Chapter 4

Chapter Four

/-Ezra-/

Drama. 

That was one thing I tried to avoid. Yet, since the moment I set eyes on this human, it has been from one drama to the other. 

I took to teaching because it was the easiest way to come in contact with as many people as possible. A degree was easy for me to acquire. 

One threat and I got to borrow it for a month then move to the next university and find someone else to impersonate.

I could feel her. I knew she was close. Somewhere in this city but her scent came only as a tease, giving me hope and vanishing at the next moment. 

With a dormant wolf, finding her was even harder. 

So here I was introducing my self to a bunch of rascals when I saw her. The funny blue-eyed girl. As expected, she was embarrassed and avoided me for the rest of the day. 

It was cute how she thought I didn't notice her but I didn't bother to prove her wrong. It was best we avoided each other. 

But just like the goddess placed her in the class I happened to be teaching, I happened to walk into some boy manhandling her. 

She looked so frightened and fragile. Like she would break if he put a little more effort. 

Seeing him lay his hands on her made my blood boil. She was already skinny as it was. Was he trying to crush her?

He raised his hand to hit her and I knew I couldn't just watch any longer.

“Touch her and that will  be the last time to use those hands,” I said. It wasn't a threat. I didn't have time for threats. As I spoke I was already closing in on him, ready to crush those disgusting hands between my palms if he dared to even ask why. 

As I towered him, he cowered and let go of her hands. 

“You're here?” He blurted but I ignored him and faced her instead. Her face was ashen, like she'd seen a ghost. 

For some reason, she looked more frightened of me than she was of him. 

“Can you not be the damsel in distress every time we meet?” I asked her. There was a tinge of pink on her cheeks as she lokked everywhere but me. 

I glanced at the man beside me. Was he making her nervous? 

I frowned at him. “Get lost.”

He scurried away without a word and I turned to her. She was fondling with her car keys. I took them from her and unlocked the door for her. 

“You should dump this. It is outdated,” I told her and her face went bright red. 

“You asshole! My mother had to save up to get me this!” She spat.

 I raised a brow. I didn't understand why she was upset. The car was like two or three generations ago, her mother could have done better. Humans were so unnecessarily complicated. 

“Thanks for nothing!” She got into the car and slammd shut the door. 

Thanks for nothing? I just saved her from severe damage once again. 

I sighed and walked over to my car. I hit the button nd the car unlocked. I dumped my laptop in the passengers seat and got in. 

Another fruitless day gone. At this point, I wasn't even sure of how much time I had left.

I drove home and found my apartment open. My eyes darkened as I stepped in slowly. I sniffed the air and sure enough, if was a wolf scent. 

An oddly familiar scent, but my tired mind couldn't exactly place who it was. Then he popped out of nowhere. 

“Brother! It's good to see you home!” Taruis grinned and I immediately frowned. 

“I am not your brother,” I corrected stiffly. 

“Oh come on, it's been what… five years and you still treat me like an outsider,” he said walking to me with two glasses of wine. “I must confess, your wine collection is gold! Here.” 

I didn't take the glass from him. “How do you know where I live and how the hell did you break into my apartment?” 

“First off, I got promoted to the position of Beta…”

“Congratulations,” I cut in. “Now get out.” 

“You don't have to be so cold and aloof all the time. We all know you're a big softie in there. You know, ever since you saved our pack from wolf hunters, our Alpha has always felt indebted to you. You should see him talking about you. That spark in is eyes…”

“What is your point? I just got home from work and I am not in the best of moods right now,” I stated. 

“You work?” His chocolate orbs raked through me. “That is unheard of.” 

“Taruis, go straight to the point!” I was practically gritting now. One more chatted from him and I might just snap his next. 

He must have sensed it because he immediately went calm. 

“He is on his deathbed, Ezra and he has no successors. He wants you to take over the pack. You know, become Alpha,” he said with a flint of excitement in his voice. 

“What?”