Another new mark on her body, this time in the oddest place, engulfing her breast. After getting dressed, she went to find Zaden
“Zaden…I need to go to this lake Khalifa!!!.” She said once she found him in the corridor, outside his room
“Why?” he frowned deeply as he suspects there is something wrong here
“I…need to check this place. I have never been there, for more than 10 minutes” Zaden crossed his arms with a cocked brow, indicating he doesn’t buy her excuses and she sighed out, dropped her head to look at her hands.
“I always find marks on my body, in the hidden spot after we return from there…” she whispered. Her eye is still on her hands as if there is something amusing about her pinky nail digging her thumbnail, and that subtle movement triggers an unwanted response in him. Zaden swallowed his saliva, he is well aware of what are those marks.
“I told you…your wolf is crazy. She might have wounded or scrapped herself when running wild” he said low, checking his surroundings every now and then
“In circle shape?” Selena finally looked up at him with a cocked eyebrow.
“Oh, that…probably some insect bite. I had them last time we went there too” he licked his lips. Image of him biting her breast came flashing back, constricting his breathing. He reminded himself to be more careful next time.
“Oh ok then…” she turned around, still unsure, and walked away as Zaden observed her curves that it clear through her white button-up shirt. He cleared his throat, halting her in spot
“Could you…hmm… maybe change your shirt?” she turned around
“Why? What’s wrong with this shirt?” she asked
‘Nothing but enticing me for more’ he thought to himself.
He sighed out and walked past her towards the communal room. Puzzled at his behavior, she stretched her shirt at her belly and inspected it when Orion came out of his room.
“Orion, is there something wrong with my shirt?”
“A transparent white chiffon shirt, 3 buttons undone with white spaghetti strap inner top, slim-fitting black jeans, and a calf-high black boots? Nothing !!!” he exclaimed coldly and walked past her
“She is testing me every minute of my day” he mumbled to himself. Selena stood there dumbfound before following them to the communal room.
They were discussing how to cover up the pit hole and designating a team for that job before moving on to the next jobs that were mainly on their business in the city. Selena was dying out of boredom and she kept stirring in her seat, bugging Makeala to leave for the territorial tour. Orion and Zaden noticed her. Zaden signaled Orion towards the mini-fridge with his eye, since he doesn’t want to be the one spoiling her with sugary treats. Orion took a tub of ice cream, walked over to Selena, thrust the tub into her hands before pinching her cheeks that has balled up due to her grin. Now, they can continue discussing in peace. Grandpa Kai smiled with a head shake, thinking of how the pack treating her, like a baby. After they have wrapped up and kept away all the files neatly
“Zaden…my wolf didn’t tell you anything new yesterday?” all eyes panned to Zaden
“Hmm…she said only she can defeat Ozrain”
“That’s all???” Zaden nodded
“You had the whole night and that’s all you can get from her?” everyone took a seat, this should be interesting.
“Well, what you want to know?” Zaden sat in front of her, crossed his leg, ankle over knee, and looked straight at her. Selena looked around and everyone’s eyes were on her, expecting something good.
“Like can she feel the Elisa in me? Is it true that I’m her rebirth or just a bloodline? And why now, why me, why there was no werewolf before me… and…hmm…never mind” she cut off, stood up, and walked out. The packs exchanged a weird look.
Makeala walked as fast as she can towards Selena, hugged her arms, and guide her to the pack school. The rest stood there watching the girls. Zaden and Orion focused especially at the shiny black, bouncy curls with silver stripes, swaying left and right just above her hip’s curves.
It was quite a long walk to the pack’s school. A small, peaceful building weaved among trees, made out of woods with a lot of large windows, allowing ample airflows–next to a narrow stream of a river, burbles as it flows by providing freshwater supply for the school. Spacious individual desks and chairs were laid out in a sequence and there were about 20 kids already in class with 3 omega she-wolves and a male teacher, who looked more like a boxer than a fatherly figure.
“Well, hello there!” He stretched his hand to Selena, much more friendly than what he portrays.
“I’m Nelson, the primary school teacher here and the owner of that hot stuff,” he said, pointing at Makeala
“This is Selena, our new pack member.” Selena shook his hand while Makeala introduced her.
“You are her mate?!?!” he nodded with a wide grin, mimicked by Selena in understanding before she scanned around the foyer.
“Where are the other classes?” Selena asked and they both chuckled
“This is the only classroom here. All students sit in groups, according to their age and lessons will take place according to the student’s capability” Nelson explained, amusing Selena even more. How she wishes she could have been in such a liberated school instead of her’s which has no space for an elbow.
