MasukLuckily for me, it's been smooth going so far. I haven't encountered any trouble yet today and hope it will be like that for the rest of the day.
I quickly get myself ready for school.
On getting to school, I hoped and prayed once more for today to be normal for me.
I keep my head down as I find my way to my classroom. My stomach keeps grumbling because I haven't had my breakfast yet.
I check my phone for bank alert, as today is the last day of the month, waiting for Mrs. Johnson, whom I work for as a library assistant, to give me my salary.
So I keep checking my phone as I sit down on my seat—in the far corner of the classroom near the window. I pretend to be looking out the window while at the same time being alert and listening to everything around me. And I rather sense that my classmates are busy today, as they gather in groups talking among themselves.
I use my listening ability to hear what they are talking about properly.
"Did you hear Steph? He is coming tomorrow. I'm so curious how he looks. I can't wait to see him." I hear the pack's slut, Chloe says.
"I heard he is so handsome and that he thinks his mate is in our pack; that's the reason why he is coming. I really hope I'm his mate." She adds. I wonder who they are talking about. Who is he that got every one of them worked up?
"The pack is so lucky to have him choose our pack to transfer to and will surely be happy tomorrow, most especially me." Chloe continues.
I'm beginning to get more curious as to who is coming tomorrow.
Usually, visitors from other packs do come to our pack for a visit, but there's rarely a case where they attend the school. It's actually very difficult to transfer schools between packs. Only very few people are privileged with the power to do so. These people are the royalties and those special cases where the royals and the wolf councils agree to transfer an individual with a special reason. So definitely the person coming will be either case.
"I'm so excited too, Chloe... I've been wanting to see him up close. I only got the chance to see him from a very long distance, and that was just three times when I followed my parents to the council meetings." Stephanie, one of Chloe's friends, replied.
My curiosity got the best out of me when I moved slightly to the side, making it very obvious I was listening to them.
The next thing I noticed was a book flying towards me. At the last moment, I managed to dodge it by shifting to the side, and the book landed on the floor with a thump.
I heard loud gasps as most of the students present were surprised I could avoid it.
I think mostly because, first, the speed at which the book was thrown wasn't normal, and it was with the intent of causing damage. Therefore, I shouldn't have been able to avoid it so fast since it was believed I have no wolf.
And also, my head was lowered when it was thrown, so they didn't expect me to avoid it since I didn't see it coming.
"How did you do that?" Chloe demanded coming to me with angry steps. I chose to ignore her and kept quiet.
"Answer me..." she said as she slapped me
This time I didn't avoid the attack but braced myself for it. But who would have thought that the moment she slapped me, her bones were heard broken, and following that was the scream of Chloe's voice?
"Ahhhhhhhhh...my hand...she broke my hand..." she shouted dramatically. What a drama queen! Isn't she a werewolf with her wolf intact and also has the ability to heal faster than humans? Serves her right anyway. Right now, I believe the whole school heard her voice, and literally speaking, they did. The moment she screamed, a large group of students and teachers rushed into the class.
"What's going on here?" The moment I heard that voice, I visibly shuddered. Leon, the pack's alpha to-be, asks as he walks in. He is mostly the instigator of the maltreatments I face, and there's no length he has gone to make my life a living hell. That's why today has been feeling so unreal for me because it was going just too smoothly to be true.
Well, it seems I've short-lived my smooth-going day so far. Now I prepare for the misery that's about to happen.
His gaze scans the class before landing on me. He growls out as he notices me looking at him sneakily. I quickly lowered my head.
On seeing him, Chloe ran to him with tears running down her face.
"Leon, she broke my hand."
"Really, how did it happen?" As far as we know, she has no wolf and is nothing less than a human." He said as he walked towards me. He stopped in front of me and said with venom laced in his voice, "Freak, answer me. How did you do it?".
I chose not to answer and kept my head down.
"Answer me," he demanded, using his Alpha order on me. (AN: She was born into the pack as a werewolf but not bonded with the Alpha, making her not having any mind-link with the pack. But she's still a member of the pack. An alpha's command can still be used on her.)
I notice that it doesn't work quite well on me...I just feel it slightly. I was shocked. It should have total control of me like it usually does before, but now it's just slightly that I can choose not to obey it. I think he also felt it because I felt him being shocked for a bit before he covered it up with his viciousness.
Wait a minute... I felt... like I seriously felt his feelings just now. How is that possible? How can I feel his feelings and him being an alpha-to-be at that? I tried feeling his feelings again, and all I feel coming out of him is anger at not understanding and controlling me right at the moment. I also feel his wolf trying to gain control because he could not tolerate disobedience. I sighed and chose to obey his alpha control
"I don't know, " I said in a small voice but every one of them can still hear me because of their high hearing ability
"You don't know..." he roared, losing control to his wolf. He raised his already clawed hands and was about to attack me with them.
"Leon... stop," his mate, Ever quickly went forward to stop him before he does. She gave me a sad look before dragging him out.
