I knocked on the door and a student opened it.
"You must be my new student." An older lady with long faded blonde hair and glasses greeted me from the front of the room. I nodded my head at her. "Take a seat at one of the empty chairs." She instructed.Everyone kept their attention on me as I took a seat in the back row. Boys eyeing my body again and girls giving me curious or jealous glances. It's always the same no matter where you go I guess. At least here I won't be as much of a failure. I fit better with the humans than anywhere else.Mrs. Williams continued her trig lesson. The bell rang shortly after, and I collected my things.Next was P.E. with Rachel. I'm glad we have a couple classes together, it gives me a friendly face in the crowd. I walked down the hall Rachel showed me earlier."Ember!" Ash's voice called from behind me and I turned to find him with Toni still. His 6'2 self was easy to spot amongst the crowd. I waited for him to catch up."Hey, what's up?" I asked him."I have P.E. now too. We'll be in the gym at the same time. So it's kind of like we have 2nd period together after all." He smiled excitedly, he's just like a kid sometimes. I was unable to hold my smile back."That's great." I told him."Oh hey, this is Toni. He's invited us to sit with him at lunch." Ash introduced. "Toni, this is my twin, Ember.""Hey." Toni nodded at me. His eyes catching mine again. My heart fluttered for a moment... odd."Hey." I awkwardly nodded back. "Ash. I had someone invite me to sit with them at lunch as well." I told him pouting. "Her name is Rachel." I told him. "I'll introduce you in P.E. we have it together.""Oh." Ash sounded disappointed."We don't have to sit together, you know. If you want to sit with Toni." I don't want to keep him from making friends. He did switch schools for me already. He pouted thinking for a moment."If it's the same Rachel, I'm thinking about, she's my cousin. I sit near her, anyway. So it seems we all would have wound up at the same spot." Toni added and Ash lit up."Ha! How perfect." Ash was so easy to make happy. I smiled again, shaking my head at him. Silly brother. "I think we're doing really well for our first day." He whispered in my ear."Don't jinx it." I poked him in the side making him grimace.Toni laughed. I forgot he was there for a moment. I fought the blush from creeping on my cheeks again.We made it to the gym and I went to my spot, seeing Rachel in the distance. She waved at me and then at her cousin Toni, behind me. How coincidental.She led me down the stairs to a locker room marked girls. Inside were a group of girls changing in the open. I have never changed in front of anyone before. Rachel lent me some shorts that felt way too short and a shirt."Come on, let's go before we're bothered." She started to push me back out, but it was too late.A tall 5'9 girl stood before my 5'3 self. Her long blonde hair was tied back in a high ponytail. She was really pretty with dark blue eyes and sharp features."Hey, Rachel. Were you able to talk to Toni?" She asked her."I told you I wasn't going to get involved. Talk to him yourself." Rachel snapped.Tall blonde girl made a face. I can tell I'm not going to like this girl. She reached to grab Rachel, but I instinctively grabbed her wrist and pulled it down. She bent forward, following her wrist. She looked up at me pissed and confused. I let her wrist go pushing her back up. I didn't mean to do that. I sighed. Damnit."Leave her alone." Was all I said to her before grabbing Rachel and walking out. My heart was racing, knowing there would be backlash later for that. Rachel laughed beside me as we left the locker room."Oh girl. You didn't need to do that, but I really appreciate it." She told me. "That's Myra. Queen B of sorts. She and Toni were dating for a while before he broke up with her. He's not into mean girls and he didn't like the way Myra acted with others." She explained. "Myra thinks she can get me to change his mind." She rolled her eyes."I'm sorry. I know what that's like. To be the in-between of girls and a relative. It happens to me with my brother a lot." I explained."The twin that doesn't look like you?" She asked."Yeah. You'll meet him here in a minute. He has P.E. this period too.""Oh I'm very curious now." She wiggled her eyebrows and I smiled.We headed back up to the gym. All the boys' eyes landed on me from across the floor, as we walked to our spot. I heard some whistles, but I kept my head up. I refuse to blush or show any vulnerability."You got a boyfriend Ember?" Rachel asked."No, I do not." I told her. "Haven't met a boy that doesn't annoy me yet." I joked, but really I've had my heart broken too deeply to want to date anyone right now.I saw Ash from across the way. He must have borrowed some clothes too. He had a pair of navy blue gym shorts and a gray shirt on. He was tense, trying not to get onto all the boys for looking at me.'What are you wearing?' He mind linked.Ash and I could link one another since we were 5. It's the only person I can do it with.'Gym clothes, duh. I borrowed some from Rachel.''Those shorts are too short.' He scowled at me and I returned it.'Trust me, I know. I don't like it. I'll have my own clothes tomorrow.'A whistle sounded loudly, making my ears ring. I could tell who was a werewolf by the way they reacted to the whistle, and