Craving the Alpha

Raven POV

Finally. I exhaled. Senior year was here. In two days technically.

Today was public service day. A long lasting ritual in Everfrost University. A day where the senior year students would engage in public services in different parts of campus.

The faculty hallway raked with students. Boys. Girls. Bustling up and down with wide grins on their faces.

I inhaled. Taking in the familiar air of Everfrost's hallway. Everfrost wasn't just any university. It was the most prestigious and luxurious one in Frostfang pack. And second most rated one in the entire continent, topped only by Blue-Ridge University. Everyone wanted to school here. Well not everyone entirely-I only came here because of a stupid crush.

"I'm so happy to be back," my best friend, Lyra beamed, tiptoeing gently beside me. "Senior years definitely going to be a banger."

"Ofcourse it would," I said. My voice carrying my deep excitement of being back to school. "You just came back from a month of sex filled vacation." I teased.

Lyra chuckled. A sweet confirmation of what I just said. Lyra and her boyfriend Damian, had spent their entire holiday on a vacation. A sex oriented one at that. And I was sure of that because she would streak me pictures of her in either bikinis or straight up underwears. "How's Jett? How was the holiday for you two." Lyra asked.

Jett. The name nagged my stomach like I'd swallowed a hammer. "It was okay," I lied. Jett, my closest male friend, my secret alpha crush since I was fourteen. I'd been close to him seven years now. Ever since he lost his mother to cancer.

He'd cry on my shoulders for as long I could think of. Either when he missed his mom or when he was sad from a breakup. I'd be there for him. Play with him. Hike with him. Rumble with him.

Lyra's voice dragged me back to reality. "Are you sure it was okay? Rav,"

"Yes sure," I lied again.

It wasn't okay. Jett and I had texted last three weeks ago. He has either been out playing student president role, which he considered as preparation to him being the alpha of Frostfang Pack after his dad. Or busy with his dating shenanigans with one hot student in cheer team or the other.

And the worst part? He'd streak every moment of him with them. He didn't even consider my feelings. Hell he didn't even seem to notice if I had one.

I'd come to Everfrost just because of my crush for him. And since freshman year, he'd only been obsessing over one girl or the other. And this time around it was Sharon-the extravagant cheerleader.

What a wishful delusional fool I was.

Lyra coughed. Dragging me back from my thoughts once again. "You know...you winning Journalist of the year award end of junior year, one would think your lying skill would have improved.." "But nope, it just got worse."

"Don't tell me people do train to lie."

"Nope no sane person does," Lyra chuckled. "But what you my friend did not do was tell Jett about your crush on him." She said. Staring at me with those I'm-I-lying? eyes.

"Nope I didn't." My voice sounded raw under the frustration tugging inside my stomach.

I wanted to tell Jett. To open up to him. Tell him how I've been crushing on him ever since we met for the first day. But i knew he wasn't ready for something committed. And I wasn't interested in being one of his come and go flings.

So I didn't.

"You know what?" Lyra said. Her hands placed on her jaw. A posture she'd take whenever she was about to come up with something absolutely ridiculous to do. "You're going to meet with Jett today, and you're going to tell him everything."

"Hell No." I yelled.

My voice causing a few close students to drag their gazes to Lyra and I for some brief seconds. But I didn't care.

I wasn't going to throw myself to guy who I bet didn't even noticed if we hadn't texted in three weeks. That would make me desperate.

Lyra rolled her eye. "Well, you do want you want Rav." She blurted, her voice laced with the disappointment. Not the bad disappointment. The type of disappointment you get when the only person you want to see have a love affair in her life can't open up to a guy. "Just get yourself a lover, babe."