Chapter 11

Winter POV

I’m sitting in class, listening to the teacher, who I’ll admit was rambling a bit when the door to the classroom

crashes open. I don’t even have to turn to know it’s the new Alpha everyone’s been talking about. The teacher thankfully falls silent and everyone begins to talk while I wonder what it is he wants. He smells nice, I think drowsily, like sandalwood and bergamot and I inhale deeply, my eyes suddenly narrowing as I work out why that is. There’s only one reason another person would smell this good to me and that’s if they are my mate. Sure enough, he points at me.

“You” he says gruffly and I try not to flinch at the authority oozing from his voice, “come with me.”

He strides back out and I’m forced to follow, the class erupting into giggles as I leave. Great. More fodder for the gossip mill.

I can’t help but stare at him in awe. His face is just so handsome, his green eyes round and dark, his black hair

shaggy and down to his shoulders. He’s wearing a leather jacket that makes him look tough, as well as accentuates his muscled body. I swallow, feeling incredibly nervous all of a sudden as he turns to speak to me.

I’m not naive. I knew he’d brought me out here to reject me. After all, what guy would want a girl as broken and

tainted as I was? I wasn’t the greatest looking and compared to him I must have looked awful. But I squared my

shoulders, refusing to let him see how this was affecting me. I needed to get this over and done with, if only so I could

get back to class and pretend this never happened. I’d dreamed of finding a mate since I was a little girl and as I’d gotten older, I’d hoped that mine would come along and save me. I should have known better.

“Listen, can we hurry this up” | mutter. “I need to get back to class.”

He looks stunned, almost as though he wasn’t expecting me to say something like that, but I meant every word.

sooner the mate bond is severed, the sooner the pain will

which means the pain will be far

the inevitable words. “I, Johnathon

Winter of the.”

nods and continues, almost forcing the

you Winter of the

not to howl at the sharp pain in my heart. I refuse to

Crescent Pack accept Johnathon’s of

as I go through

moment, he looks stunned and I know he’s feeling

I give him a tight smile and leave without a backward glance, fighting hard to keep my tears at bay when part of me wanted to scream out my anguish and

the classroom, feeling nothing but dread as I slowly turn the handle with a trembling hand. I forced myself to walk back into the room,

happened. The teacher looks at me and says nothing as I quietly take a

rejected” Jessica drawled from the

fact had happened. I can

and she gives a loud snort of laughter. I hope the

Even the

hurt your feelings”, Jessica mocked, and I remain silent, breathing deeply in and out as I

Why was it so hard for them to leave me alone?

Jessica was taking

student shouts and I groan and put a hand

at my misfortune. I should have gone home or pretended

would

She’s ugly, of course he

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