Fated To The Vampire

Shay Hart had imagined this moment hundreds of times. Stepping onto the campus of the Enlightenment Program, the prestigious academy built to shape simple creatures into higher beings.Enlightened beings.She pictured it grand, serene... maybe even gothic and scary. Instead, she was greeted by a modern building with a security checkpoint where she looked at a camera, then had to wait until it beeped three times before the guard finally waved her through with a monotone, "Go ahead."Not exactly magical.Shay stepped into the main courtyard, heart pumping with a mix of nerves, excitement and her wolf's instincts screaming that this was a very bad idea.Being accepted into the academy was a privilege not many people had. She should be grateful. She should have no complaints... but she had a big one.The Enlightenment Academy wasn't a werewolf-only thing. Or even a general-public thing. It was a vampire-werewolf thing.But wolves didn't mix very well with vampires, everyone knew that. Out

"See ya, neighbor," Adrian muttered when they finally reached the dorms, both of theirs on the same floor. Each door had their name written on a sticky note. Adrian Payne opened his own door and gave Shay a tentative smile before entering, "I know we can't really be friends, since we're competing and all, but it's cool if we hang out sometimes... right? I mean, wolves have to stick together, especially here.""Of course. Let's hang out," Shay responded, offering him a similar smile.Adrian smiled a little wider and winked at her before slipping inside his dorm. Shay did the same.The room was nothing exciting, just an average hotel room but with even less personality and more beige. The bed was big, though, and that was enough for her.Shay's belongings were already inside the room, so she decided to spend her free time organizing both her clothes and her mind at the same time.She took the time to pull everything out of her suitcases, hanging what needed to be hung and folding what n

The next morning, Shay woke up earlier than necessary, feeling unrested.Probably because she spent most of the night overthinking about that moment with Ivan Belov. And even after hours of doing that, she had no clue of what had happened. Not really.She wasn't entirely sure of whether Belov took her to the woods because he was attracted to her and wanted to do something like... kissing her. Or if he had wanted to bite her.And drink all of her blood.It was terribly confusing because she had heard things before. About vampires and their bizarre sexual acts involving biting and blood sucking. It was a normal thing for them, so what was exactly what Belov was intrigued about?Shay's body or Shay's blood? Or both at the same time?"Fuck," Shay groaned when she realized she couldn't continue thinking about that. She had to leave her room, she didn't want to be late for breakfast.She also didn't want to see Belov while her mind was a mess, but still, Shay would rather face an awkward si

She wanted to go after him and ask more questions. She hated how confused Ivan made her every time he opened his mouth. Everything about him was a big confusing question mark. Because, why would he coach his opponent, possibly the strongest one in here? Shay was being realistic when she said that, not arrogant. What she lacked in control and discipline, she had in raw energetic strength, so why would Ivan help her with her only weakness? And, how would he even do it? Where? When? None of those questions were asked because Ivan was already gathering around the fourth pair, watching Adrian and Fabiola go at it. Adrian was good at not reacting to the pulses, but he wasn't energetically stronger than Fabiola. Realistically, and even with how close she had gotten to Helene and Adrian the past few days, she couldn't help but notice how both of them had opposite strengths. Helene was bad with her reaction to the pulses, but strong at throwing them. And Adrian was good at taking the