Second Edition Warning #slow burner #violence #sexual activity At eighteen Gabriella Chambers has no wolf and has no mate, so why is the Academy for shifters demanding she attends? When Gabbie gets there she's demoted to omega, the lowest rank in the pack. The only thing she looks forward to is seeing her best friend Alex again. Things have changed. Alex is a feared and respected Alpha Heir, strong and s*xy, but Gabbie is still his best friend. Even though an Alpha and an Omega must never mix. Things get complicated when Alpha Kade, Alex's rival for battle season, crosses paths with fiery Gabbie. In Kade's pack Omegas are scum, but what happens when simple encounters turn into something more. To add fuel to the fire, Gabbie is a target for three Alpha Females, including Alex's mate and Kade's chosen mate. A mystery blooms while Gabbie's at the academy that involves her past and her family. Will Gabbie survive long enough to awaken her wolf and find her mate?
View More“Honey, we got a letter.” Mom said, clutching a red envelope in her fist for dear life.
I set my bowl of oatmeal down.
“Who from?”
“From a school, they’re requesting your presence.”
“What kind of school does that? I don’t remember writing to any schools, plus university applications are months away.”
“Yes… I know.”
“Something’s fishy, Mom. Throw it away.”
“I can’t.” Her voice cracked. “This is their fourth letter. We have to… consider.”
“Geez, who are they?”
“McGregor Academy… It’s a school for shifters.”
My eyes moved from the red tablecloth to the kitchen window, giving me a perfect view of the oak tree in my backyard. A shifter school? I lost all feeling in my fingers, and my cheeks heated. They shouldn’t be after me.
“Honey, I think you should…” My mom Anya trailed.
What was she thinking? I couldn’t go there.
“Mom, I can’t shift.” I was eighteen and still hadn’t gotten my wolf. I was pretty sure by then that she wasn’t showing up.
“You just haven’t done it yet.” Mom said, still clenching the letter.
“I’m not a wolf. I’m done with the wishful thinking.” I grabbed my bowl, wandered to the sink, and turned on the water. “I’m not like everyone else.” I could see the backyard completely and into my neighbour’s bigger yard.
I lived in EastWood, a community of shifters. Mom wasn’t a shifter, and since Dad vanished, living in a community of wolves made her nervous.
“The school is requesting you be there by tomorrow, Gabbie. They’ve been asking for you for weeks. I thought they would go away if I didn’t answer.”
“But I don’t have a wolf. What are they going to do? I didn’t know they just handed them out.”
Mom groaned. “They’re going to involve the Alpha’s council. All shifters have to go to the academy.”
“Is it because my birthday was a month ago?”
“From what I know, most shifters turn before eighteen. They must think you’ve already turned.”
I settled back on the table. I knew about the mysterious Shifter Academy. I couldn’t count how many people I knew left town to attend the Academy. I honestly thought a select few got to go. When I was fifteen my best friend Alex left town to attend. Well… he’s no ordinary wolf. He’s the son of the Alpha. I haven’t seen him since or heard anything about him.
Obviously, I would know if he died. It would be a dark day in the pack. Would I get to see him again?
“Do I have to leave so soon?” I asked.
Mom settled on the empty chair to my right. I didn’t want to leave her here alone. Not that this was a dangerous pack. The Alpha was friends with my dad once upon a time so I’d like to think we’re protected. I don’t want her to be lonely. My dad wasn’t coming back and she was too scared to put herself out there again.
“Yes honey, there’s a bus that’ll take you straight to the school.”
“How long will I be there for?”
She pushed a strand of hair behind my ear, “You haven’t even gotten there yet and you’re thinking of leaving.”
“Being the new girl is hard Mom. Not to mention the only one without a wolf.”
“They’ll help you out.” She insisted.
I bit my lip. The kids here were bad enough. Everyone was expecting me to shift but I didn’t. I always wonder if there’s something wrong with me. I can’t even feel the connection other wolves talk about with their wolves. Mine was just quiet or hollow. Dead.
“You’ll make lots of friends. I think you’re a pretty cool girl.”
I chuckled, “Thanks, mom. You think I’ll see Alex again?”
I felt my cheeks blush a little. I could imagine he was totally different on the outside, I was hoping he was just the same on the inside.
Mom’s face brightened, “Yes, Alex. He was such a sweet boy. See you already have a friend.”
She got up and wandered into the living room. I followed, she wasn’t going to cry, was she? She struggled with the drawer on the table that carried a massive ugly lamp my grandmother gave her. She got it open and rummaged inside until she pulled out a chain.
“What’s that?” I asked.
She held the shiny silver chain out for me. “It was your dad’s I think you should take it. I think he left it for you. He never took that thing off.”
It had a pendant of an arrow and an axe crossed together. I let the cold metal fall in my palm. I remembered it dangling on his chest when I was a kid.
“You should get ready Gabbie,” Mom said softly.
“I just… It’s so soon. I don’t want to leave you…”
“Oh… Gabbie.” She wrapped me in her arms and I squeezed. “I’ll be fine.”
***
I had one suitcase in front of me and a backpack. The bus taking me to my new home for the next who knows how long was empty and the driver looked at me as if I kicked his dog.
