I’m still twitched in pain as I saw motion in the corner of my vision. Next, I’m hauled to my feet. Whoever was touching me causes the electricity to return at a much lower intensity. It’s still enough that I gasp and dig my nails into the person to keep myself steady.
A low chuckle cooled all the heat radiating across my skin. I whipped around in the person’s arms and looked into the face of a god.
The man who was holding me is tall with shiny gold eyes. It shouldn’t have surprised me as I was standing on the foot of the admissions building for an Alpha Academy. However, they were so much different in person. They truly sparkled like a full moon.
His shoulders were broad, tan and rippling with muscle. So much so that it was pulling his skin taught. He had a scar on his upper lip that curved up to his cheek bone. Below that was a single dimple, accentuated by the smirk on his face. His hair was cropped short to his head and was a deep black.
He was nothing short of gorgeous.
“Hello, darling,” he said. He had the same accent of everyone in Victoria’s castle. The one of aristocracy. “Pardon me,” he continued. “You seemed to have gotten in the way of my morning run.”
I scoffed. “Do you usually run with your dog?” I shoved back on his chest a little, causing his arms to release me. “He barreled into me at full speed!”
The man chuckled again. “That was me, darling.”
I suddenly felt out of place. I was at a werewolf academy. There were no dogs. The people were the dogs.
So much for keeping a low cover, I thought to myself. I awkwardly chuckled and rubbed the back of my neck.
“Sorry,” I said, swallowing thickly. “It was just so small – I thought it was a dog!”
The man’s eyes turned dark. His smirk deepened. “Trust me, love,” he said, deep enough to rumble through my bones. “Nothing about me is small.”
My jaw opened and closed a few times as I tried to process the blatant innuendo. Before I could speak, the man started talking again.
“You must be new.” He said. All teasing, provocative tone was gone. He was cold and hard. “Did you not have an Alpha in your pack?”
Pack? I was immediately confused. Instead, I just shook my head silently.
The man nodded. “Makes sense,” he said. “Just know that Alphas are about two to three times the size of a normal wolf. Everyone around here could barrel you over without a second thought.”
“Thanks for the advice,” I mumbled rubbing my neck again. The man’s face was set in a hard line. I could’ve sworn his lip twitched.
“You know,” he said voice barely above a whisper. “I didn’t know that they let humans into the school.”
I stilled. He’d caught me.
“I’m not a human,” I snapped back, on the defensive.
The man hummed. “Your smell says otherwise,” he turned and began to walk away. “Stay out of my way, human.” He snarled the last word like it was a slur.
I was shocked. How had this man turned on me so quickly? I immediately got angry and stood up straight. I wasn’t about to be walked all over on my first day.
“An apology would be nice,” I said firmly.
The man stopped. He turned back around and pinned me with the anger in his gold eyes. “The weak—” another snarl. “—don’t belong at alpha academy.”
He left me slack jawed staring at his back. Quickly, the man shifted into the same black wolf that had run me over and sprinted away.
