LOGINFAYEWhy was I still in this hotel room and helping this asshole?“Come on. Scratch my back harder.”“They should have just stabbed you,” I muttered as I helped him shower. His wounds were closing up, but it seemed those humans had truly done a number on him because he had some broken bones, too.“You owe me big time for this, Chad,” I muttered while scrubbing his back.“Sure, sure. What do you want?” he asked, and even though I couldn’t see his face, I was sure that he was smirking. “Want a kiss?”I wasn’t able to hold back this time. I slapped the back of his head, causing him to hiss.However, he could hurt for all I cared. He was making this night absolutely miserable.After that, I quickly rinsed him with water, wanting to get out of this cramped bathroom as soon as possible. The sooner I could get away from him, the better.“Done,” I muttered. “You can dry yourself, right?”Before I could take another step away from him, he once again held onto my wrist, making me glare at him.
FAYEGetting Chad to the hotel was harder than I expected. I had one of his arms wrapped around my shoulders while I hauled him down the hallway.He was really heavy, to say the least. And the fact that he was barely helping me made everything worse.“Come on,” I muttered through gritted teeth. “Move.”“I am moving. Everything just hurts! Those humans used bats, you know?” “Gosh,” I whined. “Why am I even helping you right now?” He groaned as he leaned more of his weight against me, causing me to nearly stumble. “Chad!”“What?” he asked, sounding annoyed like he was the one having the harder time between the two of us. “Stop putting all your weight on me!”“I’m trying.”“You’re not trying hard enough.”He chuckled weakly, making me glare at him. I still couldn’t believe I was doing this.I had been on my way to get ice cream. That was all I wanted! Instead, I had ended up rescuing an idiot who had apparently gotten himself beaten up by a group of human men.I was dragging him to
FAYE’S POVI didn’t even know what I was doing here.I was supposed to be working on a project with Alex, but I had ended up standing right in front of her brother’s grave.I sighed and looked down at it.Alexei.I had seen his photos before, and he was a pretty man. He looked so much like Alex, which made sense considering they were twins.But of course, Alex was much prettier.I smiled faintly at the thought before my expression slowly faded.I stared at his name engraved on the stone.“So, you’re my mate?” I muttered. The words sounded strange coming out of my mouth. I had never said them before.I remembered when Cecil told us. I could still remember the way my heart had stopped for a moment when she explained what she had sensed between Alex and me. At first, I couldn’t believe it.There was no way.How could I possibly have a bond with Alex because of Alexei?But after thinking about it over and over again, what was there left to not believe?It was most probably right.I sighed
CHAD“When are you going to let us meet your mate, Chad?”I sighed. That was the topic at the table again.My relatives had come over from different parts of Europe, and after barely twenty minutes of sitting down for dinner, they had already managed to circle back to the same question.My head was starting to hurt.I loved my family. I really did.But after listening to five different people speak over one another in their thick European accents, I was beginning to wonder if I could excuse myself and hide somewhere until everyone left.My mother, Elsa, gave me a look from across the table.I knew that look. She was trying not to laugh.My father, Joshua, wasn’t even trying.He was sitting beside her with a glass in his hand, watching me with an amused expression that told me he was enjoying every second of my suffering.“You don’t have to meet her,” I muttered and continued eating. “You have been saying that for weeks,” my cousin, Adrian, pointed out.“Months,” another relative corr
ALEXANDRIA“You look too happy for someone who has detention,” I said to Wyatt as I met him outside the door of the detention room.He was standing there with a smile on his face, looking nothing like someone who had just been caught making out with his mate in a janitor’s closet.If anything, he looked proud of himself.I narrowed my eyes at him.“It’s the first class I’ve had with you,” he explained. I shook my head. “It’s detention!” Before he could say anything else, the door opened. Rupert stood there with his arms crossed, his expression already telling me that he had heard enough.“Don’t dilly-dally.”Wyatt looked at him before looking back at me.“Come on in.” I sighed and stepped inside.It was just the two of us there, which meant we were the only ones who caused trouble today. “What did you expect?” Rupert suddenly asked as if he could read my thoughts. I pursed my lips.“It’s the first official day of classes. Everybody behaved well.” There was something about being
ALEXANDRIAFaye and I listened quietly. Neither of us said anything as Cecil continued explaining what she had noticed.She spoke carefully, making me feel even more nervous. “The first time I saw the two of you together, I noticed something unusual,” she started off. “I couldn’t explain it at the time because there were too many factors that could have affected what I was sensing.”I swallowed.“But after everything that has happened, and after seeing the way your auras interact with each other, I’m more certain now.”Cecil looked at her.“I believe you felt something with Alex because you were exposed to a similar Alpha bloodline before.”Faye’s eyebrows pulled together. “I don’t understand.”Cecil sighed softly. “It seems you were mates with someone who carried blood similar to Alexandria’s.”It took me a few seconds to understand what she meant. Then, suddenly, everything clicked.A gasp escaped my lips.“Alexei.”Faye looked at me, causing an ache to pinch my chest. I continued
ALEXANDRIA“Good day, Headmaster Sora,” the Alphas said in unison as they settled into their seats, causing me to purse my lips. Sora. Even his name carried a sense of popularity. His deep voice resonated through the hall once more. “It has been a month since the freshmen arrived on campus. How ar
ALEXANDRIA “What an asshole.” After telling me about the assembly, Chase just threw on a shirt and stormed out of the room. When I asked him if we could go together, he told me to figure it out for myself. Now, I was lost in the sprawling maze of this Academy. Who knew that finding the gymnasi
ALEXANDRIA I stared at my reflection in the car mirror while Ryland drove us to the Academy. Mandy was in the backseat, singing along to the latest viral songs on the radio. Mandy had cut my hair evenly and placed it in a lazy half-up and half-down. She had also concealed my naturally rosy cheeks
ALEXANDRIA“Goodness, Alex. Where have you been?” By the time I finally got home, the sun was already high in the sky. I had spent the night at a 24-hour cafe, indulging in far too many ice cream sundaes, hoping to sober myself up—or at least feel a bit better. To my surprise, I did feel better th







