Staying in the office and waiting for the verdict on my performance with Indigo and Ajax is more agonizing than I thought. I don't hate being here because I'm ungrateful to Indigo for getting me this far or because I'm bitter about losing to Ajax. I hate that I have to sit here and wait for Lizzen to fail me. “Don’t worry too much about it, Belle. Lizzen may be a difficult woman, but she is not that heartless.” Indigo assures me. I know that it is meant to be consoling, but somehow I just feel even more terrible. “I lost. You heard her say it back there.” I don’t want to talk. I am afraid that I might growl at this point. All this anxiety is not good for my wolf. I need to get out of here. My wolf needs to run. I start to get up and head for the door. “Where do you think you’re going?” Ajax blocks my path. Great. Just what I needed. It’s the hunter who causes me most of my troubles. All I want to do right now is punch him in the face. Then again, it is not his fault that he won.

“We heard you were touring the new student, so we dropped by to greet you.” One of the guys slings his arm over Ajax’s shoulder in a friendly gesture. The other guy seems composed, while Ajax seems like he is about to elbow him in the chest. His attire is the same one that Ajax and I are wearing, which I learned is a standard uniform for a hunter in training–black shirt, army pants, and combat boots. “Feris, you better remove your arm before you lose it.” Contrary to the friendly young hunter in training’s tone, Ajax’s is more threatening. Despite Ajax’s warning, Feris just laughs like he just heard a joke. “Geez, why are you so temperamental today? You always are, but this time it seems like you are more moody.” Feris is a tall guy with a short cut red hair. At first glance, he and Ajax appear to be the same height, but a closer look reveals that Feris is actually taller than Ajax. He has a few freckles on his cheeks, but you can’t really notice them because his green eyes would

Last night, I had trouble sleeping because I kept thinking about which of the lycans was idiot enough to get caught. Honestly? I can think of several, but I will not name them because I might end up naming almost half of our village. My only problem is, how do I find out where they are keeping the lycan prisoner? More importantly, how am I going to ask this question to Ajax without him noticing? If only Ajax is the type of human who would fall for my looks, I learned that I have a certain charm with most of the men here, which helps me a lot and, at the same time, scares me as it seems like humans and lycans are not that different, after all. “Tell me what you want, and stop following me.” Ajax sounds irritated while I am following him to the library. Even though Ajax might not look like it, he’s a pretty studious student who I just found out is ranked 8th in our age gap. Since he’s this smart, I might as well thread my question carefully. “Are you going to spend your entire day

True to his word, Ajax got me permission to go with him to see the Lycan. The next day, Ajax was already taking me to the farthest, most heavily guarded building on campus. Based on the map of the school, I think it is one of the three main strongholds where hunters often rest. On my own, I don’t think that I would be able to get to Max if I didn’t fight, but that would mean revealing myself as a wolf. “Ajax, Belle!” Indigo waves us over while we wait and chat with a few of the guards standing outside of the building. “What took you two so long?” He wonders before a teasing grin spreads across his lips. “You two did not head of somewhere to have some along time, did you?” “Just the cafeteria.” Ajax responds plainly, jerking his thumb in my direction. “She was taking her sweet time eating.” “But it’s toast Tuesday for breakfast!” I defended myself. “You can’t miss out on French toasts!” Ajax gives me an annoyed look. “It’s just toast.” “With extra butter!” By now, Indig

Along the way, I have to separate myself from the horse that I borrowed to get out of the gate. It’s not because I could not control it, but because the animal refuses to go back deeper in the woods. It probably remembers its terrifying experience in this area. I can’t blame it for its reaction. Even I would probably be traumatized. I left the horse midway and started to continue on foot. Tracking down where they have been is pretty easy with the help of my wolf. I have been hanging out with them for quite a while now and have successfully memorized their scent, which is pretty lucky. I managed to encounter two orcs along the way, which I had to kill quickly before they could yell out and warn the other orcs. It was difficult, considering that it was my first time fighting the orcs on two feet. Usually, I would be in my wolf form when fighting. It is more comfortable for me that way since I am faster and more powerful. More than that, all of my senses were heightened. Orcs are tall