Lilith’s POV
On the way to our second class, math, Susi was even more energetic. While I couldn’t understand it, so was I. Once we entered our class, the same two seats as the previous class were available. Does no one enjoy window seats? We practically skipped to our seats and plopped our butts down.
While getting situated with my folders, a shiver went down my spine, and I felt the need to peek at the door. Suddenly, all my newfound energy dissipated as Connor walked in with some girl hanging on his arm. Annoyance pricked at me, irritated that it wasn’t me on his arm. Why? I didn’t even talk to the dude.
Connor picked the seat behind me instead of the one next to me, this time without stopping to look at me. I did my best to ignore them both when the girl stopped at my desk and cleared her throat. I made eye contact with her to see her motioning me out of my seat. She said nothing like she was expecting me to obey her physical command. She widened her eyes and started tapping her foot with impatience. Green eyes AGAIN. Susi spun around when she realized what was going on.
“Oh great, Queen Bee is in the class. Everyone! Do what she says before she has one of those tantrums!” Susi mocked her while making large motions with her hands. The class followed along and laughed.
The girl hissed, "You Bitch! Yes, you do what I say. This is MY school. Do NOT make me rip you from that chair and make a fool of you in front of this human!”
She had a pointy index finder jamming the air at Susi with one hand on her hip.
I’m rooting for Su. Something tells me she isn’t the type to back down. Wait, did she say human? That’s a weird way to talk… You’re human too, moron.
Red flashed in Susi’s eyes again, “I’d like to see your scrawny little ass try.”
That seemed to shut the blonde up for a moment.
She reached out and grabbed my arm and squeezed hard. I thought Uncle Tim was strong, but her strength beats the pain from him by ten times.
“OUCH!” I screamed.
Everything happened quickly after that. Connor had grabbed the girl and slammed her into the back wall. Slammed or threw? I couldn’t tell. It caught me off guard.
He had her pinned up, hanging from her throat in his hand. Nothing is spoken, but it seemed like some understanding had gone on in her eyes while he held her there. Did I hear her whimper? He let her drop to the floor as she coughed, trying to catch her breath with her hand up to her throat. She looked around the room and then her eyes caught mine. A red glint to her slitted eyes covered the pretty green, and it did not disappear.
She made her way to the seat next to me without another word. I became bewildered. Did Connor just protect me? I was even more shocked when I realized the teacher, nor the students did anything to intervene. It was like they just watched and enjoyed the show. There were no chuckles from anyone or snide comments. It seemed like someone spoke a law and a sentence carried out. Connor headed back to his seat.
“Thank you for that, Connor, was it?”
I held my hand out to him. He smiled and my heart decided it was time to explode. Knees went weak, and I was grateful to have my butt plastered to the chair. He accepted my hand and shivers went through my body. Blood rushed to my face and between my legs.
When he didn’t reply, I took the initiative. “I--- I’m Lili.”
“Hi Lili, don’t let her touch you again. If it happens, come to me and I’ll handle her.” He ended the handshake and took a seat.
So that’s Talia. Now I get it.
Connor’s POV
I was so distracted by Lili’s scent that I completely missed Talia, demanding her to move. I came to when Lili screamed from Talia, grabbing her arm. She was hurting my mate! Using the speed of my position as Alpha, I jerked her up and threw her to the back of the room. The moment she hit the wall, I had already grabbed her throat and was holding her up against it.
She screeched in our bond link.
Talia: What the hell!?
I roared in anger at her, causing fear to flash in her eyes for a moment.
Me: Don’t you ever touch her again.
Talia: You’re going to defend this weakling human over me!?
Her wolf whimpered from the audacity she had to argue back at me. At least the Lykos had some sort of intelligence.
Me: I WILL NOT tolerate your actions anymore. You are not Alpha and nowhere near Beta nor the mate of one. You never will be one in my pack. So, what gives you the balls to speak with me in such a tone?
