en, revealing glowi

*****

d painfully as she

he room, she realized she was in the school infirmary. It was probably evening-alread

the cafeteria, the creaking desks, the bursts of laughter. Everythin

ly, she had transformed. Her powers had taken control again.

ering beneath the dim lights. Snow bit her lowe

erself from everyone...

or made her stiffen

strange energy and a wave of cold

n't see anyone. Still, his Alpha instinc

frown deepened. He clearly remembered it being wo

d the door-unaware that Snow had slipped out

ver her head, a face mask covering the lower half of her face. She kept

ng under the faint streetlights-making her

was supposed to be an omega-weak, insignificant. Yet s

ing. And worse-she couldn't even leave school. Students were sti

r wolf forms-while the wolf-less watched from the sides. She still remembered Tiffany winn

n this state was Ace, her best friend-h

supposed to return soon, she wasn't sure e

the ceiling. A faint smile tugged at her lips. She love

ely, she'd been hearing strange voices in her head-soft whisper

otsteps snapped her back to al

aled sh

yelled, "

the room, and a figure e

Snow

d. Wait-wasn't he sup

smell his familiar, intoxicating scent-strong an

me?" h

eyes. "I didn't,

ng her cheek before

ain," he said quiet

ainful as always

ng on her fifteenth birthday, an

family," Ac

immediately. That was the l

ous. Her family had adopted her, raised her with love-she couldn't

like their own. She didn't even care about he

won't want you anymor

clouded wi

had unknowingly kept her grounded. She couldn't lose that. She

understanding her turmoi

ay," he

ped her cheek gently, but his eyes sudden

oes and a strong male

and in the blink of

ot home yet?!"

. Asher. Her

diately softened when he saw h

s... my

deeper into the shadows,

ped forward an

ng away from me?"

ck, but Asher was strong-he ea

er eyes shut,

under the faint light a

hair