LOGINSo the ex Sebastian wanted to make jealous was Lustre… and according to gossip, the boy who made Lustre leave Raven was Sebastian?And the new girlfriend caught in the middle was me?My life here is never going to get better here , is it?“ So you’re Sebastian’s new girl?” she asked with a smile on her face.But the smile didn’t look genuine. It felt forced. Like she was stretching her lips just to keep herself from breaking.“ Lusty… let me talk to her. I’m sure it’s a misunderstanding,” Anastasia stepped forward, her back facing me. She grabbed Lustre’s hands and wiped her tears with her other hand.I didn’t even realize Lustre was crying.Yet she was still smiling at me.“ Is it?” Lustre asked softly. “ Are you not dating Sebastian?”At that moment, Anastasia turned to face me.I took two deep breaths, but it still felt like I couldn’t breathe. I opened my mouth the first time, but my breath caught in my throat.Why was I scared to speak?“ Lily… is it true?” Anastasia asked.Her
“ Let’s do it….”I agreed to Sebastian’s proposal of making our fake relationship public because I just couldn’t continue hiding from it. The earlier I got it over with, the better it would be for me. Sebastian told me it was only going to be for a few months and then we could fake a controversy and end it.“ How many months are we talking about?” I asked.He just shrugged.“ You seem to be in a hurry to get rid of me.”“ I am not trying to get rid of you. I just… You know how it’s going to be for me.”“ And I said I was going to protect you, didn’t I?”I let out a small sigh.“ Are you going to protect me from Amber? Rex was right. She’s going to freak out when she finds out about us.”“ Oh please… Rex just likes to ruin things. I will take care of it,” Sebastian reassured.There was absolutely nothing he could say to convince me that Amber was going to be okay with this idea. She would go on and on about how I needed to keep a low profile. I might even get a slap. But honestly? That
I knew I wasn’t seeing things. I wasn’t imagining it either.This was Baldwin.When I was in Centerville, I worked multiple jobs, mainly because I wanted to assist my father and because I was saving up for medical school. I juggled part-time jobs and high school until I finally graduated. After that, I started working part-time at his café. He also owned an abandoned bookstore attached to it, a place filled with books on weird stuff, magic, vampires, zodiacs, and werewolves, he was a weird guy . I applied for the job there, secretly hoping he wouldn’t pick me because of how creepy the place was. But the moment I walked in, I got accepted.I worked with him for months. I didn’t even hand in my resignation letter before coming to Raven Pack. So I was certain of what I was seeing.This was Baldwin.I needed to be sure that I wasn’t just assuming things. So in the middle of the entire class glazing over the new hot teacher, I raised my hand.“ Excuse me, sir …”The classroom fell silent.
When I said I was going to take Hockey, I meant it. Even though Maltilda was staring at me like she didn’t hear what I had just said, I didn’t flinch.I had my reasons for picking Hockey. I could have easily picked Sebastian’s club, and part of me knew that would have been the safer choice. But Rex had injured my pride when he said someone like me shouldn’t be in hockey. What was he thinking?“ Are you sure ?” Maltilda asked.I nodded.She looked like she had more to say, like she wanted to talk me out of it, but she stopped herself. She could already tell that I had made up my mind.“ Okay then. I will send you the schedule later. You have class …You should go,” she said.I stood up. She bowed her head to pick something from under her desk, but she wasn’t raising it up. She stayed like that for a moment, her shoulders tense. I walked closer to her and wrapped my arms around her in a hug.“ Don’t worry too much about it. You will be fine. I’m going to text you all day to make sure you
“ Who is back ?” I turned to Maltilda, who looked like she wasn’t breathing anymore. “ Maltilda ….Are you okay ?” I gasped, panic rising in my chest as I watched how red her face was turning. Her hands were trembling, fingers digging into the edge of her desk. She was having a panic attack. I quickly made my way to the water dispenser and filled a glass of water for her to drink. My movements were rushed and clumsy, my heart was racing with hers. She took it from me with shaky hands and gulped it down like her life depended on it. “ Roy ….” She managed to say as the glass slipped from her fingers and dropped back on the desk I froze. “ Roy….” I muttered to myself, trying to figure out where I had heard the name from. It was a simple name, nothing unusual, and it wasn’t so hard to forget. Yet I couldn’t really remember at first. Whoever this person was, he clearly had something to do with Maltilda. That was when it clicked. Her mate. The one that rejected her and disa
“Lily…”I heard someone call out my name as Amber and I walked down the hallway. I turned slightly, already knowing who it was even before I fully faced her.It was Anastasia.We hadn’t really been hanging out often after her friend came back. I wasn’t bothered about it. I had learned a long time ago not to take these things personally. I was used to being the floater friend,the one people liked, but never quite chose first.“Ana… long time, no see,” I forced a smile.Amber stared at the both of us, her eyes moving between our faces like she was trying to understand the awkward tension hanging in the air.“Did you guys fight?” Amber asked.We shook our heads in unison.“Oh no… no, no… we did not,” Anastasia replied quickly.“I’ve just been busy exploring subjects. We don’t have classes together too,” I added.Amber nodded slowly, like she was satisfied with the explanation, even though I wasn’t sure she fully believed it.“Okay. I’ll leave you guys to catch up,” Amber said before walk







