All Chapters of My Alpha Hates Me: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

ZANE'S POV"Claire?" I heard a sound, causing me to pause, my ears perking up. I thought she left for shifting class. I tilted my head, inhaling deeply to be sure and her scent immediately filled my nose. Peach. Jasmine. Blood.Blood? My body went rigid. She was hurt. Again.I pushed to my feet before I could stop myself, crossing the room in seconds. But when I opened the door, I froze.Caius stood there, with Claire in his arms, her blood soaking into his shirt as he fumbled with her room key.A sharp growl ripped through my throat as I walked to him quickly. "What did you do to her?"He turned to me at that moment and I saw his jaw was clenched so tightly and veins lined his neck. His dark eyes burned with barely restrained control as he held onto her. "I saved her," he bit out, his fangs scraping his bottom lip.I barely heard him. My focus was on Clair and the blood seeping out, the scent making my wolf restless. "Give her to me." I stepped forward, hands stretching out to

CLAIRE'S POV"Someone help me!" I screamed, but my voice came out hoarse, barely more than a whisper. Panic tightened around my chest as I touched my throat and looked around the dark creepy forest. Why couldn't I hear myself?My heart pounded as I looked down at my hands which suddenly felt different. As I looked at them, I saw that they were small, too small. Like a child that was twelve, maybe thirteen. Dread curled in my stomach at that moment, my body trembling slightly. What was happening to me?With shaking fingers, I touched my face, searching for an explanation. My face too felt smaller, my nose and mouth shrunk way more. Still trying to figure out what went wrong, a sudden snap of a twig cut through the silence. I froze, my fear redirected at what caused the sound. My head whipped to the right, eyes scanning the darkness between the trees. I could hear my heart pounding as my gaze wandered fearfully. "Who's there?" I croaked, my lips shaking. As if being lost here wasn't

CLAIRE'S POV"You've been missing your classes, Claire." Madam Gretchen said, her gaze fixed on me with her hands folded neatly on the table.I swallowed hard, staring back at her, and scrambling for words. When I was coming to her office, I contemplated why she wanted to see me. I even considered Zane snitching on me this morning and saying I threatened him. I thought of many things but not this.And I should have thought of it first."Are you going to explain yourself, or should I write you a suspension slip?" She asked, pulling her glasses down to her nose. "And you won't be going home if that's what you think. You'll be stuck in your dorm for three long weeks.""I've been ill," I mumbled, and Madam Gretchen cocked an eyebrow, her expression skeptical."Explain the degree of your illness because I obtained your medical records, and for the four days you missed lectures, you didn't report to the clinic," she snapped. "So tell me, Miss Hunter. If you were so ill, why didn't you repor

CLAIRE'S POV"They killed them."I shot up in bed, my breath shaky as a heavy sigh slipped out. My heart was still pounding, and sweat covered my skin like I'd just woken from a nightmare. In fact, I did because a single voice had broken through my sleep.I ran a hand over my face, pressing my fingers to my forehead. My head hurt and it was already morning, meaning I couldn't get more sleep even if I wanted to. I hadn't been able to sleep the entire night. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Varian's face—his silver hair stuck to his wet cheeks, the way his voice broke when he screamed. It had been full of pain. Pure, awful pain.Someone killed his family. His mother, father, brothers and sisters. They were innocent people, now gone. And he snapped and came after me because in his eyes, I had something to do with it. In his eyes, I was the monster that ruined his world. The worst part? I couldn't even blame him.If someone took my family from me, I would've lost it too.But it wasn't