it seems Toni and Rachel are among them.Rachel seemed to notice my sensitivity to the whistle too and we shared a knowing look. Only she probably didn't really know about me."All right, girls today we play with the boys instead of against them. Get in groups of 4." She instructed, leaving to go talk to the boys coach who had just given the same instructions to the boys.Ash and I locked eyes and made a Beeline for one another. Rachel and Toni followed behind each of us."Well that was easy." Ash smiled as we all joined."Rachel, this is my brother, Ash." I introduced him to her."Hey" He gave her a small wave."Hey. You guys aren't normies are you?" She asked suddenly."Rachel!" Toni scolded her. His voice came off strong, sending butterflies fluttering around my stomach."What? You can totally smell it on him." She defended."Yeah, we're not human." Ash answered quickly."I thought you guys weren't. I wasn't sure though." Toni said smiling.I nodded my head. I'm not correcting him about me."We're more than that." Ash said, not looking away from Rachel. "Our Dad's a dragon and our mom is a werewolf and elf." Ash revealed.Toni whistled impressively."That's a really rare pairing. So wait, do you guys have both a dragon and a wolf?" He asked excitedly and Ash realized he messed up. He cleared his throat awkwardly."I have both." Ash said, looking at me. "But Ember..""I have none." I finished for him, crossing my arms and looking ahead at the wall.I could tell Toni was feeling sympathy for me, but I didn't want that."I'm sorry." Ash told me and I poked him in the side again. I didn't want him to be sad."Shut up. I'm fine." I rolled my eyes at him. "I'll still beat your ass at this game." I smiled at him.I was the better fighter between Ash and I, but he always overpowered me. I could beat him in sports though. We all played for a while until the coach blew her whistle and it was time to change. I beat Ash as often as I could. He was pouty when we seperated to go change."Who was that guy you guys were playing with today?" Myra asked us as we changed."What's it to you?" I snapped. I wasn't in the best mood."Curious minds want to know." She stated, slightly snarky."He's Ember's twin." Rachel answered, realizing they wouldn't leave till they had one.Suddenly Myra looked at me differently and I knew she planned on wheasiling her way into my life. She now needs me to get close to my brother."You should come sit with us at lunch. We would love to host the new students." She was suddenly so sweet."No thanks. I already have plans." I slammed Rachel's locker closed and grabbed her. I pulled her out of the locker room. "Sorry." I sighed letting go of her hand."Hey, I get it. I'll meet you outside at lunch, okay?" She smiled and waved goodbye"What do you have next period?" Ash came up behind me making me jump. I slapped his arm. "Stop that." I hate when he masks his presence to me. "I have science." I told him. "I have math on the other side of the building. Toni has science during this period though." He smiled. "Hey Toni!" He called him over. "Will you walk Ember to class for me? Please. I don't like the idea of her alone in these halls with all these assholes." He sounded like Dad for a moment. "Ash! You can't just ask someone you just met to walk me around school. Quit it!" I scolded him. "I don't mind." Toni smiled at me and my heart skipped for a moment. He has a really sweet smile like Rachel's. Only his smile does something different to me. I fought the crimson off my cheeks, as I blushed too quickly for me to stop it entirely. Ash noticed it and arched an eyebrow at me curiously. 'Shut up.' I linked him and he smiled. "Meet you at lunch." He yelled back, walking down the hall. He and Rachel were headed the
I woke up in the nurse's office. My head felt like it was splitting open. I had the worst migraine of my life. 'Dear Goddess. I thought I would never get to come out.' A voice in my head echoed. 'What the fuck?' Suddenly an image of a light gray wolf, with a large patch of white over it's right eye came to the front of my mind. The wolf had one blue eye and one gold. 'That's one way of greeting your wolf.' She laughed. 'It's been so hard not being able to talk to you. I've been with you all this time, Ember. I'm sorry I couldn't come out till you found our mate.' She explained. I couldn't believe my mind right now. Was this real? Had my wolf really been lying dormant all this time? I'm not just human? Tears started to pool in my eyes. I was so happy. "Ember are you okay?" Toni's voice brought me back to reality. I quickly wiped my tears away. I didn't want him to see that. "Yeah I'm fine. What happened?" I asked him. "Well Reep came forward and called you our mate and then you
We headed out of the nurse's office and toward the cafeteria. We grabbed some tray lunches, eyes still very much on us. We're still the talk of the school. We headed outside with our food where I spotted Toni sitting at a blue picnic table around a large fountain. He was smiling, and talking with some friends. A lot of them wore letterman jackets. Micheal was amongst the group, making me question Toni's judgment. Rachel was sitting at the fountain surrounded by her own friends, but still close to Toni's area. "I'll go sit with Rachel. You sit with Toni. We'll still be close, but actually sitting with the people we want." I told Ash. "You sure you don't want to sit by Toni?" He sang his name, teasing me. I poked his side hard. "Ouch, okay. Sorry." We went our separate ways to our group. "Ember!" Rachel called me over. I smiled at her, making my way toward her. "Everyone, this is Ember. That's her twin Ash." She pointed at Ash who was now sitting beside Toni being introduced like me