I growled back at her, choosing not to mention Lili was my mate. I needed no more issues to deal with. Who knows what deviant plans she would come up with when she realized she could no longer have me? Her mate rejected her for a reason, and I don’t blame him. I had half a mind to reject her as a member of the pack, but then again, her deviousness would come back for revenge some way or another.
Talia: I apologize for my actions, Alpha Connor.
Her tone become respectful, and she dropped her eyes. About the damn time, she remembers her position.
I released her and made my way back to my seat when Lili reached her hand out and greeted me. Taking her hand got me hard in an instant. Her face went beet red, and I could feel the sparks passing through our hands. After our small conversation, I relaxed back into my seat. Trying to keep my Lykos from taking over after our heated moment. Curiosity is itching at me as to why I can control myself with anger, but not with these hormones running wild.
Keeping a close eye on Talia’s behavior towards Lili, I noted each slitted look she narrowed her way. I was proud of Lili for keeping her composure and ignoring the daggers coming from the bitch. The composure I tried to keep by focusing on Talia did me no good on thoughts running rampant in my head of the pretty little blonde in front of me.
Her ashen blonde hair would look amazing crunched up in my fist as I pull her head back. Trailing kisses and nips down her throat, making my way to her breasts. I could do it right now, and no one would object. No one could, except maybe my mate. Only if she didn’t want the same, but I could smell her arousal. She gets turned on just by my smile. If I hadn’t shut out Dior moments ago from his constant “mate this, mate that”, he might’ve just convinced me to do it.
To drag her out of her chair and onto my lap. Feel her plump ass grinding against me as she tries to struggle from my hold. One hand sliding into her sweats, and the other up to her breasts. Make her soak my hand just so I can have her scent on me like a lotion for the rest of the day. Hear her moan as she begs me to stop.
I could take her here and now, even if she refused me.
Oh yeah, I. Am. Fucked.
Lilith’s POV After Mr. Patel, our math teacher, finished his first-day introductions and what to expect from the class, he started the painstaking introduction of each student. One by one, he called out a random student’s name and they would stand up and deliver a presentation about themselves. I was truly hoping to skip having to do this today, but clearly, luck is not on my side. Thankfully, he was going by alphabetical order of everyone’s last names, which meant I would be close to the end. To add to my relief, the sexy Connor would present himself before me. “Ms. Reigh, would you be so kind to stand and introduce yourself?” Mr. Patel asked, glancing around the room. A red-headed girl stood. She was nervous and started fidgeting with the helm of her pink T-shirt. “Hi, I--- I’m Opal Reigh. I just moved here from North Carolina. I
Time for a distraction. “Hi, Opal!” I greeted her with a welcoming smile on my face. Startled that I started up a conversation with her, “Oh, oh, hi… Lili with an I right?” Shushing Susi’s giggles, I confirmed her question, “Yepp, that’s me! Nice to meet you!” attempting to respond bubblier, like theSuMonster beside me who seemed to burn to get her chance to speak with the strange guy sitting with us. Opal nodded her head and smiled with her palm facing upwards towards the new guy. “This is Simon, my twin brother.” Susi’s and my mouths dropped. This Simon was gorgeous. He was on the same scale of sexiness as Connor. The resemblance to Opal was extremely obvious now. Both had vivid, dark red hair and freckles splashed on their faces. Theycould’vebeen a pair of models. Light brown eyes with speckles of gree
Lilith's POV I didn't need any more distractions. Connor had me frustrated enough to just want to ignore this sexy man sitting in front of me. He wouldn't remove his eyes from my face, causing me to feel a small ounce of insecurity. To make matters worse, he was insistent on me giving him my undivided attention. Clearing his throat to get my attention yet again, I gave him a sideways peek. He smirked with his lips slightly pulled back from his teeth. His tongue flickered across his lips like he was staring at something delectable. He continued to play with me. I couldn't concentrate on the lecture. Not even Connor. Perturbed with him, I crossed my arms and relaxed back in my seat, accidentally kicking the pole of the table. I watched as my pen rolled off onto the floor and made its way under the table. Rolling my eyes, frustrated that I must hop off my stool to grab my pen, he stops me. "It's alright, I got you." He said, win
