He stumbled over his feet. "What?" He gave me a side look


    "You act like I shouldn''t have noticed. We are wolves. We live through our nose," Nix scoffed.


    "You are right, but no one has ever asked me directly."


    "Why not?" We stopped and looked at him. "Why has no one ever questioned why


    a wolf has no scent?"


    He sat down and looked at me. "Probably because of my rank, or my size."


    "What''s your rank?"


    He tilted his head. "I''m an alpha."


    I nodded. “Alphas don''t scare me.''


    "I see


    that." He huffed out augh. "But most people are. The sane ones, at least."


    "Are you saying that I''m not sane?"


    His eyes widened a bit. "I didn''t mean it like that." He started, but we justughed.


    "Sure." Nix looked up to the sky. "I have to go."


    "Why?" He stepped in front of us, but we just walked around him.


    "I have to get back to ss. I ran out of myst ss rather quickly." We started running, and Erubus ran after us.


    It turned into a game. We ran together, nipping and diving for each other. He tackled me to the ground, rolling over each other as we tumbled. "When can I see you again?” His voice was deep, but slightly hopeful.


    "Are you from around here?" It was Nix''s turn to be slightly hopeful.


    Erubus shook his head. "No, but I''m in the area every Monday and Friday."


    "Then I guess you might see me one of those days."


    "Might?"


    "I can''t say yes or no. Not when we don''t know who the other is." Nix brushed herself along his length and then. turned and ran.


    She heard his footsteps behind her, but we ran straight into the school through an open door and made our way to the bathroom. We pushed in to the door and when there was a small scream we shifted. "Sorry." I raised my hands. "I didn''t mean to scare you."


    A small Asian girl with a sweet smile and a cute bobughed. "It''s okay. I wasn''t expecting it is all." She dried her hands on a paper towel. "You are the size of a male wolf, and I thought that''s what you were, a maleing in here." She shook her head.


    "Oh yeah. Sorry." I walked to the sink and fixed my hair.


    "No worries." She tossed back. "You are gorgeous, by the way."


    "Thank you.


    "Hanna." She stuck out her hand, and I shook it.


    "Amy."


    "Nice to meet you."


    "You too." I smiled. "Do you know the time?"


    "It''s six."


    "Fuck. Gotta run." I ran out of the bathroom and back to the math room. Thankfully, it was still unlocked. I grabbed my stuff and headed to the caff. I grabbed a tray of food and sat at the nearest table. I scarfed down my dinner and grabbed a bottle of water before I licaded to the next ss.


    I slid into a desk in the back and popped a piece if gum. I pulled my phone out of my bag and checked my missed messages from my mom and Cass. Then I scrolled a few minutes on social media and waited for the others to head in.


    "Do you know who the teacher is?" Two guys walked in and sat in the front


    "No, I haven''t heard a peep about who it is." They both turned and looked at me. They were two of from my math ss. They both swallowed loudly and gave a tiny wave. I smiled and waved back.


    The rest of the ss entered and half were from my earlier ss and they kept their distance. The others were new and sat around, with a few malesing to sit very close to me.


    I ignored the looks and turned back to my phone. A few people whispered, but I pulled out myputer and plugged it into the wall. Thankfully, there were outlets everywhere.


    The room grew silent. I looked up from myputer to find a giant at the front of the room, writing something on the whiteboard. I looked around but everyone was solely focused at the front.


    I closed myptop and leaned in. I wanted to see who this was. The man straightened his back and I was surprised by the colour of his hair. The sides were shaved down, but the crown was a tarnished silver tossed in a topknot. Nix and Megan stood up in my mind and walked closer to the surface of my mind. Even they were interested in whoever this man was.


    A deep voice that was slightly familiar rang out. "Wee to Coding one oh one. This ss will cover codingnguages, building systems, and my personal favourite, it wasy the groundwork for security systems." He turned to face us and I felt my stomach drop. He was gorgeous. He was the hottest guy I had ever seen. "My name is Alpha Rowan." Alpha Rowen... my mouth dropped open as his eyes met mine.


    King Alpha Rowen.