Lunch ended without a hitch and I had a free period after. I headed to the library, curious about the selection here. I walked through the aisle trying to find something of interest, but I didn't see anything. "I'm not sure you'll find anything here for you." His husky voice rang in my ear. "I guess you have a free period this hour too." I turned to find those sweet chocolate eyes staring at me. I took a step back, trying to keep my distance. Mate bond or not, I'm not gonna let it overcome me. I just met him today, even if every cell in my body is screaming I need him. "Well since you seem to think you know my style. What do you suggest?" I crossed my arms and arched my eyebrow at him. He just gave me this sexy crooked smile, his hands shoved deep in his pockets. "Follow me." He whispered and my curiosity peaked too much not to follow. He led me to the back of the library. A secluded spot from everyone else. Suddenly I questioned why I followed him. He walked to the corner and lo
The bell rang releasing us to our last period of the day. It's been a really long first day, so this class couldn't come sooner. Yet I also didn't want it to come at all, knowing Toni will be there. The teacher was waiting to greet us by the door. She was a younger teacher, probably mid 20s. She had long straight brown hair with naturally blonde streaks. She had a sweet smile and pretty dark brown eyes. "Hi there, are you my other new student?" She asked me. Her voice was sweet as honey. "Yes ma'am. Ember Viseron." I introduced myself. "So nice to meet you Ember. Welcome to the school. I hope it's been a good first day. My name is Mrs. Allen. Please come in and take a seat. There should be an empty chair at one other table. We sit in groups of 4 in my class." She explained and I nodded my head. I walked in and saw Ash sitting at a table with Rachel, Leti, and one other male student. I looked around for that one empty seat and of course it's in front of Toni and beside Josh, and l
"What was that?" Ash teased. "I shouldn't have let him." I was mostly telling myself that. "He's your mate, Ember. You know how that is. Just look at mom. She and dad can never keep their hands off one another." He added. "Yeah. She can't keep her hands off with Eryn or Charles either." I rolled my eyes. "Well yeah, but it's her and dad that are the most in love." Ash always likes to pretend that it is just Mom and Dad and that Eryn and Charles were nothing more than old friends to mom. It shatters his delusion of hopefully having one mate. "You're right Ash." I agreed, not wanting to argue right now. "Let's just get home. Will you open the portal please?" Ash placed his hand over a tree in the nearby woods and the scent that came out was 100 times worse than before. Now I understood why everyone else hated it so much. I had thought they were all being babies, but no I just wasn't smelling it as well as them. We came out of the tunnel in the kingdom. "We need to hurry and tell
I woke up in my own bed, although I could have sworn I fell asleep on Ash's bed. I dragged my feet as I brushed my hair and then braid it to the side. I decided to wear something more of my style today. I grabbed my red guns and roses shirt, with dark jeans and my red and white Ed hardies canvas shoes. Ash came into my room as soon as I slipped my shoes on. He had on a red hoodie with a large black heart. He paired it with black jeans and red and black Jordans. He had a good sense of style in my eyes. His hair was styled messy, but in a neat kind of way, if that makes any sense. "You ready?" He asked, his backpack slung behind one of his shoulders. "Did you pack gym clothes?" "Yes and yes." I grabbed my bag, gym clothes inside it, and slung it over my shoulder. We walked out of the palace towards the trees to leave. "Did you move me to my bed last night?" I asked Ash. "Yeah, you kept kicking me." He laughed. "Sorry." I blushed. "You've been blushing a lot more here lately. I t
"That's not good." Toni said from beside me. I wasn't sure when he got there, but he saw the same thing I did. Myra worming her way into Ash's life. I nodded my head in agreement. I really wish Ash would have said my name already. This is going to be awkward. "I'm sorry about this morning. I just figure I've done it to you so many times now that you could do it to me once." He didn't look at me as he spoke. He was embarrassed and it was really cute. I couldn't help the teasing smile on my face. "I figured it would help calm you down and it seems like it worked." He looked up at me then, waiting for me to respond. I just smiled and nodded. "Are you mad at me?" I took a second to think about it. I should be, but I'm not. What he did was kind of sweet. He was keeping me out of trouble and trying to soothe me. I shook my head at him, letting him know I wasn't mad. "Good." He smiled sweetly at me. My heart rate elevated with that smile. He was so handsome and sweet. His intoxicatin