Why a Wolf?! Why Not a Perfectly Normal Human Being?!

Chapter Seventeen

I was still fuming as I watched the others talking in loose groups over half an hour later. As soon as Daniel had let me up I had scratched him across the face and ran up the tree I was sitting in before. The low branches had made it easy to leap into, and I was the only one in human form to escape the bombarding thoughts of the others, who just wouldn't shut up about my failure.

As the rest of the pack slowly dispersed, I huffed and climbed down from my tree. Walking over to Drake, who was the only one in the clearing now, I surrendered my racing thoughts to him. 

I told him everything, from Luka attacking me, to McDreamy, to the stuff we had done to Anthony before Drake had even arrived.

Drake just stood there quietly, taking everything in and only asking questions every now and again. He was surprised when I told him about what Luka had done to me, and the scar that was stil a shiny pink on my shoulder. 

"I never would've thought he was a wolf...." I trailed off, lost in my own thoughts.

"No. Neither did I. And the thought that he attacked you, and how we almost brought him up to our meeting location to be changed....ah god." Drake paced back and forth, which slowly started to hypnotize me. I yawned, starting to get very tired. Whether it was the fighting that had tired me out, Drake's hypnotic pacing, or the fact that it was two in the morning, I wouldn't know.

"Hmm, I think I have an idea..." Drake's voice jolted me back into conciousness, and I looked up at him expectantly.

"I think it is time for some of my pack to enroll at your school...." Drake trailed off, looking at me. 

It took me a while to realise that Drake was actually asking me for permission. The thought surprised me, and I stood with my mouth hanging open in shock.

"Lyra, wakey wakey!" Drake laughed, snapping me out of my daze.

"Uh, sure, that would be...great." I tried to smile, but failed miserably as I was still shocked. 

"Fantastic, we will start tomorrow then. See ya." Drake turned and walked off. 

I stood there for a while longer, to shocked to move. What the hell did I just get myself into?!

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I collapsed on my bed, so tired and dazed that my face didn't even hurt thaqt much anymore. Who knew that trees hurt so much to crash into?

I closed my eyes, sighing as my muscles relaxed and my mind drifted into a beautiful state of unconciousness........

RING!!!!!!!!

"Holy shit!!" I lept out of bed, dasing to my phone - which was turned up as loud as it could go. My heart was still racing as I clicked answer, and I held the phone up to my mouth, yelling into it. "What the hell are you calling me at this hour for?!"

"Woah, calm down Lyra!"

It was Jaron.

Great.

I sighed, bringing the phone up to my ear. "What do you want?"

"Well, I was just ringing to see if you're okay."

I stared at the carpet, quite confused. "Uh, yeah.....why?"

"Well it's second period, and I was getting worried that you had been attacked by.....yeah, you know." Jaron trailed off, not wanting to say Luka's name.