Life and Death

Dahlia ~

“I can't believe this is what our life has come to,” Sienna wailed as we headed to class.

I truly did not want to be reminded of the previous night.

“Can you stop wailing for once and just focus, you're not the only one going through shit,” I whispered as a group of males rushed past us, nearly knocking me over.

“Hey!” I protested and the male turned back to give a wink and a middle finger to both of us.

I rolled my eyes, I was getting used to their lack of morals.

“We don't have to do it for like another week or so,” Sienna said.

I turned to her and arched a brow in question.

“Kaden said we needed to get fucked to reduce our pheromones, but he obviously overestimated it, the blowjobs were more than enough to do that, and it should be about a week from now before our pheromone levels rise again,” Sienna said.

Dahlia did not like the sudden flutter of butterflies in her belly at the mention of his name.

Not butterflies— roaches… she tried to convince herself.

“As long as none of us go around getting turned on by any of them,” Sienna added with a drawl and I eyed her suspiciously.

“You’re one to talk, I saw you with Orion, you both were having the time of your lives,” I commented.

A deep blush stained her cheeks despite her frown.

“He was so big, my mouth is still sore from him,” She said in a whisper and I chuckled.

“Aurelian was so big too, but it was not enough to get my mouth sore!” I said.

“Maybe that's because you only did one, try sucking off Silas, he's a fucking violent dog!”

I still remembered how Orion’s strong hands were wrapped around his cock, massaging the tip as he watched Sienna sucking Silas while he rode her face… it was so hot—

No! I was not supposed to get turned on by anything.

“What happened with Kaden? I would like to know what he’s like when he loses himself,” Sienna drawled and I rolled my eyes at the remembrance.

“I wouldn't want to know that,” I said truthfully. “It felt like he wanted nothing to do with me, he suddenly got irritated at the fact that I was drinking from him and he pushed me off and left the room, I felt so undesirable,” I said truthfully.

“What the fuck is his problem?” Sienna asked and I shrugged… I truly did not know.

“But you did get to bite him, right?” She asked for clarification.

I remembered the way his fingers tightened into a fist on his lap… as though he was fighting the urge to touch me, and then his moans— I had to stop myself there.

“Yes, he got the venom.”

“Then he would not be able to resist craving more from you later, only you,” Sienna said.

“I wonder what will happen once we find the kingmaker gemstone and leave,” I said.

“How?” she asked.

“They would still crave us violently to the point of madness, they will search the entire earth for us until they find us, and when they do, their wrath would be abominable because of the torture we put them through,” I said and a shiver of fear ran down my spine.

“Well,” Sienna’s voice was shaky. “We just have to hope that they find their mates before then and leave us alone.”

I knew it would not be that easy, I had seen first hand what venom craving did to people, it turned them mad, turned them into monsters…

Another group of students rushed past us.

“Out of my way, could you both be any slower? Fucking pussies,” they hurled insults at us.

“Any idea why everyone seems to be in such a hurry today?” I asked and Sienna shook her head— no.

We picked up our pace and when we got to class pretty much everyone was already seated, except a particular group of four boys. Dahlia and I slowly shuffled our way to our seats and soon enough the Proprietress, Naima entered the class with Vincent following closely behind her.

Her eyes locked on the both of us immediately and she gave us a faint nod that was almost undetectable, we nodded back.

This was the first time I had seen her address the whole school.

She checked the time and tapped her stiletto heeled feet on the floor impatiently as though she were waiting for something or someone.

And then the doors were thrown open. “Finally,” Naima muttered.

The Vicious boys strolled into the class like they owned the school… well they practically did but still!

Must be nice having the whole school wait for your arrival.

They looked devastating as usual, dangerously so, if there were girls in this school, they would be flocking around them at all times of the day. Their combined aura was so imposing that it caused goosebumps to rise on my skin.

Kaden’s eyes locked on mine as they approached and I tried to keep my expression as neutral as possible, he blinked his gaze away as he passed me.

Oh, so that's what we’re doing now. Two could play this game.

Someone ruffled my hair and I looked up to see Silas’s handsome face. “Hey princess,” he said and I couldn't help the blush that stained my cheek… how embarrassing!

I wondered how many people had heard him call me that, they probably would not think much of it, we were already seen as the weakest in school… at least I hoped so.

Orion gently pinched Sienna’s cheek without saying a word to her before they took their respective seats behind us.

I hated the fact that they were sitting directly behind us, it just increased my anxiety and self consciousness to unreasonable levels.

Naima’s eyes narrowed knowingly at the small exchange before she took her spot on the stage.

She looked absolutely gorgeous in her pencil skirt, white shirt folded at the sleeves, and blood red lips, her vibrant curly red hair was arranged in a messy bun. I couldn't help but wonder how many boys here had secret crushes on her.

“Now everyone is here, I would like to welcome you all once more to this prestigious Academy,” She announced, all eyes turned to her and all chattering quieted into stillness.

“As we all should know by now, the future Alpha king of this great continent is undergoing training here, it is such a privilege, but his identity remains a secret for confidentiality reasons,” she stated.

I did not know that… Sienna and I exchanged confused glances. The future Alpha King? The one we were supposed to kill?

“Now moving on,” Naima continued. “Full on training starts tomorrow and will continue until your final exams where life and death determine the winners and losers,” she continued… what the fuck? “This means only those who survive can graduate successfully,” she added for clarification.

I choked on air and all eyes turned to look at me for a moment but I did not care, my mind was in turmoil.

How were two Scarvyn girls supposed to survive trials and training meant for Alphas?