The Former Beta

I blink twice when I saw William infront of my classmates. "You're late. Sit down in your chair."He raised a brow and I literally have a vacant sit. "I'm sorry."

"The rank is already posted and as of the moment Jinni takes lead and the last one is Mystery." He stared the girl beside me who just cutely smiled on William and never bothered on what he said.

"Ms. Winston will come with me for her test and you will all be left here for your practice." He gestures me to follow and he walks out to the room.

"Good luck Winston," that girl named Mystery just smiled on me and wish me a good luck.

I took a deep breath and run fast because I was left by William. I catch up and saw him walks in to a room so I also went inside.

He faced me and the whole room turns to black. "Shit," I was punch by a wind and that's hurt. I am now sitting on the ground. I saw the wind is trying to hit me again but fortunately I got up immediately and dodge against it. "Not this time wind." I punch it hard and the whole room turns to original.

William is now sitting on the ground infront of me. What is he doing there? He got up immediately and raised his right eyebrows. "Follow me." He walks first and walks out in our room.

We came to a machine and he let me register there. "See your rank later, maybe your classmates will inform you." I nodded. "You can now go back to your class."

He walks in a different direction so I go back to my room. When I open the door I saw a very colorful room because they we're performing magics. I hear them summoning magics and the boys in our class is performing physical task. They stopped when I step in and go back to their sits.

I also go back to mine and got my notebook out in my bag. "Hi, I'm Mika." She offer her hand and I accepted it. We both smiled on each other. "I'm Mystery. Yes I know what you're thinking and yes that's my name." She chuckled and offer her hand too so I accepted it also.

"Congratulations you're on rank 5. How amusing." A girl who I looks like a leader of a gang approached me and offer also her hand. I accepted it and smiled like I know what she is talking about. She go back to her sit and the room is silent again.

I faced Mystery and asked. "Can I see the listing Mystery?" Mystery was still smiling at me and give me her phone. "Give me your phone." I exchange it with her.

I saw my name on the rank 5. I giggled at the thought of my specialty, is it about punching a wind?

"You can now access the school and your rank." I smiled at her. " Thank you." She smiled back and we stopped talking when a teacher walks in. The class went smooth about our course Interior Designing. I found out that we are on the same course and we are ten in class. There are also students in the other courses who are belong to a wind royalties but we we're allowed to be in the same room if it's in the Wind day like an Arts and Design day.

"How is Carmello? Are the students there are really handsome and pretty?" I am now with Mystery and Mika. We are having our lunch in a restaurant which the Business Department holds.

"Yeah, but Zorana has more than I expected." Mystery's eyes twinkled hearing what I said. "I think I belong to that statement." She acted cute infront of us that made me and Mika laughed.

The girl who congratulate me earlier with a badass aura is Jinni. She sat down beside me because Mystery and Mika is infront of me. "How about you tell us about yourself Winston?" I was surprised by her attacked and went blank. I don't know what to share.

Do I need to share about being a waitress, a slut and have a bunch of works I did in Carmello while having no good memories in my childhood?

"I don't have any good memories to share." I smiled bitterly and eat my food. We went silent and I can't feel their stares at me. "Eat more. You look so pale." Jinni transfer some her dishes in my plate so I smiled at her.

Mystery giggled that made me look up at her. "Jinni, she might be thinking you're a bad person because of your ways." Mika also laughed when Mystery is started laughing. "She's a good person Karina. She acts cool everyday that's why she has that kind of approach."

I looked at Jinni and she gave me a half-smile because of the other girls told. "I'm sorry, do I look like scary? I'm a werewolf but I won't bite you I promise," she said seriously. Mystery stop laughing and she cleared her throat. "By the way, how about you? What kind of vampire are you? A sanguinarian, hybrid, psychic or a pure?" She asked.

My forehead furrowed when she asked that because I don't know! "I just know that I am a Winston." Mystery mouth fell open and the rest of the girl is confused. "So you don't know?" I nodded.

