Chapter 6

Nothing but my instructor

*****************Blake POV******************

When the light of dawn shone on my face, I kept staring at the window, annoyed that it was morning already and I haven't fallen asleep like I wanted to do.

Suddenly the echo of a soft knock drew my attention towards the doorway.

"Come in," I mumbled, focusing back on the window.

A few seconds later, Nero walked into the room, gazed at me, and said, "Come downstairs to eat. I made breakfast."

After waiting for a few seconds, I threw the bedspread off me and got out of bed.

Then I stopped in front of Nero, and although I wanted to be mad at him, I didn't know how to act because the flashes of memories from last night kept torturing me every time I stared at his face.

The thought of the way his hand traced against my bare skin caused me to pause, feeling nervous that he might sense that I was getting heated again and that I was yearning for his manly hands to drive me insane like last night.

"An omega heat lasts for four to seven days so if you need my shirt, you can take a few," Nero said, staring into my darting eyes. "Unmated Omegas have many options to get relief"

"Don't!" I shouted.

Then without uttering a word to Nero, I walked past him and headed out of the room.

A couple of minutes later, when we both arrived in the dining room, I frowned at the cereal box, the milk jar, and two bowls on the table. Then I glared at him and said, "You said that you made breakfast?"

"What are you staring at?" Nero calmly uttered, pulling a chair out.

After he sat down, I pouted, and then I took my seat, pulling the bowl towards me as I blurted out, "And here I thought you cooked something fancy, causing my poor heart to beat like crazy because I thought it was sexy that you can cook."

"Sorry to disappoint you, princess." Nero casually said as he pulled his milk into his bowl.

Enraged, I aggressively tossed the spoon into my bowl and harshly said, "Don't call me, princess! I'm not a princess!"

It fell awkwardly silent between us, and I felt my heart sink when I noticed the way Nero looked at me.

"Just please don't call me that," I mumbled, reaching for the box of cereal.

"How did you get your injury yesterday?" Nero asked.

"It was Karen and her stupid followers."

"I know that. I meant the morning we met. You had bloodstains on your hands and sweater."

A sense of sadness choked me and I felt a bit suffocated as I grabbed the milk jar, opened it, and dumped it into my bowl.

Then I hit the jar on the table and said, "My dad. Thankfully, I can heal faster, so at least my DNA didn't screw me up completely."

Even though I was trying to fight my urge to cry as I took a spoonful of the cereal, as I chomped on it, I felt my tears trailing down my face, and I aggressively sniffed, striving to pull myself together.

Unbelievable! Nero sat there in silence watching me break down and cried my eyes out like some pathetic soul which I was. But still, not even consoling me! How cold can he get!

"I'm sorry," Nero finally mumbled when our gaze met.

"It's okay. I'm used to being the black sheep of the family." I whispered, drying my face with the back of my hand.

The rest of breakfast happened in silence, and after we got through eating, I was about to pick up his and my empty bowl when Nero said, "Leave it. We are running late."

"To go where?" I blurted out without thinking for a second.

"You are a student at the school that I teach at, and I have to get to class and so do you," Nero said, raising his brow. "We need to get you some clothes. You can not show up on campus in my t-shirt!"

The fear that I had long forgotten over the night finally resurfaced and my heart started to be pounded in my chest, violently.

"I don't want to go back to school or home," I mumbled, taking two unstable steps backward.

"Well, that's going to be a problem. I have to take you back. I bet, your family is looking for you!" Nero said, glaring at me.

The air in the dining room suddenly felt suffocating as I tried to breathe, and my breath got shallow by the second.

"Don't take me back." I cried as I tightened my fist, feeling my nails in the skin of my palm.

"Blake, you gotta go home! I can not keep you in my place!" Nero said, frowning at me. "Helping you was just a one-time thing!"

The feeling of panic suddenly overcame me, raising the fine hairs on the back of my neck as I listened to my heartbeat pounding in my ears.

Then I subconsciously took a step back and screamed while crying my eyes out, "He will hurt me, really bad, or worse! Please, let me stay here. I can cook, clean, and I can do whatever you ask of me. I beg you to not take me back to that monster!"

"You are young! You can't spend your life hiding away in my house!" Nero said as a look of confusion settled on his face while watching the tears pour down my chin.

"Okay, then please help me escape! I promise that once I'm out of the state, I won't bother you anymore!"

"No, Blake! I came here to get a fresh start and not to entangle myself with you or your family!"

Hardening his face, Nero frowned and coldly uttered as his eyes turned red, "You are going to school, and that's final!"

Within a split second, I felt a dominant force awaken in me that I have only started to feel since yesterday, and even though I was still in doubt about it, a part of me knew that it was my wolf.

"I'm not going." I coldly said as my wolf became aggressive.

"Oh, you are!" Nero harshly uttered without taking his sight off me.

Even though I knew that I would never harm a hair on his head, he seemed alarmed, and I felt confused that an alpha will get alerted by me.

