Chapter Two

As we rode into the forest, I stared at the tall trees and the wolves that were having difficulties climbing them. "Are we there yet?" Kayden asked, impatiently and Tess almost shouted at him.

"Kayden, won't you be a little bit polite to shut up. You've asked that same question repeatedly for five minutes now." Tess reprimanded and he frowned.

After what seemed like a fruitless journey, the car pulled to a stop in front of the pack. As soon as I came down, I felt everyone's eyes on me.

I didn't want to give them that impression that I was weak but as I passed through the hallway with Tess, I could hear their gossip.

"A female Werewolf?" Someone asked.

"No, she doesn't look like a Werewolf, she's definitely human."

"But she's beautiful though."

We both walked into our new house and I hurriedly placed my bag on the chair. "Woah, I didn't even know you would become famous in less than two minutes." Tess said, a teasing tone beneath her words as she also placed her bag on the chair.

"Famous? I definitely want to live a low life. Are they all werewolves?" I asked her and she nodded.

"Well, except for Lilian, she's a human too." She said and pointed to a room. 

I shrugged. "Just one human, how annoying can this get?"

"You should definitely go see her because one of you is going tomorrow morning." She said, rolling her eyes, a playful smirk on her face.

"And what do you mean by going tomorrow morning?" I asked in fear. "I only just got here." I reminded her immediately and she winked at me.

"You'll understand soon because one of you has to go."

"Go where?" 

"Underworld."

That sent a shiver down my spine. Even though I didn't understand, why would I go to the underworld? "What do you mean?" I asked.

She scoffed. "You ask a lot of questions, I'm sure Lilian will explain those questions to you soon." She replied and walked out of the house. I didn't want to be left alone so I followed her.

"Where are you heading to?" I asked Kayden as he walked past us with a group of boys. 

"It's none of your business, HAILEY!" He rudely replied and I ignored him.

Kayden was quick in making friends so that didn't surprise me. How could he be so comfortable after we lost our parents? I had always known he didn't care about them. "Aren't you coming along?" Tess asked from afar and I ran to meet her.

"Hey, why were you walking without me?" I asked her, slightly offended.

"I might be a little rude to you in front of the other girls but I don't want you to be offended." She murmured and I looked at her with a blank expression.

"Why?"

"I lied to them that I'll be shape shifting to a werewolf soon and they believed me. I don't want to feel inferior."

I slowly nodded even though I didn't still understand what was going on. She sounded like a different person entirely. 

We walked past a group of boys who just fixed their attention on me. "Why are you getting so much attention?" She asked, annoyed. 

"Maybe that's because I'm a human."

She snapped. "Just shut it, Lillian didn't even get half of the attention you're getting. It's pissing me off already."

I could sense the jealousy and bitterness in her voice. Why did she change all of a sudden like she was envious of me?

"What am I supposed to do? Lock myself in a closet because they're admiring me. You're annoying, you know?"

She gritted her teeth. "Fine, I'm sorry." She apologized.

A guy stopped me with a smile and I smiled back at him. "Hey, can I talk to you for a few seconds?" He politely asked and I nodded.

Tess didn't bother to wait for me, she was already gone. "I'll just stay with you since my best friend's gone already." I answered.

He sat on the ground and I also did the same thing. "You're new here, right?" He asked.

"Yeah, I actually came with my friend a few minutes ago." 

"I'm Jake." He introduced himself to me with a smile on his face.

"And I'm Hailey Marquis." I replied.

"I wish you were a werewolf, life would have been easier for you." He said and I blinked my eyes in confusion.

What did he mean by that?

"Why did you say so?" I asked.

"I don't want to tell you yet, I guess you should probably wait for the announcement." He answered and I didn't want to disturb him to tell me anymore.  After all, it was useless, no one was telling me anything. 

"Have you watched Twilight?" I found myself asking him a stupid question.

He chuckled shamefully and gave a long, sad look before biting his tongue. "We don't get such opportunities to watch films, we're just in this boring pack. Only werewolves in the Werewolf academy gets to have fun and choose their mates." He answered.

"Werewolf Academy?" I asked, a little bit surprised but pleased. 

He nodded. "Yeah, it's more like real life. The academy grants more freedom to Werewolves and you can actually do anything you want to do." He answered.

"Sounds interesting."

"Only a few get accepted though."

"That's sad. Do you want to go there?" I inquired and he smiled.

"It has always been my dream to be in the Werewolf Academy."

"All werewolves, report to the auditorium, I repeat, all werewolves, report to the auditorium." The school announcement blared through the speakers as some of the people ran towards a building.

"I guess I'll just skip this one out." I whispered and he shook his head.

He ran a hand through his hair and stood up. "It's actually not good if you skip this important announcement." He advised.

"Why? I'm not a werewolf, why should I also go to the hall?" 

He helped me get up and I could see that he had a hard time explaining things to me. "I don't know how I'll explain things to you. I'll just take you there because the information is especially for you because you're a human." He answered with a sad expression on his face.

What did he mean by that?

My heart slowly raced rapidly. What information? I asked myself as we both walked to the hall.