Jinni folded her arms and looked at me. "You wanna know your identity? We can help." I quickly nodded because I wanna know. I just know 20% of the information and I'm craving for more.

We are now at the library, a big library I must say. "Um, we are now belong to 21st century and we have the fast internet living. How about we searched about that?" Mystery said while we tail at Jinni and Mika who is seriously looking for a specific history book. "They don't post it online. Do you really want Humans to investigate us Messy?"

Messy short for Mystery. I heard her deep sighed. I squeezed her hand and she looked up on me. "I'm sorry." She immediately waved her hands and her eyes widened. "No, no, I'm here to help."

She started looking for the book that Jinni told. "What's the name of the book again?" She shouted. "This is Written," Mika answered.

I also looked for it but half of me is mesmerized by the beauty of the books. I wish I can read some Good Novel books again. In Carmello, I always read Good Novel books if I'm resting. There's a lot of good stories published there.

As I wandered around and try to searched for the book. I saw a book in it's old self, I pick it up because I wanna know why it looks like very historical book. My mouth fell open, "I think I found it."

The three goes to me in a second, they're indeed vampires. "Even the book, wanted to tell you your own secrets Karina," Jinni said and the two nodded.

I handed the book to Jinni and she open it while we we're waiting for her to say something. "There's nothing written in there?" I asked when I see a paper with no words written. It looks brown and smells old book. "How come?" She asked.

I blinked at what she said, so she didn't know also? "I thought you know Jinni, maybe that book is useless," Mystery said while grumping.

We we're still in silent while Mika holds the book. She carefully holding the pages and looks like reading. "It says here, that we need to draw a blood to fully read what's written." My brows drew together because I can see that it is blank. "There's nothing written here. How can you say that?"

Her mouth curved into a smile. "I can read books Karina." Mystery snapped her fingers in the middle of my confusion. "I forgot that you love books Mika! Here's the thing Karina, she really loves books that she studied how magic works in the books too." She beamed.

My brows knitted but I still nodded. The only thing I can do when I'm here in Zorana is to believe. Magics are real here and we need to live with it.

Jinni breaks the silence when she cut a little in her finger to draw some blood and put it in the book. We open few of the pages and Mika said she will also draw blood to open some of the pages. Mystery did it too. But there are still few pages left.

"Do I need to cut too?" I bit my lip because I am really afraid of bloods. The three nodded so I offer my hand in them. "Can you cut it for me and put it a bandage before I open my eyes?" Mystery was shocked but smiled and nodded.

"I'll do the honor so close your eyes. " As I close my eyes I can a little pain and I can feel my blood. A few seconds, they let me open my eyes and I saw that my finger is now has a bandage. I saw Mika and Mystery smiling while Jinni still give me her half-smile.

"Now, let's read your history." Jinni takes lead as she flip the pages and searching for something.

"Here, the history of a Winston." She pointed a finger to the title and read some of the information."Winston's are a mix of Werewolf and Vampires that made them superior." They looked up on me after they read the first information.

"So you're one of us, it says here you're a clear hybrid." I nodded and ready myself for some informations written in the book. "You are not allowed to read that book."

"You are not allowed to read that book." The Librarian was furious and get the book in the hands of Jinni. "But why Mrs. Costa? We need to know her history." Mystery pointed her finger on me.

Mrs. Costa landed a stare on me and raised her brows. "Mrs. Winston, you can directly check it on the palace Library. No need to share your identity to your friends." She strictly raised her left eyebrows and gestures us to go outside in the library. Mystery is up to something, "No buts. You can now go to your classes."

We failed in determining on who I am into that book. "Is there any spare book about that Jinni?" Jinni shaked her head and sighed while we are walking back to our room. "That's the only thing I knew and the rest are purely history."

My first day is indeed tiring and a question to myself. Maybe fate will tell me about history, right?

"Ouch. That hurts." I pouted and I massage my forehead. "You are going with me today." I blinked of what he said and curiously looked up on him.