I met her gaze. “You can believe whatever you want to believe. Your opinion about me doesn’t affect me in the slightest. However, I do know one thing for sure.“And what is that?”“You are afraid.”The laughter dies, and Althea’s eyes harden. “What do you mean? I afraid? Of what exactly? Please do tell me.”“Me. It seems, for some reason, you are intimidated by me.”She let out a short chuckle, “Hehe. Unbelievable. What makes you think that I, Althea Dragomir, am scared of you? Let me tell you something just to be clear. You are the one who should be afraid here. Not just of me, but of everyone. This palace devours those who are unwelcome and without protection.” She looked away from me and nodded toward Lee. “If you think that he will be able to protect you, then you are too naive. Even my father, the king, will have a hard time protecting you, much less him. That you were even able to come out of the queen’s bedchamber without a scratch, you should count yourself lucky.”I paused br
“My lady, are you alright?” Lee rushed up to me as soon as I stepped out. I nodded my head in confirmation and stepped forward. “Yeah, I’m alright, Lee. Let’s get going.”I was already feeling exhausted from the emotional turmoil I had with the queen, and all I just wanted at the moment was to rest my head.I turned to the maids, believing they knew the way to my room. “Please show me to my assigned room.”“Yes, your highness.” They bowed and turned to lead the way.However, an arrogant voice stopped that from happening.“Wow, I didn’t know that privileges and titles meant for the royal family could be easily given to just anybody.”I stopped in place and looked up to see who it was that just spoke.Just ahead, closing in the distance between us, was a lady, rather young, probably younger than I was, and dressed in a luxurious outfit with an air of arrogance. Her gown was adorned with gold and rubies. A step behind her were two other young ladies with the same air of arrogance.They
The room fell into silence as I opened page after page of the file before me. “So you are telling me that this was not the first time these creatures made their first appearance on our territory.”“Yes, brother. From my investigation, one of them appeared in our territory twenty years ago on the night of the red blood moon.”A chair scraped sharply across the floor. Rowan muttered a curse under his breath. “I remember that night, Your Highness. The sudden explosion that took place at the border that night had thrown everyone into a state of despair because no one knew what had triggered it. The borders were in chaos. We suspected rogues, witches, and even traveling fae caravans. We even suspected neighboring packs. But not once did anyone speak of a different race.”“Well, that was because they never gave us reason to, Captain. The legends said changelings kept to themselves—secluded valleys, drowned cities, caves that mirrored faces in the walls. They hid from not just the wolves bu
A cold silence fell.I straightened, barely able to contain the storm that was brewing within me.“You’re telling me a creature that shouldn’t exist walked into my territory and stole my mate.”“Well, we didn’t even know they still existed, Alpha.” Rowan tried explaining, but I cut him off.“Still?” My eyes snapped to Rowan. “What aren’t you saying?”Rowan hesitated, then bowed his head.“There are old legends—stories the elders whispered when we were young. Tales of changelings… beings who lived hidden from the world. Creatures that took the forms of others with frightening accuracy. But they were myths. Rumors. Nothing more.”“And yet one walked through my home.”“Changelings were said to be isolationists, sire. Reclusive. A species that despised contact with the outside world. They kept to themselves so fiercely that most believed they vanished centuries ago. They never interfered, never revealed themselves… until now.” Elric spoke up.My hands curled into fists as I battled with m
Her mocking words send my mind into turmoil, but I must stay composed. I must stay composed. I must not let her words get to me, no matter how much she enjoys it.The way she laughs and taunts me is unbearable, but what I could not take was the way she spoke of my werewolf heritage, mocking and belittling it as if it were a joke.“I find the barbarians, as you've called them, teach better than tutors, Your Majesty,” I said, smiling faintly. “With their sharp senses and attentiveness, one learns to see what others overlook.”A long silence. Then the queen rose, gliding toward me. Her perfume was intoxicating with scents of roses, steel, and something darker.She stopped beside my chair, her voice soft enough that only I heard:“Be careful what you see, child. The last who stared too closely at the sun was burned blind.”I met her gaze, not defiantly, but steadily, despite how I was feeling inside. “And yet, Your Majesty, the sun still rose the next day.” I know challenging her at this
Divya's POVI had expected to be treated with malice and disrespect upon entering the queen's chambers, but this, this treatment, I had not expected.It's been about twenty minutes since I stepped into her chambers, and the queen has not even acknowledged my presence. In fact, as soon as I walked in, she turned her back and continued talking to the three ladies that were also in the chambers with her. They were deeply involved in the topic of their discussion, totally ignoring my presence as though I were invisible.The queen reclined on her lounge chair, while the ladies gathered around her in graceful positions, with embroidery hoops and jeweled fans in hand. From their conversation between themselves, I was able to gather the name and status of each of them.In fact, they were all noble women that held enough power in their hands to do as they pleased due to their families' standing and connections. They were also the queen's ladies-in-waiting, trusted advisors, and confidantes.Wh







