Well fuck.
Am I about to end up the property of Primal Moon’s rival?
Fuckity fuck balls.
Delilah
I get a break from the scary Alphas for a little while as my next couple of classes are strictly for Humans. The only Wolves in those classes are there for demonstration purposes only. Modeling things like how to tie their ties, how to take their measurements, and how best to serve them their food.
So dumb, but whatever. They didn’t seem to like it any more than the Humans did. As if this was new information, even to those of us who weren’t Avowed before coming here.
Just before I can head to lunch, I’m called to the administrative office.
My mind starts racing. One of those bastards claimed me. I just fucking know it. I don’t know who I want it to be though. If it’s not Coal, I’m dead. If it is, I’m still pretty much fucked. Literally and figuratively.
When I walk into the office, my heart drops. Both Coal and Dean are standing before me, facing each other like they’re just a second from ripping the other's throat out. Coal is clearly furious while Dean looks calm but still seriously scary. They’re evenly matched in height, but Dean is thicker, larger. Coal is lean with cut muscle and sharp lines. If they fight, they’ll do serious damage to each other.
“Ahh. Delilah. Join me in my office.” Headmaster Evans instructs, standing by his office door. I have to pass between the two Wolves to get to it.
I sigh and try to move past them quickly, but as soon as I step between them, Coal stops me.
“You. Are. Mine.” His growl is low and threatening but also makes butterflies explode in my stomach. The hold he has on my arm is painful. Chances are I’ll be sporting another bruise soon. I hate that my heart races and desire gets the better of me.You are mine…Fuck, why do those words affect me so much?
Dean growls, but Coal doesn’t release me; he just stares into my eyes, a wild look on his face that makes me shiver. I have to yank my arm out of his grasp to get free, wincing. I finally make it to the office and take a seat across from the older man.
“Well, I’ll get straight to the point. Two applications for you to become an Avowed servant came in at roughly the same time. I’ve decided that the best way to prevent these men from fighting is to have you serve both of them.” He places two bags in front of me, and I instantly know what they are. The necklaces that mark the pack I belong to.Packs.“You share a lunch period with them both, as well as combat, but otherwise your classes don’t overlap. You will alternate days, and then weekends, with each, and if either of them chooses another Avowed, you will become theother’s full time. Any questions?” He’s so nonchalant, as if this is no big deal.
“Both?” I stare at his chest, not wanting to anger the old fucker, but also because he’s a bit creepy, and I can’t look at his face anyway.
“That’s what I said.” He looks at me with disgust, like I’m fucking stupid, and I suppress that intrusive thought, urging me to smash the glass paperweight on his desk against his skull. Dickwad. This is unheard of. Wolves can have more than one Avowed, but Humans can only serve one Wolf. Obviously, I’m a bit dumbstruck.
“Do I have to?” I ask, hoping I could serve just one of them. Dean.
He throws his head back, laughing. The bastard. “Serving not one, but two of the most prominent Wolves in this academy is a privilege that someone like you should be grateful for.Begging for, in fact. Now, wait outside my office while I explain to the men what my final decision is. And take those,” he motions to my new neck prisons.
And just like that, I'm dismissed. Thrown to the Wolves, waiting for their kill.
Ten minutes later, after some intense shouting coming from the office, I’m walking to the dining hall behind Coal. Dean only eats in his dorm room, and today is my day with Coal since he threw the bigger fit about sharing me. Yay, me.
I walk in behind my least favorite sadist and immediately see my best friend sitting at a table with the other Humans. Genny waves at me, but notices I’m walking closely behind a very grumpy Coal and drops her hand. Her face morphs into one of shocked horror as her eyes land on my double collar. She knows what Coal has put me through, and I can see the fear in her eyes. I reach up, itching theoffending material at the reminder of them. Red for Coal, blue for Dean. Guess it’s my unlucky day.
I nod in agreement, but quickly move on. I share my dorm room with her, I’ll be able to fill her in later. She’s going to be really fucking shocked when she learns what the double collar really means. Every Human in this room is probably thanking all the goddesses and gods, that they aren’t me.
Dear deities. You all fucking suck. I hope you choke on every piece of food you eat for the rest of time.I’m so busy cursing imaginary beings that I don’t notice Coal isn’t walking anymore, so I walk right into his back. He ignores it, but I get a face full of his cinnamon scent and shake off the way it makes my chest flutter with nerves.
“You claim her finally?” someone asks in front of Coal, but Coal shoves him aside, continuing to his seat. “Woah, what the fuck, is that a Shadow Moon choker?!” The same guy shouts, and the whole room turns to look at us. My blood freezes in my veins. Fuck. Not good.
“So, what? You’re sharing her?” Jessica, a Wolf I recognize from Primal Moon, scoffs. “That’s disgusting. What a whore.” I blink at the insult, staring at my feet and hating all the attention on me right now. How is me being forced into this bullshit a good reason to call me a whore? Is she that stupid?
Quil scoffs. “Coal only claimed her long enough to steal her virginity, then he’ll discard her like the trash she is,” he says loudly, and my cheeks heat from the humiliation.
“Should have just raped her and been done with it,” Jessica announces with the same tone she would use to announce the time. I stop breathing; I’m not exactly cheery that I might be forced to fuck Coal, but the way she saidthat was horrifying. As if raping me would be no different from Coal needing to take a shit.
“Probably, but you know I like to play first,” Coal’s words make the hair on the back of my neck rise. I almost hope he fucking tries it. I’ll die fighting him before I let him inside my body now. Bastards. Fucking evil assholes. All of them.
“Get the fuck out of here, trash,” Coal snaps, and the stab of pain his insult causes, makes me wince. Instead of letting it hurt me, I hold onto it, turning the pain into anger. He thinks my life is a game. Fine. I’ll fucking win, one way or another. I rush out of the dining hall, heading for a bathroom when I’m hit on the back of the head, my world going black.
I groan, rolling over, and grip my head in both hands. What the fuck happened? I feel like I took a brick to the head. I look up and realize I’m also outside.