"Where?" I heard him deep sighed and walks to his library. I was eating when I think I space out. It's weekend so we are now back in the Palace. Lucy is out in the Palace for a group activities. "To the City, you will be roaming with me today till 12 midnight." My mouth fell open and he was just continue reading his book.

"Why? I mean can I not go with you?" He seemed to hear it but he never answered. I think I need to dress up because I want to be presentable. I wore a plain peach dress and put some light make up. I also paired it with heels and perfume myself. Smells, perfect!

I walked out in my door and saw that William is seriously reading something in the couch. "I'm ready," I said while trying to act cute infront of him. He looked up and he lifted an eyebrow. "You're one of the guards today. You can't perform well in that dress." He commented.

My eyes went round of what I heard. A guard? He gestures me to go inside and choose something that is not a skirt or a dress because I will be guarding him today. "Is this part of being a wind royalties? Well, I'm not happy," I murmured to myself while fixing my hair.

We're now in the city and I was in his back with his guards. He was seriously looking in the city and smile a little when someone greeted him. What a serious prince they have. Is this because he is stress or something?

I continue tailing him with his guards. I am now wearing an all black outfit, from the black shirt, black pants and black shoes. I can now pass being ninja. The city seems to have no crimes because he strictly lead the city. We just tailing him all around that my foot hurts. I smiled when someone put a stare on me and they will bow down their heads.

"Our dear Alpha, we are having a crisis because we we're been haunt by a group of people when we go inside the forest. We can't pick our fruits and vegetables." A man in his 60's looks very tired and hopeless. The woman beside him that I think his wife is also sad, tears ran down her cheeks.

We are now in the last street of Zorana, where vendors can place their things to display because the middle streets are full of buildings and they are not allowed to display there. "We will resolve your problem and haunt down that group of people you told us. For now, you can go home after the day and bring these little things that could help you." The guards is now carrying sacks of rice and the Prince gave them a little envelope. I think it's money. Their eyes lit up of what the Prince gave and nodded.

The guards escort them to their house because the old couple can't carry it home. The couple was leading the way and the guards are tailing them. "Don't you think they're not scammers?" We both looked at each other. "You think they're scammers?" He asked.

"Maybe? I have this trust issues with me. " He step backward and started walking. I tailed him because I am on duty as his guard. "You still don't trust my decisions?" My mouth fell open of what I heard.

"No, no, no I mean the probability that they didn't say the truth and they we're just making stories." We stopped for a moment and I am facing now his back. "The group of people is true. We're haunting down them but we always failed."

We continue walking and we stopped in a mini shop that sale foods. They bow down when they saw the Prince and I bow down to them as a respect. "You should not bow down to them like that Karina. " My forehead creased, he gestures me to sit down and I did. "Why?" I asked.

He ordered foods that are my types because they serve humba and kare-kare. I smiled when I saw the food like my eyes twinkled. I looked up on him and waiting for him to say I can eat now. The corners of his eyes crinkled when I am looking at him like a puppy. He laughed a little that made me stunned. "You can now eat."

Why does he always do things I saw first. He always serious but not that second who he laughed a little.

I serve myself a little foods and the food is so delicious! I burped loud that made my face reddened. He purses his lips and turned away. She called the waitress for the bills and pay it before walking out again in the shop.

He glanced at his back because I was distancing myself in him. I don't want to be embarrassed again with a burp or make the worst. He walks towards me and stare at me. I blinked when he stayed staring at me. "Um, people are watching." He roam his eyes around and saw that people are in hesitant.

He go back in walking straight and left me standing there. Maybe he get what I mean. I walk a little distant on him and saw that he is talking with the other guards. "Hey! Move over!" I was stunned when someone shouted in a distance. The car is swaying it's way to me. "The car has no brakes. Move over!" My heart is pounding fast and was just staring at the car who's swaying way too near to me.

I closed my eyes and my breath is quick. I bit my lip while hugging myself in fear. A fast motion and a body is hugging me. The wind embracing me when the body who hugged me was fast and furious. I can hear his heartbeat and as I looked up I saw a someone I never expected to save me. He drew in a long breath and he reached my face. "Moises."