Alpha Wolf - Mate Mine

Chapter 7 ~ Speak of the Devil - Part 1

"Attention everyone!" The gymnastics instructor yelled over the noise of chatting and laughing throughout the large hall.

"Please make two lines with your chosen pair." She continued with her nasal voice. "Today we have a special assistant to help us with training." Her voice became solemn while concluding the sentence.

Elena coupled with Rex, while Giulia stood in front of her brother. "Let's show these puppies how it's done!" Rex smirked with amused eyes, receiving in return a snort from a Black Devil wolf.

The first few weeks at Redwood High had gone on smoothly, after their first eventful day, with the fight and Marco meeting his brooding mate. Glances and stares were the only attention Elena and Giulia had received and, in all honesty, they had also managed to become friendly with some Black Devil classmates. Rex was fully accepted in the Redwood football team, as he was one of the best players.

And Marco, well... he was a totally different case. On several occasions, when he appeared from behind a corner or entered a room, many Black Devil students stopped talking and directly stared at him, petrified, like he had a black shadow hovering over him everywhere he went. Other times, they slightly bowed their heads.

Once, a young guy had accidentally bumped Marco and his books scattered all over the floor, and he was so mortified that he ended up fainting at Marco's feet.

At first, Marco didn't mind, pretending he wasn't affected. He was either ignoring them or scoffing, like a superior being. However, after some more episodes, he was totally pissed at those Devils students, at his unaware mate and, also, at Elena and Rex, who started to bow their heads ~ in a sarcastic way, to add fuel to a very pissed fire.

One afternoon, after a group of students had approached Elena's and Marco's direction when suddenly they moved in the opposite side, Marco grunted loudly and called his mate by phone. He complained with such exaggeration that Elena was laughing so hard, she had to hold herself up on Marco's stiff shoulder to prevent from falling on the floor. She could imagine the speechless face of a shocked Crucifero on the other line, under his mate's attack. Marco could be such a drama queen when he wanted to.

The following day, the majority of Black Devil students were missing and Rex sarcastically said that Crucifero had put them in chains and enslaved them... Well, later on, they discovered his joke wasn't so far from the truth: they had undergone strenuous training, barely allowed to eat and rest the entire day. Marco held a satisfied grin on his face for the remainder of the day, but not because he enjoyed the suffering of his other fellow students. It was a caring gesture from his mate, even if a bit dramatic and violent.

"Is Crucifero the special trainer today?" Elena asked Marco, fiddling with his phone.

"As if I knew what he does" He responded, rolling his eyes.

"Who could this special trainer be, then?" Giulia joined the conversation, ignoring her brother's pouting face.

"I heard from Crucifero that their Alpha is back. So maybe it's him?" Marco mentioned casually, checking his nails with too much interest. Elena and Giulia looked at each other and then back at Marco again. "Did Cruci actually tell you that?" Giulia questioned with a hint of suspicion. "Did he actually pronounce three words in a row?" Rex mocked from behind. Elena placed her elbow on Marco's shoulder. "Crucifero already said three words in a row, Rex! Leave Marco alone!" She said with fake seriousness that didn't go unnoticed by a grinning Rex

"HE IS MIIIINE!" Elena growled loudly, imitating Crucifero deep voice, and resulting in a flush of laughs from Rex and Giulia, a snort from Marco and some coughs from herself, since she forced her throat too much in the action of pretending to be Marco's mate. "That's karma!" Marco jeered and poked repeatedly at her sides, making Elena suffocating between more coughs and laughs.