Chapter 5

"What rank are you?" I asked curiously. I would guess a V ranked Alpha since he is a recessive Alpha but his confidence and the way he carried himself gracefully is nothing short of a S ranked Alpha.

"A ranked, second place in Combat and eleventh ranked in sparring."

We stepped into the combat room with my face filled with shock. Would I even be able to hold out in sparring with him? 

We ran three laps and gathered round in a circle around the instructor. Unlike yesterday's captain, instructor Ronan was slim and didn't bother with the late comers. We were paired together to practice. Two Alpha's would be called into the arena and they fought as we watched. No one stopped until blood was drawn. My heart raced heavily, seeing all this.

"Alpha Ethan and Alpha Lucian. It's your call." The instructor's cold voice made me flinch internally. Why the Fuck would I be paired with him? How much of a coincidence is this?

We shook hands and bowed to each other. A taunting smirk was plastered on Lucian's face. His grey eyes never left mine and at the command of the instructor, the sparring started.

He was ruthless in his attacks. The students cheered on as his blows came without a stop. I ducked back and remained on the defensive side. My hands covered my head. I couldn't help with the excruciating pains that came with each of his blows. With every hit from him, my scent threatened to spill, despite the heavy dose I injected this morning. 

With a final blow, he sent me flying backwards. My head hit a combat drill and a sharp pain oozed throughout my entire body. My lips were swollen and blood flowed out of my forehead. Thankfully, the captain called for the end of the sparring. It was more like a one sided battle.

All injured Alphas, including me, were taken to the pharmacy near the sparring ground for treatment. Alpha's healed quickly and their injuries were expected to have healed before then. But not for me, my head still ached, even after twenty minutes from the fight. I couldn't give myself away, so I had to suck it in and go back to the training ground.

The next round was in Combat, and this time I was paired with another Alpha— a dominant Alpha but he wasn't as rough as Lucian. After a deep blow on my jaw by my opponent, my scent once again threatened to spill out. Dread filled my body as I excused myself immediately and rushed off, leaving the students and instructors in shock, but I couldn't care less.

I slipped unnoticed inside the pharmacy. I needed a string and some needles. I slipped into the storage room and to my shock, there are some high level suppressants in here. From the label, it's the same brand as the one my dad gave me. After administering the suppressant again, this time in higher dosage, I left quietly.

"Why are you sneaking around again?" 

I turned to him with a darkened expression.

"Why do you keep following me? Aren't you also sneaking around?" His eyes narrowed slightly and he covered the gap between us with one single step, my breathing hitched and my heart skipped a bit.

"What are you hiding?”

I rolled my eyes. My face was held high and my confidence unfiltered, but inside I was a total wreck.

"You don't have to keep following me like a dog tracing food."

"Who said I was following you?"

I rolled my eyes at his baseless tactics again, he wasn't following me but somehow ended up here. Suddenly, he released his pheromone. My eyes widened instantly. I felt suppressed and tried not to show it. Was he testing me? Had he figured out something? My mind was in total wreck.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Ascertaining dominance? You are different."

"How do you mean." I asked with a straight face, he had withdrew his phormone but my insides was in a wreck, my scent threatening to spill any moment.

"Just so, you don't fight for dominance like the other Alpha's."

"I do not care about all that. Please stay away from me." I muttered with a stuffed voice, my breathing hitched and ran out of control.

"Are you okay? I might have been a little too hard on you." His voice was soft and his eyes filled with worry, not the regular taunting look.

"Aren't you supposed to be a bully to me? Why are you pretending to care?" I snapped. He is the cause of my brother's expulsion. Why is he pretending to be nice all of a sudden?

"You know you can tell me anything, Ethan. I don't know but I feel something special about you, something that makes me want to protect you." The way he said it made me cringe a million times, this is something you say to your mate, why was he telling me all this.

"Good, then let me be Lucian, tell your jerk of a friend to stay out of my way too." I said hysterically. At the moment, I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline gush over me. This is bad. I pushed him with all my might out of my way. Our skin contact sent electric waves all over my skin. I rushed out immediately.