“It’s going to be okay Gabbie.” Mom smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes.
I nodded. I couldn’t believe I was reaching home. It was only now hitting me that I wouldn’t wake up in my own house anymore. Not for a while. I hoped they were wrong. They’d find out I didn’t have a wolf and send me home. I would still be teased, but at least I would be somewhere familiar.
Mom wrapped me in her arms, “Everything’s going to be fine. You have to go now, honey.”
“I know. I’ll try to call every day.”
“That’ll be great.”
The bus ride felt like five hours. I fell asleep with headsets on listening to music. The rock of the bus woke me up. The lights came on and I had to blink to adjust to the light.
“Final stop young lady.” The bus driver rasped.
I slung my bag over my shoulder and wobbled out of the bus. Well, here was home. A medieval castle that looked possessed by demons. Better yet people that turned into fury beasts. The lights from the bus illuminated the entrance.
A woman in a long gown and bucket hat stood in front of the door. I placed my hand on my chest. I thought she was a ghost.
“Welcome Miss Chambers.”
“Thanks?”
Was she the caretaker? She turned and beckoned me on.
“School officially starts tomorrow. New students sleep in Helene Hall for the night until they can be put into your proper dorms. Unfortunately, you’re the only new student.”
“Why?”
“Well… some arrive on the first day. Some years, we have no new students at all.”
I paused; this didn’t feel right.
“I’m sorry, ma’am…”
“Headmistress Athena.” She straightened up her spine.
“Headmistress… I don’t think I should be here. I’ve never shifted before. I don’t know why I’m here.” I said almost in a whisper.
“Just because you haven’t shifted doesn’t mean you aren’t a wolf who belongs here.” She proceeded, expecting me to follow.
The only other sound was that of our shoes clicking against the marble floor.
“What happens if I can’t shift?”
“We’ll cross that line when we get there, Miss Chambers. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow.”
Gabbie POVWe watched as people raced to help Harlow up, but she brushed them off and yelled her lungs out. I had to give her credit, her ambition took her far. She should be proud, but I doubted that was anything she wanted to hear.Gareth basked in the glory of winning the battle. Imagined Kade up there receiving his crowning moment and then I realized the clock was ticking and I had to move.“I’ll be right back,” I told Emery.I saw Leiah first and assumed Kade would be with the other Alphas. He was. He reached me before I could get to him.“Gabbie, we need to talk.”“We do. Kade—”“Not here.” He looked over his shoulder and led me from the crowd.“What did your Father want?” He’d been gone all day.“To express his disappointment in me, but I expected that.”The cheers from the student body grew faint. We turned into the Alpha castle territory.“I’m sorry…”“Don’t be.” He stopped and looked over his shoulder again.“I should be apologising to you.” His brows dipped, and I noticed t
Gabbie POV“What were you thinking? You should have moved?”Dad kicked the lifeless wolf off me, and Kade helped me up.“I wasn’t thinking right, Kade.”He wrapped me in his arms despite my bloody uniform.“It’s okay, it’s over,” he said soothingly.“Kade… that’s my wolf. It’s dead.”“What? How’s that possible?” He demanded.I stared at Dad. He ripped the blade from the animal’s gut and shrugged.“I detached it.”Kade stroked my hair and led me from the scene.“This isn’t over,” Harlow snapped. “The whole school’s going to know you’re a monster!”“Can I bury her with the wolf? Please?” Dad frowned.“No, she’s right, I don’t belong here.”“But you’re part wolf on your mother’s side. That should count,” Dad said.I pointed at the dead black wolf. “That wolf’s dead.”Dad grumbled and busied himself with disposing of the wolf.We got to the door, and Kade lifted me into his arms and carried me into the castle.“Do you still want to go to the omega quarters?” He asked.“I’m good.”He kicke
Gabbie POV“How could you both give up the most important battle of your lives… for…. for a wolf-less omega! You must be insane.” Harlow raged and paced the living room in the Alpha castle.“It wasn’t about Gabbie,” Alex said.“Yeah,” Kade grunted.He lay on the couch with his feet up, nursing his cracked ribs.“Then let us in on the secret?” Leiah scoffed.“Clearly, they were frightened of meeting me in the final and decided to give up at the last minute. Who can’t blame them?” Gareth said, reclining in a chair with a fat grin.“You’re too cocky for your own good,” Harlow spat. “You’ll eat those words when my jaws are around your neck.”Gareth smirked. “We’ll see about that, Precious.”Harlow shot the rest of us dangerous glares before storming out.“Is anyone going to spill the beans?” Leiah scowled.Kade rubbed my thigh while I stroked his hair.“No, secret. I saw an opportunity and I took it. I thought being Alpha King was all I wanted, but that changed.”All eyes turned to Alex.
