7 Knock on the door

Ryker

The officer asks me to have a seat and even orders a cup of americano for me as he prepares the new list. 

“Remove the old list and stick it on the board right now,” I say and he nods his head in understanding.

Someone has deliberately picked that bastard as my roommate for me. We didn’t keep our hatred for each other hidden. Everyone knows that I don’t even prefer breathing the same air as him. 

“Any speculation… um, who could do this?” Ethan, the officer, asks meekly. 

My jaw clenches as I try to remember my enemies and there are plenty but no one can dare to do this. They fear me and know very well what will happen to them if I find out who did it which I’m going to find out eventually anyway. 

“No.” I give a curt reply and get up to go back to the dormitory. 

“I will let you know if I find any lead,” he says and stands up with the new list in his hand. 

We head to the dormitory together and part our ways from the lobby. I head to my room after seeing the new list on the board. Thankfully, I had caught her before she could see the list. I didn’t want to seem desperate to get her as my roommate or else she wouldn’t have easily agreed to it. 

I wonder what happened to her that she had come here with Elias’s identity. He had informed me beforehand to take care of his cousin and well, there is no way I wouldn’t recognize my old roommate. I knew that he had recently had to take over his pack because of his father’s death and that’s why he isn’t able to attend the Academy. 

What confused me was the fact that neither Elias nor Azura mentioned Nicholas for once. Azura was blindly in love with that asshole. What happened between them that her cousin asked for help from me rather than her mate? 

I open the door of my room and I get instantly hit by the smell of the strong male perfume. She is trying her best to pretend to be a male. I chuckle as I shake my head and lie down on the bed. Goddess, I hadn’t expected the first day to be this dramatic. 

Had Elias been here, it would have been much better but she was still better than that bastard as my roommate. 

She gets out of the bathroom, rubbing her hair gently with the towel while another towel is wrapped around her chest, covering her upper body and reaching her mid-thigh. I swallow as my eyes rake over her wet body. Her long honey-blonde hair is dripping wet and the drops of water cascade down her shoulders and chest. 

My wolf comes to the surface as her sweet lily scent invades my nostrils. I sniff her scent, closing my eyes. I don't know why but I have always found her scent intoxicating and been attracted to it like a moth to a flame. 

“What the fuck. What are you doing here?” She squeals and jumps before running back inside the bathroom and shutting the door fiercely. 

I'm so engrossed in her scent that I forget that she isn't my girlfriend anymore, she is that bastard’s wife. 

“Did you forget that you have a roommate?” I ask coldly, unbothered. 

My wolf badly wants to claim her but I keep him at bay and not let him take control over me. He is still crazy for her and the way he stirs up in her presence angers me. 

I grit my teeth and force him to stay in the back of my mind. Stupid wolf.

“Did you forget you have a female roommate and you should knock before coming inside the room?” She snaps furiously. 

“Boys never knock. Do you want the others to suspect you?” I shoot back sharply and she doesn't respond. 

There is nothing that I haven't seen before. I was the one who took her virginity and I still remembered every inch of her body. 

“If you're uncomfortable, you should remember to dress before coming out of the bathroom. You shouldn't forget that it's not your shitty Alpha’s mansion.” I close my eyes and sigh heavily. 

“Something that we both agree on,” she murmurs with hatred, averting her gaze from me, and before I can ask her what she means, she scurries inside the bathroom and comes back with a room freshener to conceal her scent. 

“No one is going to come-” My words remain in my mouth when the door clicks open and I see that bastard barging into my room. 

I instinctively stand before Azura, pushing her behind me and shadowing her with my body. I don’t know what has gotten in me that I’m hiding her from her husband but she’s not pushing me away, rather clutching my shirt in her fists tightly, making me feel that I’m doing the right deed.

“Hello, half-brother,” Nicholas smirks. My fist is tempted to wipe that smirk off his face. Fucking bastard. 

He steps inside and starts chuckling. His devilish smirk irks me and it makes me wonder if…

“Don't tell me that it was you,” I growl menacingly.

“Of course,” he shrugs. “I was missing my half-brother so much that I wanted to live with him but you’re having your whore here,” he taunts before letting out another chuckle. I restrain my wolf from shredding him to pieces for calling her a whore. How dare he call her that? 

“Leave before I kill you,” I warn him, crossing my arms across my chest. He is here to provoke me but I'll not give in to his malicious tactics. 

He knows that it isn't just a threat, I'm capable of doing it but for the first time, he doesn't seem scared of me. 

“Go ahead. I'll tell the management that you’re keeping a woman inside the academy which is restricted if you have forgotten,” Nicholas threatens me and shrugs, turning to walk away.

“Wait,” I stop him with gritted teeth and clench my jaw to control my anger.