Claimed by the Alpha

i

ys since I'd touched Maya Carter

ce to crack the fiberglass. Coach Williams blew his w

e hell is wrong

k about anything except green eyes and vanilla-scented skin and t

oach. Just

my hands. "That's your third one today. At this ra

n, my best friend since kindergarten, was keeping his distance. They all

t of

. "Get your head on straig

d inside my chest like a caged animal, whining and snarling by turns. Every instinct

self. *She's staying aw

ade it impossible to concentrate on anything. During practice, I'd caught myself searching the empty blea

ttle human who probably couldn't even lift a

t I stop think

o the bench beside me, careful to keep som

thi

lmet, revealing sweat-dampened blond hair. "Come on, man. We've

round the pack. He knew our secrets, knew what I was. If

ol's invisible girl? How could I admit that every fiber of

icated," I

e grinned, but his eyes staye

ya, sending a wave of longing through

it,

ed my face with the persistence that made him both a gre

pulled it out, expecting a text from my dad about pack busines

k classroom 237. Your l

eet before I'd even finished reading,

you going?" Jak

e right

ith panic. Classroom 237 was in the old wing of the school, the section they

ond was singing with distress, confirming what I

,* I thought as I yanked on my street cloth

a bad idea, my wolf was already taking control. My senses sharpened, my mu

to learn why that

deeper into the school. Maya's vanilla scent was layered with fear a

ower that she didn't e

cked for the night. But I could hear voices coming from 23

out before midnight," Jessica's voice drifted

fled but desperate. "I need to

nails on a chalkboard. "What's she goi

vision went red

something that stopped me cold. A sound like claw

ghter s

ica's voice had lost

ed as confused as they did. "So

d against the far wall, staring at her hands like they belonged to someone else. The wooden door frame around t

s were perfectl

n't

Jessica's friends muttered. "M

anger. "She needs to learn her place. Nob

lled through the door. "I've never

ed to my

me! I didn't

door with her fist. "Just shut up

n the locked classroom. The smart thing would be to wait until they wer

lf had ot

arpened to perfect clarity, my muscles flooding with supernatural strength. Th

de it maybe twenty feet before

somew

essica's face as she took in my expression. Whatever s

flirty tone, but it came out s

iberate. My wolf was practically vibrating with the need to tear them apart f

. studying," Br

that they could see the predator lurking behind my h

h false bravado. "Since w

o mess with someone

ant to say that, hadn't meant to claim M

essica's voice crack

t enough that they'd notice. Just enough to plant th

her like sheep sensing a wolf

dered, my voice dropp

oving around inside the classroom, her heartbeat rapid but steady. She was scar

stood in the center of the classroom, her hands still pressed

looded her scent so stron

u," she w

never let go. Instead, I turned back to Jessica and her f

etly, "if you even look at her wrong

and scurried away like

She was staring at me with those wide green eyes

," she sa

uldn't

s too strong, too real to ignore. Whatever came next, whatever danger

ow chuckle drifted down from the rafters. An