Gabbie POV“Hurry up. Light the torches as soon as you set them up,” Athena demanded.“Don’t forget the moon stones. They have to be on every corner.”“Geez, I’ve never seen Athena this agitated,” Emery hissed.She and I piled water gems from the basement into baskets while the other omegas dealt with the torches and moon stones.“Everything must be perfect!” She yelled.“It’s a big night. I feel like yelling too,” I said.We gathered the last of the water gems and rushed to the ground. I hadn’t seen Kade since this morning, or Alex since yesterday. Though an Alpha female with white hair had been prowling around. There was a chance she could face Kade if they both win their battles.“I’m sorry about your date. We worked extra hard on it,” Emery said.“I can’t believe you hid it from me!”She laughed. “It was fun to do something normal for once. The Academy… hasn’t been the same. Sometimes I think Blair made the right choice.”She stared at the basket of water gems. They were oval shap
Gabbie POV“Do you have a thing for forests?” I asked.He shrugged. “Been running through the woods since I could walk.”Of course, he had. The violent wind felt like a bad omen, but despite the scent of danger in the wind, the whole truth needed to see the light and breathe again.“I know you’re a Hunter,” I blurted.He gave me a firm nod.“Now that Aiden knows things are complicated for Kade and me.”“It worked for your Mother and me,” he said.He stuck his long knife into the ground and settled on a rock.“Hunting is in our blood. That’s why it comes so naturally, you might have noticed.”I scratched the back of my head, remembering the first time I had to defend myself from a wolf here. My environment came alive. I knew what I could use against it without panicking.“I met Anya first. She hated her family for being born a human while her sister was the strongest female wolf in her whole pack.” A smile lit up his face.“Anya came to me to learn how to be a Hunter. She was a quick l
Gabbie POVThe beta goons were capable of snapping my flimsy arms. If they wanted to get rid of me, they would make sure I didn’t survive. Kade filled the doorframe and dared them to come any further. The goons must have been caught in two minds because they couldn’t hurt the only heir to the Sanders pack.“Out of the way, Kaden. I warned you this would happen!” Aiden Sanders bellowed.My heart leapt into my throat. He wouldn’t hurt his son. He wanted me.Images of Gareth’s pain, when his mate was killed, flashed in my mind rapidly. The black mark appeared on his chest when she died. If Kade were hurt, a part of my soul would leave with him. He was stubborn and would provoke a fight.I needed to find a way to get out of this without us getting hurt, but the chances for me were devastatingly low.“I told you I’m not leaving her! She’s my fated mate, get that into your thick head.”Aiden fisted Kade’s shirt. “Rejection was created to get us out of the moon goddess’s messes! The Alpha of
Gabbie POVKade pulled out the chair for me and then moved to sit across from me. He had all the chairs and desks in the classroom removed, but I couldn’t get over the necklace. When did he have time to buy this?It was a big rock. I could see my face in it. Kade had good taste in jewellery. I’d treasure this forever. I brushed the cold stone and smiled. Kade’s chuckle made me snap my head up.“What?”“Am I going to get any attention tonight?”“After this? I’ll give you anything you want!”He laughed. He placed an open hand on the table and stared at me. I squeezed his hand. I had to address the elephant in the room. Could it be worse than my Dad telling me the woman I cherished as my Mom wasn’t my Mother?“What’s on your mind, baby?”“A lot, Kade.”His brows dipped. A woman in black pants and a white shirt walked in holding a notepad. She smiled at us.“Ready to order?” She asked.“Give us a minute, please,” Kade saidShe bobbed her head and turned to leave.“Want to talk about it?”
Gabbie POV“I’m sorry I ditched you. It’s his damn scent. It drives me crazy,” Leiah said.“Ivan?” I whispered.“I don’t want people to know!” She hissed.Leiah supervised the omegas decorating the Alpha’s VIP seating area for the semi-finals of the battle season in one day.“How’s he doing? That battle with Harlow was intense,” I asked, picking garbage and leaves that blew here from the forest.“He’s pissed. His family’s even madder.”Tomorrow night Kade’s family and Alex’s family will sit on this stage with the instructors and lecturers of the academy to watch this match that could leave me without either one of them. I sucked in a breath and willed myself to think positively. No one was dying.“Have you spoken to Harlow lately?” I asked.She lifted a shoulder. “No, she’s focused on winning this thing. I’m kind of scared for Gareth. He’s not serious at times.”“Leiah, she killed his mate. He’s as serious about this as it gets.”I tied a knot in my second garbage bag of the day. I wa
Gabbie POV“Don’t cry,” Kade whispered in my ear. “What do you want me to do?”I sniffled as my tears stained his arm. “Just hold me.”“I can do a little more than that,” he whispered, kissing the side of my face.“Kade… I don’t know where my mind is right now.”“Don’t think, Gabbie. Forget about your mind and think about your body. Scratch that, let me worry about your body.”Kade slipped away from her strong embrace and hovered above me. He went in full force. Kade dominated me, showing me his passion and desire. I could cling to him to absorb the stress and the tension in my body.Kade vehemently sucked on my swollen clit. I stretched out my arms for anything to hold on to but there was nothing but concrete. Kade was evil. He pulled back just when I was about to cum. He withheld his touch when I was aching for relief.“Have I told you how good you smell?” Kade panted.“Maybe,” I moaned.He’d been doing this when I was about to orgasm. He stopped and I shot his daggers but it was us
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