IRIS The tension in the class as the students stared at me while I was walking to an empty seat was enough to make me wet my pants. I clutched onto my bag tightly as I bent my head. That wasn't such a fine showing. What would Raven think of me now? A mate snatcher? Such a bad reputation on the first day of school. I finally settled for a seat beside a girl in glasses who seemed to be the only one not to care about my presence. I sat down quietly as I awaited the homeroom teacher. Soon, everyone forgot about the incident and went back to what they were doing earlier. I could hear noises from different phones and that made me wonder if phones were now legal in school. My eyes instinctively scanned my environment and I was quite impressed. The students didn't discriminate against me as they did at my school. Well, maybe because they had seen me with alpha Finn. My eyes darted to Raven, the alpha's luna, and I found her speaking to a group of girls. If I didn't know any better, I'd h
IRIS "Oh, hey." I waved at Roland. He smiled and waved back. "I see you two have already met," Anya said while looking between the two of us. "Yeah, yesterday. On her way to the pack house." Roland explained. "She was quite lost and nearly got into trouble." "I see. Oh well," She shrugged and turned to me. "This is my best friend in the whole world and I love him a lot. He can be a real nutcase sometimes but he's good." She patted his shoulder. He turned to her, frowning, while she bore the sweetest smoke she could muster. They were just so cute together. "It's great to have you here, Iris. Maybe we could all have lunch tomorrow, I'm free." He stared at me while he spoke. "Uhm… sure, only if Anya would want that. I don't want to intrude." I cleared my throat and clutched my bag. "No problem at all. It will give us time to get to know each other, don't you think so?" She asked me and I nodded. I sat down far from Roland while Anya sat very close to him. I was sensible enough to
IRIS I got back to the apartment with my mind in chaos. I couldn't deny the fact that both guys were stressing my poor brain out with their good looks and charming demeanor. I had a long bath and settled for something skimpy since I was the only one. I decided to read my books in anticipation of the classes the next day. I brought out the geometry textbook I had borrowed from the library and settled on my bed to read. Soon after, my mind became fully rooted in the book. I was enjoying solving the mathematical problems when a knock on the door interrupted me. I groaned and stood up to open the door. I met Alpha at the door and that was when I became conscious of my clothing. I looked down at my exposed breasts and then at him. He didn't seem to notice what was going on as he only arched a brow and tilted his lips. "Excuse me," I said in a haste and tried to close the door but his right foot prevented that from happening. "Don't bother about that, I'm not that kind of person." He a
FINN I walked over to the broken soul and pulled her into a warm embrace. Her body seemed cold and her mind distant. I kissed her hair and embraced her tighter than earlier. She sniffed and hugged me back. There was one person she would rather receive this amount of love from and that was Roland, the jerk who couldn't reciprocate my sister's feelings. No matter how hard I try to pull her out of her fantasies, she would refuse my advances and decide to depend on the goddess to mate the two of them. Roland wasn't a good boy for her. She knew this but wouldn't just let go. She preferred getting hurt, over and over again. I hated him because he made her cry every day. I knew how it hurt not to receive love in return. I faced the same situation when Zaria was killed. I knew she wouldn't be able to love me as she did. I know what I did to try to revive her but my efforts proved futile. I wanted to die with her. I didn't even think about my sister; all I cared about was Zaria. Right th
IRIS For the past three days, I didn't set eyes on the alpha. It was as though he disappeared into thin air and the last time I saw him, things didn't end well. What if I didn't see him again? Okay, that was too extreme. But what if he comes back and decides not to see me again? What if he hates me now for not stopping him back then? Every morning I woke up, he was the first person that came to my mind. His forest scent from when I had seen him the first time kept lingering in my mind and it was getting difficult not to think about him. His eyes and his silvery hair were what attracted me more to him physically. He was like a demigod and his dangerous aura made me think I was falling in love with the alpha. Too good I knew that one can only be mated once and I was sure he would be mated to Raven. Of course, he likes her and she adores him. All those special treatments he showed me were just a great act of kindness from him just because I was new to the pack, right? I kept seeing An
IRIS Every expression visible on Roland's face showed he was serious with what he said. I thought he would pop out a naughty expression and claim he was joking but no, he was as serious as héll. "Please, leave," I said to him after much contemplation on how to reply to his message. There I was, hoping that he had learned his lesson when I had cautioned him earlier in the day. He still had the effrontery to appear before me, claiming to have feelings for a girl like me. I felt like smacking his head and kicking him off my life rudely but I needed to take things slow. I wasn't the rude type but I wouldn't stand to let anyone tarnish the good image I was trying to build. "Leave, Roland, I can't believe you right now. Do you have any idea what you're doing? You know this is going against Anya's back." "And why do you care about her so much? I don't like her or anything. We are just friends. I really don't get your attitude right now." He half-yelled, leaving me surprised he could rai
FINN As I got back to the house, I set for Anya's room. I needed to check up on her. When I got to the door, I knocked twice but there was no response. I knocked again but was met with the same silence. I then informed her I was coming in and opened the door. I scanned the room but couldn't find her. She wasn't on her bed or the couch. I checked the bathroom but nobody was there. "Anya?" I called out but there was no response. I checked the balcony. I looked down at the garden that was above her room but she wasn't there either. It got to the extent that I had to check her wardrobe. She was nowhere to be found. I became worried. I had earlier spoken to Damon and he said she was inside. "Maybe she stepped out for a walk," I told myself. As I was stepping out, I heard little rattling noises coming from somewhere. I tried ignoring it but it came again. I listened carefully to hear where the sound was coming from. I followed carefully and found Anya under the bed. It was dark so I c
IRIS "What?!" Alpha Finn exclaimed, scaring me a bit. "My sister won't fake date anybody. How could you even suggest that? What if she falls in love with that person and ends up getting hurt?" "Stop interrupting her, brother. This is not your problem. I need to find my love. Besides, you have Zaria and I have no one. Don't you pity me?" Anya scoffed and faced me again. Who's Zaria? Does he have a harem? He had lots of ladies he liked and I'm definitely not one of them. I began to regret why I hugged him out of the blue. I itched the back of my neck in embarrassment. "Talk to me, Iris. What should I do?" "We'll talk tomorrow," I just stood up and left without any further words. I didn't know why I did but I just had to. I had never felt so bad about my actions before. My heart suddenly pounded in my chest and I felt something like an ache. I clenched my cloth and found out my heart was palpitating. I couldn't pinpoint why I felt that way. I got back to the apartment after joggi