Makeala guided Selena further to the back portion of the building where another building was joined by a brick path. Secondary school was going on there and another teacher, a she-wolf was there, Rhea. After further talking, Selena found out that Rhea did a master’s in Teaching so that she could teach these teenagers. Fascinated by Selena’s choice of majoring, she invited her to explain Marine Biology and Selena did so.
The teenagers had a lot of questions for her, regarding her field of studies and clicked well with her. Hence, she was invited to a camping trip by the lake, arranged by the school management, in another 2 days and she agreed to come for a visit. When she was talking with the girls, the leader’s pack showed up at one of the windows of the school. Her head was immediately bombarded with thousands of dirty, vulgar thoughts from the girls around her
‘Oh, yummy…’
‘Look at his biceps… and those perky butts…’
‘Hmm…how I wish I could have both of them…’ Selena’s mouth widened at a blonde girl after she heard her thoughts.
‘I wonder how big he is, down there?’
‘Maybe he is dominant in bed’
‘I want to grab hold of his…’
“STOP, STOP just STOP!!!” Selena cut them off and covered her ears. She walked out of the room biting her lips with a deep frown.
“What happened?” Orion
“You two better not come here,” Selena said with a chuckle
“Why?” Zaden asked confusedly
“Why? Didn’t you hear what they were thinking? Didn’t you get their mind-link?” Zaden and Orion exchanged
“No,” they said chorus, and Selena gazed at them with wide eyes. She turned to Makeala for double confirmation and she also shook her head ‘NO’.
They all were sitting at the riverbank, surrounding Selena who was leaning back to back with Makeala
“Is this the first time you hearing people’s thoughts?” Sitka
“I heard them on the last full moon when Zaden took me through them, after the introduction. I have heard a lot from that day onwards but I thought it’s all mind-link. How do you differentiate between mind-link and people’s thoughts?”. She asked in Zaden’s direction. Makeala turned around making Selena fall onto her lap
“We don’t because we don’t hear anyone’s thought but common sense might help, baby girl. For example, today!!! Why would someone mind-link you about their dirty thoughts” Makeala said
“I thought they are linking between themselves” Selena shrugged.
“Then why would you hear them?” Xavier is now next to her, face hovering on top of her
“Wait, you’re saying we can’t hear a mind-link unless it’s directed to us?” Selena asked. Now Sitka is hovering on top of her with a nod..
“Have you heard anything you don’t like? Among us?” Zaden’s head popped in and immediately the pack exchanged look
“Shit!!! Selena, were you listening to our minds?” Sitka
“How dare you. It’s our personal space!!!” Xavier
“Guys, guys, leave her alone. We need to talk to Grandpa Kai first” Zaden tried to calm the situation but wasn’t fruitful.
Thousand and one questions overlapping each other in Selena’s head as she already squeeze shut her eye and covered her ears. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her out of Makeala’s lap with little effort.
“Come on you all, be a little considerate” Orion, one hand holding Selena’s arm that he just pulled up and another on her back, pushing her closer to him.
” She is in a community that is different from what she has grown up in. She does not understand our culture and our abilities. She can’t recall half of her day because she is in her wolf form and she is put through strenuous training because of our irrelevant fear that Ozrain Samrat might find her one day. For fucking hell, she is not even getting enough sleep!!! Have you guys noticed that she is losing weight? ” silenced by guilt, they hung their head low.
“Now, she is not sure of what is going on in her OWN HEAD because we pulled her into our pack. The ability to mind-link must have opened her ability to read minds too. It’s not her fault, it’s ours because we caused it. Please, give her some space” Orion shut down every one of them.
“Alpha, I didn’t expect this from you. You are the one who is always calm, composed, and mature. Now, look at you!!!” Orion pointed at Zaden and Zaden bit his upper lip in guilt. Orion pulled Selena behind him, out of the place
“Thanks…” Selena said in low voice and Orion smiled in return
“Have I really lost weight?” Selena’s word made Orion chuckle
“Out of all I said, that’s what you heard? And yes, right here” he wrapped her waist with his arm across her back, pulling her closer to him. His nose is touching hers, as his eyes played between her eyes and lips. He lost his sense as he caressed her cheeks. The smile on Selena’s face faded at the awkward positioning and the pull exerted by Orion. He is losing control. He grabbed her cheeks between his fingers, making her pout as he leaned for a quick kiss, sucking her a mouthful of her lips– too quick for Selena to react.
“You should be happy here but that’s not what you are getting. Zaden was right, you should have stayed back with your father, even if it means me dying slowly every day” she blinked again and again with wide eyes not believing he just kissed her, with full consciousness, not like the last where he lost control of himself.