All Chapters of WEREWOLF ACADEMY : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

As I headed towards the Dining Hall, I nearly collided with Theo.His bright blue eyes locked on mine. “So, you and Colton got all touchy and feely during Weaponry, huh?” He seemed jealous.“Seriously? You were listening to my thoughts as that happened?” It was sort of annoying that I couldn’t so much as think about one of his pack members without him listening in on what I was thinking. I had no privacy.“I’m always listening to your thoughts.” He shrugged. “You’re a Professor! Don’t you have anything better to do with your time? Like, you know, teach, instead of listening to my every thought?” He looked mildly apologetic. “Honestly, Raven? I would rather not hear your thoughts. They’re kind of…” He trailed off. “Kind of what?” I narrowed my eyes at him as I waited for his answer.“Hard to listen to.” He sighed and then he pulled something shiny and gold out of his pocket and handed it to me. “Put this on.”I glanced down at the necklace in my hand. The pendant was oval shaped and

“Thank you.” Her words sort of caught me off-guard. I couldn’t helpbut feel sort of… well, baffled that my parents had all of these close friendswho I’d never heard of or met before. “I just want you to know that if you need anything at all, my door isalways open to you.” “Thank you. I really appreciate that.” What was Vince talking about? Professor Wickburn didn’t seem like abitch to me. She actually seemed really sweet.“There’s also something else I wanted to discuss with you,” ProfessorWickburn went on. “I couldn’t help but notice that you ate breakfast in theDining Hall this morning with the Darken.”“Yeah, I did.” “I’m not sure if you know this or not, but it’s not actually advisablefor a student to get… well… close with a professor.” Professor Wickburnmet my gaze. “I wouldn’t advise that you be seen eating with them orspending much time with them in public. Really, it would be most advisablefor you to not be involved with them at all.” Okay. Maybe that was her bi

The strange thing was that I still had no idea why the Darken wereeven avoiding me. It wasn’t like anything had even happened, or like I haddone anything that could have made them want to avoid me. I kept wondering if Headmaster Black might have said something tothem. Maybe they had been told they needed to back off from hanging outwith me, considering other wolves—both professors and students—hadbegun to notice.Or maybe Professor Wickburn had already dug her claws into Theo.Maybe she had let him know she had feelings for him, so now he no longerhad any interest or need for me. I tried not to think about all of the worst-case scenarios and just focuson my classes, but that was a lot easier said than done. It didn’t even makesense how I could have been so hung up over a guy who I had kissed twice.I felt pathetic, but at the same time, I missed him like crazy. I missed all of them. But I tried not to let my feelings show. Iris, Vince, and I fell into a comfortable routine

“Ow, ow!” Aiden hooted as I climbed down the ladder into the pool.“You look freaking hot, birthday girl.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Thank you.” “Why don’t you come over here and sit on my lap?” he asked. I swallowed hard. I wasn’t going to lie. The idea did sound tempting,but… I wasn’t sure about doing that in front of the others. I didn’t want tomake anyone jealous.And in front of Iris and Vince? That would have just been too muchfor me. Don’t get me wrong. I loved having my friends here to celebrate withme. It was more than any girl could have asked for on her birthday. I justwished I could have been alone with the Darken pack tonight.Really though, it was probably best that Iris and Vince were here. Ideserved answers before anything could happen between any of us,especially after the Darken had been so weird lately.“The water is so warm,” Iris commented as she climbed into the poolafter me. “That’s all body heat,” Colton explained. “Since we’re Ancients, ourbodies

“What the hell has even led you to this conclusion?” I questioned. It all sounded completely batshit to me. The fact that I could havebeen one of the Ancients… Well, it barely even made sense. “You may have heard that no one from our pack has ever beenromantically involved with anyone,” Theo began. “Have you ever heard thereason why?” I shook my head. “No.” But now that they mentioned it, I was dying to know why.“Full-blooded Ancients are only attracted to other Ancients,” heexplained. “It’s a curse that prevents us from being drawn to anyone else.”Theo’s light blue eyes met mine. “We all feel drawn to you, Raven. It’ssomething that none of us have felt in hundreds of years. It’s this… thisundeniable physical, mental, and emotional attraction that none of us seemto have any control over. And we know you feel it, too.”I swallowed hard. How could I deny that what he was saying was truewhen it was true? I was oddly drawn to all of them… especially Theo andAiden, the ones