I hesitantly agreed to walk with Simon to history class. Opal had enough of his foolery and headed to her own class. She reminded me to kick him in his testicles if he tried me again. I couldn't help but laugh when she said it because Simon winced and covered himself. We stopped by my locker first since it was closer and then made our way to his. When we came upon his row of lockers, my eyes landed upon Mr. God-Like and the skank who had him pushed up against the lockers. Her body smashed against his. Didn't they get enough during their free period?? I felt prepared to handle anything relating to Connor with Simon beside me. I didn't know what my relationship with Simon was to me, but he attempted to cheer me up, and in my books, that's something a friend would do. All I could hope for, as we came up to the locker beside Connor and Talia, was that Simon would defend me against Connor. I could handle Talia on my own. Connor's eyes fell upon mine, black w
Connor’s POV Hearing the strange guy call her “Lil” bothered me. It told me they were becoming close. Something she and I had yet to become and wouldn’t if I kept fooling around with Talia. Who could blame me? Meeting my mate has sent my hormones raging, and I’m not ready to accept Lili as my mate. I fear risking the change to her. This must be the guy Susi was harassing me about when I was having my heated earlier. He was on the same level as me with looks, but he was not me. He was not Lili’s mate. Even though these are true, it doesn’t stop the fact that he was human, making him a better choice for her. A safer choice. Watching my little mate reveal her backbone struck pride deep in my soul. She had no fear in her eyes as she got in my face and snapped. Keeping my distance from her was nearly impossible in the first place, so when she did that, whew. I had an urge to claim her but held back to watch her squirm with my flirtatious
Lilith’s POV 4th period ended up being boring. The teacher was super strict with us not speaking, but that didn’t stop Simon from giving me small pokes or knee bumps. Occasionally, he would lean back and throw his arm across my shoulders. Susi would catch him from the other side of me and shove his arm off. Shaking her finger at him, mouthing “No!”. These two had me going back and forth the entire class. I did like Simon. He was blunt and not afraid to go for what he wanted. Even if he tried to push my boundaries, I at least knew where I stood with him. The bell rang, and we hopped out of our seats. The three of us tried to race out of the room at the same time and got stuck in the doorway until Alexa was kind enough to shove us through. Giggling like little girls, yes, even Simon, we headed for the cafeteria to have lunch. The lunch lady slopped gooey mac and cheese onto each of our trays and asked if we preferred a burger or pizza. I’m a p
Simon’s POV My last few classes passed slower than molasses. I was craving Lil’s presence. It felt like I was no longer a whole. I’ve dated plenty of chicks, but never once felt this urge to hook to a woman’s side. There was an innocence about her I desired. I’m used to girls throwing themselves at me and me having whichever pick of the bunch I wanted, when I wanted, and where I wanted them. But Lil, it was as if she didn’t care about the male race. That was until I saw her react to the guy in the hallway. When my eyes met his, after she made her PDA comment, I felt an urge to attack him. I couldn’t explain why, just that he pissed me the fuck off. His eyes told me to back off, but my mind said to put him in his place. I was grateful for the distraction the girls caused, including the desire to protect Lil. Being a top jock in my old school earned me the respect of other dudes. They never challenged me. They also NEVER gave a second glance t
Lilith's POV While Simon drove to the little town at the end of the mountain’s road, we talked about our parents, which led to more. Just like mine, his parents loved him dearly. Their parents treated Opal and he as equals and considered them both to be Golden Children. He told me how they watched Opal be mentally tougher, whereas him being physically tougher. It made them the perfect unit. It turns out the reason Opal was so shy was because of girls at school choosing to be friends with her just to get close to her brother. She couldn’t find genuine friends and kept getting used. With guys wanting to date her, they were afraid of the aftermath of Simon and refused to act on their feelings. Opal had never had a boyfriend, thanks to Simon, and Simon had never had a girlfriend who hadn’t tried to take advantage of his sister. “At least you guys can still come home to a house full of love. It’s like life decided you had too many good th