LOGINI 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
I was late… almost two hours late. To make things worse, not only did I have to explain to Amber and Maltilda that I didn’t try to run away or that it wasn’t my fault they had to go all the way to Centerville looking for me, I also had to convince them that I spent the night with Rex without doing anything I wasn’t supposed to do or raising suspicions. “Carry your phone already, for God’s sake!” Amber had said out of frustration, and that was the only reason why I was shoving it into my bag right now. My eyes were looking extra red and itchy today, so I had to take my glasses with me too. I loosened my hair out of the bun, grabbed my jacket, and I was ready to go. “Did Maltilda already leave?” I asked, rushing downstairs to Amber, who was still arranging the medicine she was taking to the pack house. “She had an urgent call. Now remember… come to the pack house after school. I will take your things there, so no need to come back.” “Sure. How is the Luna?” I asked, even though I wa
“I’m going to sleep in the car,” I said and ran off to the car. He didn’t come after me or even object. I had the car all to myself, the silence inside it louder than I expected. I didn’t sleep immediately. I checked if the car was locked from inside multiple times, tugging at the handle again and again, and when I was finally sure, I leaned back and just closed my eyes.I couldn’t sleep. Instead, my mind was replaying memories of how close we were, and it was doing this thing I hated, it was imagining us actually kissing. The thought made my chest ache. I opened my eyes and shrugged it off immediately, like I could physically shake the image away.“What is wrong with you, Lily?” I spanked myself. It was me scolding myself for thinking of such nonsense. Me and Rex? Kissing… Ewwww.I closed my eyes one more time to try to sleep, but I didn’t. I watched him from the view mirror, from afar. I could see that he was seated now in front of the fire. He looked like he was memorizing somethin







