Chapter 2

AN UNSETTLING WANT

When Kai got home that night he was pissed, he had only left peacefully in order to not blow his cover.

"Tell me, was there something on my face because hell I know she was looking at me like she wanted me to claim her right there," he stared at his reflection and queried himself. 

He got no response, not even from Ros, his wolf.

"Damn you! Say something at least!" He slammed his fist into the glass and blood dripped, it didn't take long, the wound seal leaving his flesh unbroken and unscathed with the shards of glass as the only proof of his rage.

He was panting harder, it wasn't just about Raven skipping him after giving every one of his friends a lap dance—it was more.

'We make her submit,' Ros purred in his head in a low growl, he was angry as well. 

Kai makes his decision. 

In a calculated rhythm, he headed for his window and took a jump, shifting mid air and ripping his clothes before he landed in the forest behind his manor. He ran all night because he couldn't stop thinking about Raven Star.

It wasn’t about desire anymore—it was more—his Alpha dominance was being challenged. 

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At Moon Crescent academy the next day, Kai sat uninterested in traditional and history class while the teacher went on to pair students for a project.

He had not paid attention to any class all day nor did he bother to acknowledge the teacher by rising to his feet when his name was called.

He just stared blankly.

"Kai, you'd be working with Aria on this project." Mr Blackwood repeated with a cold voice ignoring Kai’s insolence yet he got no reaction from Kai but from Aria instead 

"Me?" Aria gasped as her heart dropped to her stomach on hearing her name.

"Yes you my dear, you will be working with the young Alpha on the project." While replying to Aria, Mr Blackwood didn't take his eyes off Kai who held his gaze in a challenge.

The temperature in the room dropped by a few degrees as Kai clenched his fist.

"Class dismissed," He walked away.

Mr Blackwood decided Kai wasn't worth the stress since he was his student. 

"Uhmmm..." Aria fidgeted where she stood, she wasn’t comfortable with being paired with the young Alpha but she didn't have a choice other than to wait for instructions from him since the deed had been done.

"What are you standing there looking at?" Kai snapped at her when she remained in the class waiting on him even after all the students had evacuated the room.

"The uhm...project...I was thinking we could—"

"We?" He scoffed as he rose to his feet and approached her, mazing through the desks.

She could feel the back of her shirt soak from cold sweat, her heart rate had quickened too.

"There's no we dummy," he snapped a finger in her face lifting a brow, his head at an angle.

For a second Aria was confused and her face betrayed her emotions. 

"Get the entire project done all by yourself and put my name on it." He drove his point home—No smile, no frown, just a stoic expression and a cold voice.

He was never polite with her, he couldn’t be, he was of Alpha blood and she was just a lowly Omega. 

Aria stood motionless even after Kai left to find his friends, she cursed her luck and tears glistened her eyes but her moment of sorrow was cut short by a beep on her phone.

"What!" Her eyes widened in shock—the good kind.

She hung her mouth open, her eyes filled with excitement as she read the text she had received. "At least something in my life is right." She smiles genuinely before packing her books and hurriedly leaving the class to head home

Meanwhile Kai met up with his friends at the parking lot.

"Here comes the future Alpha of the shadow fang pack," Jaxon dramatically illustrated a gorilla walk towards Kai as he approached them making the others laugh.

Jaxon was from Blue Rock pack—a future Alpha as well but he was the jester in their circle. He leaned against Kai and threw his hand over his shoulder when he got to him.

"What's up buddy? You look like someone threw fresh shit on your face." Jaxon asked when they closed in on the others.

"Ewww, get your hands off me." Kai brushed him off and walked straight to his own car.

The sleek black sedan Kai drove to school glistened under the sun's fading glow, its glossy body demanding attention from everyone that passed.

"New whip?" Ryan, one of the friends, asked.

"No, I got it a while ago and just decided to try it on the road today. He shrugged, his mood clearly still dampened, amongst the friends, Kai towered the most with a 6 '6 height and a glorious gym body giving him the body of the perfect leader.

"What's up with you today?"Adrian blocked the entrance and slammed closed the car door Kai had opened.

"I'm just tired and I want to go home—"

"Or..." Jaxon cut in and Kai rolled his eyes anticipating the worst. 

"Or what loud mouth?..." Edwin asked

"Or he's still pissed that Raven ignored you at the club last night." Jaxon hit the nail on the head and the others remembered. 

"No, no, don't go there. Did you see those thighs? Damn the dance felt good...oh she ignored him." Ryan teased Kai.

"I don't care, now move aside." 

"Not so fast Alpha, oh you do care because her waist was so slender,"

"just the way he likes them huh? Am I wrong Kai?" Adrian and Edwin who had been laughing in the background decided to join in the fun."

Kai paused and leaned on his car, his slender legs and arms crossed at the mercy of his friends.

"Are you all done now?" The boys were laughing so hard and throwing comments at Kai,  Jaxon didn't spare him. 

"Do you select customers here?" Jaxon mimicked Kai making the others laugh more.

"Fuck you man..." 

"Ewwww, tell that to Raven not me, show her who's the Alpha, grrr grrr" Jaxon dramatized and finally made Kai laugh a bit.

No matter how angry he wanted to remain, his friends had a way of pulling him out of it.

"But for real, do you think it was personal?" Ryan asked.

"Like she knew him?"

"Yeah...she's definitely not human, I could sense it." 

"Me too..."

"Same here..." the boys agreed. 

Werewolves could easily detect one another even with scent suppressants and Alpha wolves had higher sensitivities. 

"Not possible...I think it's just a coincidence." Kai countered the thought and the rest agreed. 

"Are we going to keep standing here till nightfall?" He dismissed them and they parted ways.

While he drove home, Ros, his wolf was restless while Kai was distracted with the thought that Raven might have known him and had ignored him intentionally.