Chapter 14

The humidity hit me in the face like a boxer’s right hook as soon as I left school. It was yet another gray day threatening rain. Hell, with the amount of humidity already in the air, it might as well have been raining, anyway. I walked a few feet from the door and nervously waited for Shaun.

I didn’t want to break my promise to him and I knew it was going to make him upset, but I needed to learn more about what I could do and the only one who around here who seemed capable of teaching me was Alec.

Though the question was how to explain that to Shaun. I wasn’t sure I was ready to tell him about of this yet. It was bad enough that the pack looked down on me because of whatever my father had done in the war and, of course, I was an omega. I didn’t want to give people more reasons to hate me.

Five minutes passed, and I had seen no signs of Shaun. With a sigh, I started the walk home by myself. I turned and crossed the parking lot when he came jogging up next to me. “Hey, you weren’t thin