Oops my crush is an alpha
ore. Maybe I blacked out, I don't even know. My heart was still punc
yes actua
's stupi
did
rs of sleep? Plus burnt toast doesn't coun
I fled into the locker room a
dn't
electrocuted. "You're fine," I told Mirror Me. "Totally fine. Just saw the school's number-one de
you tal
e sink. Riley was standing there, holding a juic
ying on me?!
ou're pale as death. What happened? Don't say nothing, because I sa
a standoff. It was-uh-he was.
yebrow. "You mean
st... you know... being tall. Very tall. Menacingly tal
l. Are you sure you didn't just drool on his
il
ou trip over flat floors. Wouldn't shock me if you
d her what I really saw, she'd laugh so hard she
wasn't ready fo
rving, stressed, and already dreading the
laughing, and pretending the food didn't taste like cardboard with extra salt. Riley and I squeeze
ed. "Rumor is, he broke som
on my wat
odded solemnly, like that ridiculous source was ironclad. "Said it hap
ler's cousin's friend's
ne. "Another rumor
il
olf
sandwich. "I'
like... a pack of guys. They hang out in the wood
ird flip. Woods. Ho
ting the dots. N
food in my mouth. "Howling in the w
ng. "So you're saying he's definitely no
eed violently. I coughed until my face went red
stinct. And of course-there he was. Bad Boy Alpha himself, stridi
owed him. Girls giggled behind th
look at me
t made my chest
: don't stare, don't think about glowing eyes, don't ima
r: I f
armful of books I didn't even need for class, because apparently I hate myself. K
then
No, not a wall. A pers
exploded
a low voic
up. And of cou
cket back on, dark eyes burni
" I blurted
ifted. "You s
my face had turned tomato-red. "I'm ecstatic," I muttered. "Ru
shed the cover, and for a second I noticed how big his hands were. Strong. Veiny
otebook right away. Jus
ch," he said fin
feedback, Mr. Personality. I'l
ugh that the hallway noise seemed to fa
didn't tell anyone you've got...
ned. Dangerous.
the hall had already moved on. It was just us. Him, me,
notebook out of his hand. "Your sec
entence," he cut in,
And walked off, leaving me on the floor with
I think someone asked me a question, but my brain was still stuck on don't finish that
rs pounding the cracked sidewalk, I just needed to get ho
aple Street, t
ws stretching longer than they should've in the fading light. My neighb
to look. Don't.
rse I
oved betwee
A shape - big, dark, quick as a
went clammy on m
d out of
ed forward, paws silent on the grass. Black fur, thick an
its
e gold I'd se
finitely a wolf, no matter how many times my brain screamed imp
locked. Me, human mess.
d me. Headlights flared
o
s shiver
more. I sprinted home so
thought chased me harde
hell did