Adrian's thought

Miss Peyton sat on the edge of the bed in her room, she was obviously worried.

"Who exactly is Amber? Why does she have that necklace and how come Maya is her mom?"

"I would have killed her if I haven't know her before."

"Well, all this mysteries revolves round Amber so I must get her to trust me. Then, I'll be able to find out about everything." She said in almost a whisper to herself.

*

It was lunch time and Amber walked into the hall, all eyes were on her and people even paced way as she walked pass but she shrugged it off.

"It's their life" She cussed

She went to the food counter and order for a meal. The attendant dropped the tray of meal in front over her but before she could touch it, someone else already did and she looked at the person, it was Adrian.

"You should politely drop the meal" She scoffed and he did.

Adrian got his meal and rushed after Amber. Amber placed her tray on a table a guy was occupying.

"Mind if I join you?" Amber said with a broad smile but the guy slightly lifted his head up, his face was emotionless and continued eating.

"Just sit, he's not going to reply you. He haven't spoken to anyone since he came here." Adrian said, placing his tray on the table and sat down.

Amber sat down, slowly eating the meal and looking at the guy, "Do you know why he's like that?" She whispered to Adrian.

Adrian shrugged his shoulder, "I don't know"

Adrian finished his meal and left the hall while Amber was bent on making the guy talk.

"I'm Amber, what's your name?" Amber's hand stretched out for a shake as she followed him down the corridor but he just stared at her hand and continued walking.

This got Amber infuriated, "You're just so useless" She cussed as she marched to her room.

"Yeah, I know. I've always been" The guy muttered and went to his room.

It was the middle of the night, Amber wasn't asleep as she was trying to solve some puzzles in her head. She heard a soft and faint knock on the door, though she was scared to open up but she did and she saw Miss Peyton, holding a bottle of wine and two glasses.

"May I come in?" She asked raising the bottle up a bit.

"Sure"

She walked in and Amber locked the door, she turned back and saw Miss Peyton seated in the ground, she walked to her side and sat beside her.

"Why aren't you asleep by this time of the night?" Miss Peyton asked, filling the glasses.

"I should be asking why you're here in the middle of the night with a bottle of wine. Wait! Is it laced? You want to kill me to get to my mom?" She suddenly turned to look at Miss Peyton, her face had gone red.

"No, Amber. I can never do that" she shook her head

"See, you got it all wrong, I'm not a bad person and you know it......" Amber interrupted her.

"I thought you were but obviously the opposite"

"Did you ask your mom about your dad?" She slipped the wine and turned to look at Amber

"I can't! I don't want to talk about him. I have a lot to think about than to start questioning my mom about my dad."

"What are you thinking? Can I be of help if you don't mind?" She poked her head out a little, blinking her cute small eyes.

"You?" She scoffed

"You think I can trust you?" She gulped down the glass content.

"Yes........... because you once did. Let me prove it to you that I'm still the good person you met few days back" her voice was obviously trying to be convincing but she was bad at it.

Amber swallowed hard, staring at Miss Peyton and pondering if she should believe her.

"Well, there's this note that someone sent to my mom that her baby is alive but she must die if she wants to know who she is and she has till the night before the first of the half year to find the person." She swallowed hard

"You mean Maya's baby is alive? Aren't you her child? Did she give birth to another baby after that?" Her questions were fast.

"What do you mean? You know Maya has a baby? What am I even saying? I saw the picture" She hit her head with her palm.

"That's great! Maya is not my biological mother, she adopted me and now that she found out that her baby is alive, I want to protect her and the child, do you think you can help me with that?" She retorted.

"Sure! Maya had Ben a good friend to me and my brother......... May his soul rest in perfect peace" she said and lifted her head up slightly to stop the tears threatening to roll down.

"I'm sorry about that!" She said and patted her shoulder.

"It's fine. So how about we just drink this night? I'll put a call through to some people and Maya and we'll know how to help her. Just concentrate on the Wolves Day feast."

"When I could be killed or not" she cusses in a whisper but as a wolf, Peyton heard her very clearly.

"Not as long as I'm here" Miss Peyton said and Amber hugged her.

They stayed in that position for a while. They drank and teased all night till they fell asleep.

The next morning, Amber woke up, tried and still tipsy from last night. She looked around, she couldn't see Miss Peyton. She checked the room and still couldn't find her.

"Maybe she had gone to her room" She shrugged her shoulders and mounted the bed again, with a pen.

She circled the day two, she huffed as she closed her eyes and said a silent prayer to protect Maya.

She got up and prepared for a new day, they were going to have a lesson today and she was eager to explore all the activities of a wolf before she gets caught.

She hummed as she slowly but confidently walked passed the corridor, a guy suddenly pulled her hair and took some steps away from her - it was Adrian.

"Good morning, beautiful. Your boots complement your glasses" He teased and ran off.

Amber halted, looked at her boot and shrugged and she continued walking. When she got to the venue, there was only one seat left and it was beside the guy she tried talking to last night. Though it was frustrating, she felt attracted to him and gladly sat beside him.

"Today is the day to train you on your strength. To be a strong wolf, you don't have to depend always on your wolf to strengthen you. Miss Peyton and I would go first. Watch us carefully, you might be the next!" A man in tight pants said.

The fight started and lasted for a few minutes. Miss Peyton won and the students chorused loudly. The man picked two girls to fight but they were only pulling their hair.

"Hey! I know you heard what I said last night, I'm sorry about that."

"Ignacio"

"Pardon?" She asked but he stood up and volunteered to flight the person who had just won.

Ignacio won the boy and Amber raised her hand to fight him. Murmurs filled the place as she approached him.

Ignacio rushed towards her but Amber gyrated and gave him a kicked that pulled him to the ground. Everyone was surprised, even Miss Peyton.

The class session was dismissed. Amber looked for Ignacio in the crowd, when she saw him, she rushed to his side but he seem more withdrawn than before.

"Ignacio, are you mad at me for what happened? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to" She said, trying so hard to catch up with his pace.

He halted abruptly and glared at her.

"Can't you see?"

Amber staggered backward as a memory flashed through her brain but Ignacio left and Adrian came to help her up.

"What happened to you?"

"It's nothing" She said and Miss Peyton seeing her in that manner, rushed to her side.

"I'll take it up from here, you can leave now" Miss Peyton said and helped Amber lean on her.

"Really? She's not the only one here but she had won the heart of many. Why don't we do a little more digging, Amber? Let's find out who you are" Adrian glared at them as they walked away.