“Miss Smith,” the elder woman said. “Thank you for joining us.”
Heat flared in my face. “Sorry.”
Someone snorted next to me. I felt a shoulder brush against mine than push to the middle of the circle to stand next to the
Woman
It was no surprise to me that it was Kairos. When he finally came to stand next to the woman in front of class, he was glaring a hole into my skull. I swallowed thickly. This was not going to be good.
“Welcome to your first shifting class,” The woman said. Tam Professor Adera Valencia. I will be your teacher.” She gestured to Kairos. “I’m sure you all know Mr. Moonraiser. He’s a third year student who has mastered the art of shifting. He will be the teaching assistant for this class.”
Oh, god. Kairos was going to be instructing me. He was trying to kill me and he was my fucking teacher. I squirmed where I stood and Kairos caught my eye. He grinned, so salacious and sadistic, and I thought about running once again.
“Now,” Professor Valencia clapped her hands together, “if you may, please shift.”
My heart dropped to my toes.
One by one, all of the other students close to me shook and shivered and traded their human bodies for wolf ones. To some students, shifting looked effortless. Others I saw furrowing their brows or shaking their limbs as they did. Several wolves emerged and immediately growled. The whole time, I stood there in shock. One by one, I was finally the last human left.
“Miss Smith,” Valencia said sternly. “I asked you to please shift as this is the point of our class.”
7–I can’t,” I’d never sounded so small
Valencia raised an eyebrow. “You cannot?”
I shook my head Valencia looked disappointed. Kairos looked like he’d been given the prize goose,
“She’s wolfless, Professor,” he spat. “I don’t even know why they added her to this class. She should be in something more her speed. Perhaps she’d enjoy crocheting?”
A few wolves by me snickered. Valencia gave Kairos a look
“Mr. Moonraiser, that’s enough,” she said. She turned back to me. “That is no matter, Miss Smith. We will have you passively learn until your inner wolf decides to join us,
II, that stupid voice in my head said. I thought about strangling her. Instead, I just nodded Valencia nodded back
“Right, so,” she said to the class. “Given that Miss Smith is wolfless, she will be our first prey this year.” She turned back to me. “You have ten minutes to hide then allow yourself to be hunted and scented by the rest of the class. Please begin.”
