pissed.

“Ryan that’s enough!” People kept shouting. “You’re going to kill them.”

“That’s no longer me,” Ryan replied. “Someone else is doing this.”

Amid the chaos, my weak body gave in and I fell into someone’s arms. Just as I fell, the heavy thud of things falling to the ground was the last thing I heard.