“Did I tell you to speak, Caleb?” I snarled at him. I watched as the color drained out of his face a little.
“What?”
“I said. Did. I. Tell. You. To. Speak?” I spoke, taking a step closer to him with each word.
“I just-” I crouched in front of him and placed my finger on his lips to shut him up.
“That’s it. You shouldn’t.” If looks could kill, I would have been dead right there. But I stood. “I’m going to do this once. And then we are going to go back to learning math.”
“Do what?”
I turned back to Caleb. But I shook my head. I raised my voice so that everyone would hear me. “If any of you push me to this point again, I won’t use my power to hammer the point home. Next time, I’ll use my fists. Is that understood?”
I heard someone scoff and lean towards another. “Is she joking?”
Before the other could respond, I released all of my power. Every drop of aura was freed, dropping everyone back onto their stomachs, with their faces pressed into the ground. “Is that understood?” I called out and commanded answers without another word.
A chorus of “yes.” rang out and I released them, tucking my aura away, until there was nothing left. The guys slowly got to their shaky feet and I watched a pale Caleb stand and grab his stuff, moving away from me.
I guess he didn’t want to be friends after all.
Chapter Eight
“May I speak with you Alpha Amy?” The class just ended, and I was struggling to hold on to Nix. She wanted to shift, and holding her back was almost impossible. I turned to Gamma Charles and sighed.
“Of course.” I made my way to his desk as the rest of the men filed out of the room. Once I tucked my power away, Charles did his best to refocus the class and start on the material, but you could feel everyone was on edge.
“I’m sorry.” He started, but I raised a hand, stopping him.
“I am not foolish enough to believe that it was intentional. I assume in your teaching career you have had quite a few individuals who had tried to pretend to be a rank they weren’t. I also understand that female Alphas are very rare. I don’t take it to heart.”
I watched as he breathed in a sigh of relief. “I am still sorry. I know I put you in an awkward position today, and probably for the rest of the semester. But I will go to the rest of your teachers and let them know so you don’t have to do this kind of display in every class.”
I perked up at that. “Thank you. I would appreciate that very much.” I rolled my shoulders.
“I mean, I have to be honest with you here Alpha-”
“Just call me Amy, please.” I smiled.
Charles nodded. “We don’t have a lot of females going for this degree. And in the twenty years I have been teaching it, in all the schools I have traveled to, none were Alphas.”
I froze. “What?”
“I’ve never had an Alpha take this course. And I’ve only had a handful of females in all the years I have been teaching this course. So you are really surprising.”
I nodded and shrugged. “My father said this would be a good course to take to help support a pack. You learn security systems, innovative systems to improve your tech, and you can make money from humans.”
Charles slammed a hand down on the desk. “Exactly. And with the way the world is going, tech is becoming more and more prevalent.” Charles became more animated the longer he talked. “Most Alphas disregard everything you just said. So I’m more surprised and feel like I should apologize even more.”
Nix growled in frustration.I need to run. Now.
I had to stop the shift. Fur rippled down my arms and Charles stumbled back a step. “No need to apologize. But I have to go. My wolf is antsy from before and needs to run.”
Charles nodded. “I understand.” He gestured to the door, and we walked there side by side. He pointed left down the hallway. “Head left, straight out the last door. You will find a walkwaythat leads past the soccer fields. There is a forest past the edge of the last field you can run in.”
Nix pushed harder, and I stumbled a step. I squeezed out a breath. “Thank you.” Then I turned and ran. Nix kept pushing, but I held her back. “Let me get outside, at least.” She growled, and I ran faster. As soon as I hit the door outside, Nix forced my shift and we were sprinting down the pathway.
A few people screamed and jumped out of the way. I knew having a huge black wolf sprinting full speed towards you can be a little intimidating. I chuckled as Nix sped up. She was nearly panting as she hit the dark shadows of the forest.
