Today we were given permission to go down and help out in the evacuation center. There has been a recent attack near one of the town boarders. The gate there has been broken by orcs, who have started attacking people.Female hunters are not allowed to join because it is the orcs' mating season; as a result, they can only send a certain number of hunters out into the field to help; for this reason, they need the help of a selected group of students. I know that it is an important mission, but I just can’t keep my full attention on the task. My mind has been distracted lately ever since seeing Max.“Belle, what are you doing, gawking and staring? Move!” One of the head female hunters scolds me when she notices that I have been staring blankly for a while now. “If you’re not going to help, then stay to the side. You’re blocking the way.”It’s been a few days already since I've met Maxwell, and yet I still can’t shake off the worry that I have about his words. It was vague, but I know hi
Along the way, I have to separate myself from the horse that I borrowed to get out of the gate. It’s not because I could not control it, but because the animal refuses to go back deeper in the woods. It probably remembers its terrifying experience in this area. I can’t blame it for its reaction. Even I would probably be traumatized. I left the horse midway and started to continue on foot. Tracking down where they have been is pretty easy with the help of my wolf. I have been hanging out with them for quite a while now and have successfully memorized their scent, which is pretty lucky. I managed to encounter two orcs along the way, which I had to kill quickly before they could yell out and warn the other orcs. It was difficult, considering that it was my first time fighting the orcs on two feet. Usually, I would be in my wolf form when fighting. It is more comfortable for me that way since I am faster and more powerful. More than that, all of my senses were heightened. Orcs are tall
The orc stands before us, greedily checking us out without even hiding it. Every nerve in my body is asking me to grab my knife and gouge out his eyes. I can't stand those perverted eyes. The orc must have sensed the hostility in my eyes because he then started to grin like he finds something amusing. “Well now. It seems like you’re about to bite, little cub.” The Orc King’s taunts make me want to bare my fangs at him. If Marian did not cling to me at that moment, I might have morphed into my wolf as I have almost forgotten about her. “Belle.” She says, her voice shaking. I stroke her on the head while still keeping an eye on the orc. “Go.” I tell her. I can’t tell what kind of expression she was holding at that time, but I can feel her grip tightening. I move my hands to loosen her grip on my arm. “Head out first.” “What do you—” “I cannot deal with that ugly mug of a face if you are here, Marian.” I don’t want to make it sound like I am insulting her, but if I want to
I guess getting to meet Indigo will have to wait for a while. According to their protocols, I have been sent back to the academy so I will not cause any more trouble. If anything, I am being sent to Lizzen’s office to get my punishment for disobeying the rules. Marian and the others attempted to speak up for me, claiming that they would testify in my favor or something in order to prevent me from being expelled from the academy. I'm not sure what it means to "testify," but if it keeps me in the human world, I'm more than appreciative of them. I don’t think that I am ready to return to the forest yet, not when the black wolf is still somewhere in the woods. I am fully aware that the wolf doesn’t seem like it might pose any threat to me or my wolf, but hearing it call me its mate is something that screams "red flag" to me. I know what a mate is, and with my current predicament, I don’t think that a mate is the last thing that I need right now. I don’t even think that I'm ready for su
As I follow Indigo and Ajax back to their headquarters, I can feel the covert tension. Indigo is doing a great job of concealing his emotions, but I wish I could have said the same for Ajax. He makes no attempt to hide the aggressive expression on his face, which tells me that he doesn't want me in the room. “Belle, you haven’t told anyone yet, have you?” I lost my train of thoughts when Indigo raises the question. “Told what about what?” I look away from Ajax, who was glaring at me, to address Indigo, who was seated behind the front desk of his office. Ajax and I are standing before him in full attentiveness. “The abnormal wolf.” He says, eyes boring into mine ina serious manner. “Have you told anyone about what you saw?” “Aside from this guy right here,” I jerk my thumb in the direction of Ajax. “None.” I see Indigo breathing out a sigh of relief. “Good. We’re still safe.” “Safe?” I wonder curiously and raise my brow. “What does that have to do with me telling anyone? Are you
The next few days, I have been busy trying to make a report, as per Captain Lizzen’s request. Not only that, but I have to clean the garden instead of participating in combat classes. The others are fairly worried about me as well, especially Marian, who still feels very guilty thinking that she’s part of the reason why I am receiving punishment. “You guys really don’t have to stay here and help.” I turn to Marian, Celine, Frank, Duncan, and Conrad. The five of them have been helping me clean the garden the whole time while also missing out on their combat classes. “No way would we let you finish the job all on your own. The garden is too big for you to clean all by yourself.” Marian is very quick to oppose. She’s not even meeting my gaze as she aggressively rakes the leaves and gathering them on one place. “Besides, you wouldn’t be here if you did not leave your post to save me. Iowe you a favour.” How adorable. I could not help but smile at how genuine her words are. “You don’t
I thought that Indigo’s library would just be like a study room full of books, but it turns out that I was mistaken. Indigo’s private library is massive that has a mezzanine floor and a basement. The ground floor are the study area completely with long wooden desk and chairs, while the mezzanine is where they keep undiscovered research and catalogs of every list of creatures that you can think of. As for the basement, well, Ajax is being quiet about it. Ajax showed portfolios and records of the information that they have gathered so far about the abnormal lycans. He informed me that these are the summaries to books and other studies that involved the abnormal lycans.To be fair, there are a lot of them, which is going to take me a while considering that most of the words used in the text are hard for me to understand. That being said, my excitement is slowly starting to diminish. “Couldn’t you guys just use simple terms?” I keep flipping through pages after pages, trying to read
I have this bad habit that, when I am trying to look for answers, I have a tendency to take certain risks. My father always tells me that I should change this specific behavior of mine because it could one day get me killed. Of course, I listen, but the matter of following through is a different matter. Sneaking out late at night from human territory is easier than I thought. The security isn’t lacking, but when I am in my wolf form, I am just fast enough to get through the blind spots of the night guards. Upon my arrival in the forest, I begin my search. I use my nose to help me catch the scent of the black wolf. I barely remember what the wolf smells like, so I am just blindly sniffing the area in hopes of catching a familiar scent. Since the last time that I saw the wolf was in the orc’s cave, I decided to head there. The night is cold, but with my fur covering my body, I should feel fine, but for some reason I am shivering. I doubt that it is because of the cold. The area s