28Talia held her bag closer to her chest as she made her way through the hallway to the class. The pain from the ball had not subsided at all, and she wondered how long she would have to bear with this pain."Hey! Watch where you're going," Selene's shrill voice rang out as she was about to round a corner.Talia took a step back, slightly puzzled to see Selene in front of her. "I didn't see you there," she managed.Selene looked at her face, and touched her hair lightly. "I see that you had a haircut," she observed."Yes, thanks for reminding me how bushy I was looking," Talia said with a shrug, giving her a stiff smile. "I'm getting late for class," she added and walked away, knowing that Selene and her minions were watching her go.In the class, she made her way quickly to the vacant chair beside Damon and sat down. Damon was writing something on a notepad, and he didn't look up once. Talia slowly focused her attention in front of the class, noting that Selene had come in, and the
27"What are you...?"Selene shoved Talia backwards as she stepped into the room. Talia frowned as her hand flew to her chest, massaging the discomfort she felt against her ribcage."Selene," she said with a huff, grabbing a hold of her arm, as she swung Selene around to face her. "I want to know what you're doing in my room. This is the boy's dorm, and it's not right."Selene whistled. "I never knew you were the warder now," she mocked."I'm just stating the rules that needs to be followed in our academy," Talia snapped.Selene ignored her completely as she walked deeper into the room. Talia noticed the band on her bed, and she hoped with everything she had that Selene wouldn't spot it. She watched Selene's every move, noting how she took in everything. Talia swallowed when Selene's eyes lingered towards her bed. She stepped in front of Selene, snapping her fingers in front of her face. "What is wrong with you, huh? Why can't you answer something easily? What do you want here?"Sele
26"Oh, goddess!" Talia whispered slowly.She felt a hand on her thigh, and she tried to look up as the pain intensified against her ribcage, and the band dug into her skin, causing her to grit her teeth as she threw her head back in pain."Take it easy," Damon whispered softly.She shook her head. "I... just a minute, please," she mumbled."No, place you head back on the ground," Damon snapped.She blinked, but she didn't do that. Instead, she tried to get up. He face scrunched in pain and she touched her ribs once more, trying to ease the pain.Damon growled as he placed her arm over hers, and she looked into his eyes, swallowing hard. Despite the pain, she couldn't look away from his eyes, and she could feel the worry seep into his skin, and that was enough to make her look away.She slowly pushed his hand away. "You should go back to the game. I would be up in a minute," she whispered."What are you saying, Sage? You're injured and I know that because it shows in the way you touch
25Damon walked easily towards the swamp, thinking about Talia. He wants to get her out of his mind, but he couldn't and the worst was his wolf would not stop whining about how amazing she was. It was truly annoying and he didn't like it one bit. It was at the moment, his eyes moved towards the left, and he noticed a figure running through the woods. 'Sage,' Hart whispered too.***"I don't want to do this," Talia grumbled as she was pulled into the opposite side of the school. She gritted her teeth as she struggled to pull her hand from Derek's grasp, but he held firm. Her eyes moved from Derek's sweaty back to the basketball court. There was a night net, tied to a pole, and somehow it made look so elegant. The students were in various sports jerseys, that was differentiated into blue and orange colours, while the female students sat in the bleachers cheering wildly at the men. Talia swallowed and turned back to Derek."Derek, please listen to me," she whined.Derek suddenly stoppe
24Talia swallowed as she slid further into the water, while holding her breast in fear that he would see through the water. She knew he wouldn't but still..."This is so cool," Derek whined as he did a flip.Talia watched as he swarm away from her, and moved to the other side of the pool. 'Goddess, why did he have to show up here?' She wondered inwardly.Derek was oblivious of her inner turmoil and kept giggling as he showed off some swimming moves. She sighed when he lifted his body with water dripping around his abs, and saw his penis again.Her hands flew to her eyes, and she gulped audibly. "I don't wish to see you penis all the time, can you stay in the water?"Derek's laugh took her aback. "I swear to the moon goddess, you act like a girl sometimes. We are werewolves, and we see things like this all the time.""It's one thing seeing things in battle, but another when we are alone," she grumbled."Wouldn't want people calling us gay. I've had enough with Damon" she mumbled as he
23Talia shot up from bed in a rush. Her heart was pounding erratically against her rib cage, and she slowly, placed her palm on it, trying hard to control her emotions as much as she could. With short slow breaths, she was able to control herself."Are you ok?" She heard Damon whisper.Talia ignored him as she turned to her bed. Was she not on the forest floor earlier, how come she was on the bed? It didn't make sense. Maybe, she had been sleep walking...There was only one way to find out. She turned to Damon, who was eating bread on his bed. "How did I get here?"He shrugged. "What do you think?""I don't think anything, but I want to know how come I'm in this room. I was.." She gestured outside. "I was at the forest, yes. And, I thought that I was practicing.""Well, I had no idea what you were doing, Sage. But, I met you asleep on the forest floor, and I just couldn't leave you there alone. It was risky."Talia slowly made her way to her bed, sitting down on it heavily to get mos