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4. A striptease

Author: Hannah Uzzy
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-01 15:55:50

Nalini

Minutes later, I walked to my first class holding a map and a list of classes I'd attend this year, which was given to me by the lady I met at the administrative block. Thank the goddess she was cooperative.

I entered with my heart in my stomach.  Thankfully, I arrived before the teacher did and the class wasn't full since it was one of my majors, not a general class.

I noticed the glares I got from wolves of higher ranks and it made me want to dissappear into thin air. But a boy from the back corner of the class beckoned me right on time and I let out a relieved sigh as I went to sit next to him.

"This is where omegas sit" the boy said.

I wasn't surprised. The discrimination was so obvious. "Thanks" I mumbled.

The teacher entered shortly after and the class began. The first class was on lycanthropic anatomy.

It flowed well and so did other classes. I had two general classes, two majors and one elective class. We finished up by 2.40 in the afternoon and I needed to be home by exactly 3.30 pm or face Selene's wrath.

I didn't want that so I headed straight to my locker, using the map I was given.

Once I opened my locker, I saw some notebooks, a uniform and a stationary set and it made my eyes sting with emotion.

I couldn't believe I was in an actual school for the first time in my life!

I snapped out of my reverie when someone slammed my locker shut in my face.

I turned to see Julie with a huge smirk on her lips and two girls standing behind her.

"Hey, Nalini" she said, crowding my space. "How was your first day at school?"

I knew she didn't care to know. It was all fake concern. Julie had been my bully since childhood. Sometimes it felt like her and mistress Selene were created just to maltreat me.

"It was good" I replied quickly

"Well, I know what can make it better" she said. "My boyfriend, alpha prince Myron is bored. And I don't like to see him like that so I suggested that I bring one of the omegas to entertain him and to my surprise, he was down with it!"

Wait, what? She couldn't mean what she just said! I met her gaze to check if she was joking. She wasn't.

Her lips curved into a smirk as she signalled the girls with her and they both grabbed me.

"No Julie, I can't go. Please don't make me go" I said as I struggled against them.

"It's the soon to be alpha's orders" she chirped. "Would you disobey your alpha?"

How many alpha princes were there, by the way? I thought Timothy was the only one!

"Julie, I have to be home by 3.30 pm. Your mother will punish me if I'm a minute late!" I said in a frantic tone as I struggled to break free.

She brought her face closer to mine and stared at me with eyes that made me think she was going to consider letting me go. But I was wrong. It wouldn't be Julie if she wasn't making my life a living hell!

"I think you're mistaking me for someone who cares" she hissed.

"Girls, take her away!"

My pleas and struggles against them were wasted. Julie and her minions dragged me outside to the feild.

"Baby" she said. "I've got an omega for you to do with her whatever you want"

Then her minions threw me on the ground like a ragdoll. There were three boys present. Two stood and one sat down. The one I guessed was Alpha prince Myron.

I looked up and gasped. He was perfectly sculpted, like a masterpiece of the Moon Goddess herself. His black hair was a mass of curls, his lips were sinful, his features were chiseled, and his arms were inky with tattoos and rippling with muscle. He was the type of guy mothers warned their daughters about. I couldn't believe someone who looked so beautiful could be such a bully.

"Babe, what should we do with her?" Julie asked as she sat on his lap.

All the while, his gaze was on me. His cold, piercing gaze which roved all over my body, leaving a trail of goosebumps.

"She looks clean" he said in a low, full voice. "Let's soil her a little bit"

My heart began beating in fierce palpitations. What did he mean by that?

Goddess, why did my first day at school have to be like this? Why couldn't I have a  moments peace? Was I a magnet for bullies?

His gaze was still on me but I knew he was talking to Julie. "Put on some music, let her do a striptease"

They all broke into raucous laughter and made mocking sounds.

What? I felt breathless, like I'd run two miles.

So called alpha prince must be joking because there was no way in hell I was going to do that!

The music started and my blood heated up in rage.

My gaze clashed with his and I was sure he felt the defiance radiating from me. My feet were rooted in one spot.

"You have ten seconds, omega!" He spat. "Get on with it or I'll make you!"

Chills ran down my spine from his threat but I refused to let it show. I kept staring, hatred evident on my features.

He signalled his boys and they rushed to me and began harassing me.

"Don't be like that, little omega, give us a little tease..." one of them said in a tone that made my skin crawl.

Julie and her minions cackled, pulled out their phones and began videoing.

My rage from earlier melted into fear as I struggled to prevent them from ripping open my uniform.

"Please don't do this..." I begged, my voice trembling. I felt the tears coming...

Then I heard a low growl. I wasn't the only one who heard it though, the boys stopped harassing me and turned to see who it was.

"Let her go this instant unless you want your heads severed from your body"

I looked to see who it was.

 

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