Cassandra winced as the lock clicked and she pushed the handle down, opening the door as slowly as she could so as not to make any noise. She could feel Noah’s barely suppressed Alpha aura practically crushing her from behind. Despite the lack of her own wolf, she could feel the panic running rampant in her chest, slowly suffocating her and making it difficult to think coherently.It had taken Noah’s guards far too long to calm him down and initially, she had been bothered that she would miss her opportunity, but her fears were unfounded because as soon as they stepped foot on the landing outside Lucy’s room, Noah’s wolf had picked up Theo’s scent.He had barely managed to restrain his wolf from surging forwards and tearing his way through the door, and the guards that waited in the stairwell at his command had watched on anxiously, waiting to find out if they needed to intervene or not.Cassandra poked her head through the crack of the door cautiously and felt a stab of satisfaction

The following morning Lucy woke in a cold sweat. Her dreams had been filled with memories of Noah and her but they had been warped and twisted beyond all recognition. Their interactions in the past had always been memorable and he had doted on her, but now, in her dreams, Cassandra stood at his side in all of them, attached to his arm like a leech. “It’s just a dream, Lucy. We’re fine. She can’t change the things that have already happened.” Maia soothed as Lucy willed her racing heart to slow to a more reasonable pace.“I know,” She sighed as she glanced at the bedside clock and let out a strangled noise, “Fuck! It’s nine already? Shit…I don’t even know what classes I have anymore.”“Before you do anything, you should really take a shower…” Maia grimaced as she wrinkled her nose, "I didn't think night sweats were a thing at this age."“Yeah yeah, I’m on it,” Lucy grumbled, as she threw off the covers and hurried into her bathroom, diving headfirst into the shower.Once she was done,

Theo sat opposite Lucy and watched with amusement as she demolished the sandwich that he had brought her only a few minutes previously. He raised an eyebrow and smirked as she looked up at him and scowled.“It’s rude to stare you know,” she mumbled as she pushed her plate to the side, with Maia purring contentedly inside of her.“Well, sometimes, you know, I can’t help it.” He grinned as he picked a napkin up off the table and quickly leaned over, wiping the spot of sauce away that she had missed above her top lip, and smirking as he sat back.Lucy could feel herself blushing furiously with embarrassment under his smoldering gaze that seemed to burn into her and touch her in a place that she would rather not think about in the middle of a bustling cafe.She cleared her throat and reached for her drink, surreptitiously wiping at the spot that Theo had touched only moments earlier.“So, about this little task,” Lucy began, a little flustered as he cut her off with a little chuckle.“I’m

After refilling the water bottle that she kept in her bag, and throwing a couple of snack bars in for after training, Lucy locked her apartment back up and headed over to the gym. It wasn’t too far from where she had emerged in the lake only a day prior and the thought of her abrupt rebirth and the circumstances surrounding it still gave her shivers.She changed quickly in the changing room, pulling her leggings and sports bra on quickly, followed by a large, oversized white t-shirt pulled over her head. She grimaced as Noah’s scent suddenly surrounded her and she remembered a little too late that he had always insisted that she use his shirts during gym.He hated the fact that the unmated males frequently took their places on the machines or on the benches around the room whenever the female gym sessions were scheduled. Lucy had tried to explain that the gym sessions were often shared by both males and females, but they usually kept to the opposite sides of the gyms, but Noah had arg

Theo and Lucy headed back to their own apartments to drop their things off after they had finished at the riverside and arranged to meet again just before midnight.As soon as she was home, Lucy busied herself with organizing her notes and her planner and readied her school bag for the next day so that she wouldn’t be rushing around in the morning.Before she knew it, it was almost time to head out and meet Theo.“You should probably change into something darker if you don’t want to be noticed. It’s almost midnight,” Maia suggested.Lucy nodded and changed quickly, throwing a short text to Theo as she pulled her leggings up and slipped her shoes on.By the time she arrived at the park close to the school's administration center, Theo was already there and dressed similarly to Lucy. He handed her a plain black baseball hat and a black face cover with a smirk playing at the corners of his mouth.“You better put these on, just in case they have cameras up in there. It would be better if