A loud cry escaped my lips as I felt a piercing pain in my fingers, and I looked at them.

Immediately, my eyes widened as I realized that my fingernails were transforming into claws, and my only thought was, 'What the fuck!'

The next agony I felt was just brutal, and I screamed, feeling like every bone in my body was dislocating itself and my inside wrenching.

"Nero, it hurts!" I screamed. "It hurt so bad."

"The full moon is around the corner, and your wolf is being triggered by that." Nero softly uttered, "Take in a deep breath, Blake. Breathe."

Even though I was freaking out and in some severe pain, I fixed my eyes on his as they glowed red, and he commanded, "Inhale in deeply, and then let the air out slowly."

Suddenly, the blistering energy and pain shredding through my body started to subside as I breathed in and out without breaking eye contact with Nero.

A frown flickered crossed Nero's forehead and the glow in his eyes died down as he watched me as I slowly became calmer.

Feeling weak, I dropped to the ground, on my knees, and looked up at him.

"What is happening to me!" I cried as I stared at my claws transform back to normal fingernails.

Without hesitating, Nero rushed to me. Then he squatted and asked, "You are a half-blood, right?"

"Yes," I mumbled, looking into his eyes.

"Half-blooded werewolves usually shift late around eighteen. Some do not shift at all even though their werewolf genes are dominant. But apparently, you are just a late shifter and not wolfless."

"I can shift?!"

Nodding at me as I smiled happily at him, Nero playfully caressed his fingers through my hair and said, "Yes."

For a moment, he looked into my eyes, and then, after a couple of minutes had passed, he held my hand as his eyes shifted red and then softly uttered, "You got to go home."

"But my father hates me and so does my pack!" I mumbled, striving to restrain my emotions. "I asked you yesterday not to carry me to the hospital, and instead, take me to your house because I was afraid of my father finding out that I'm hurt."

Clenching my jaws, I withdrew my hand out of Nero's grip and then said, "He will send me to 'The Night' if I go back, or worse because I have been away from home for a day."

"Why does your father hate you?" Nero asked after keeping silent for a while.

Giving myself a second to think, I sighed and then mumbled, "Because I'm wolfless... Well, because he thinks that I'm wolfless and worthless."

Smiling at me, Nero locked eyes with me and said, "Right! But you are not wolfless anymore. You are now everything he ever wanted, so"

"So, he has no reason to cast me aside anymore, beat on me, or allow the pack to ill-treat me," I said with a lifeless tone.

For a moment, Nero looked hesitant, and I became a bit hopeful that he might just change his mind and allow me to stay.

"Yes. Your wolf is awakening, and you need the help of your pack to go through the process successfully because the first time you shift, it's painful and it will take some time for you to get your wolf under control."

"Okay, I'm ready to go back to school and home,"

Even though I hated every word that I had just uttered, I knew that Nero wanted to get rid of me, and realizing that he honestly didn't want me as his mate, I didn't want to force what wasn't meant to be.

A few minutes after I got dressed at a boutique downtown, Nero drove us into the school parking lot.

After he brought the car to a stop, I took a long look at him as he pulled out his key.

Then when he swayed his gaze to me, I beamed at him and heartily uttered, "Thank you for everything, Mr. Fang!"

"That's what teachers are for, right?" Nero said, looking into my eyes. "To help their students who need them."

The smile on my lip faded, and I half-heartedly mumbled, "Right."

Then I drew a deep breath and said, "From today onward, I will treat you as nothing but my instructor even though it will be hard for me. Count it as my way of thanking you for your help."

When Nero said nothing, I pushed the car door open and got down, wearing ripped loose jeans and an oversized yellow t-shirt with my hair in a simple ponytail and a black bag on my shoulder.

Without waiting for Nero, I hurried towards the school building while fighting back tears as I thought, 'This is for the best, so you need to get over him! You can do this!'

A Rogue

After walking over to the back of the class, I put threw my bag on the desk, sat down, and relaxed in the seat.

Suddenly a frown surfaced on my face as I stared at Nero walking into the classroom.

At that moment, my gaze rested on Karen as she sat in the seat beside me, and anger spiked inside of me while I clutched my fist.

Suddenly, Karen turned around, gazed at me, and cheerfully said, "Good morning, Blake."

"Have you lost your sense of shame, talking to me after what you did?" I harshly uttered, glaring at her.

A pitiful look settled on Karen's face as she pouted and said, "Someone is moody this morning. Sorry if greeting you was that offensive!"

"What?!" I mumbled, drawing my brows together in a frown.

Then I swayed my gaze at Nero, and he slightly frowned at me. But that didn't stop me from glaring back at Karen, and coldly uttering, " Don't play dumb with me. You know what you did, and soon enough, the school board will find out too!"

Without replying, Karen wrote on a piece of paper, and then passed it to me.

Even though I didn't want to accept it, I took the sheet and silently read it, "I know that you left the campus in Mr. Fang's car, and if you don't want him to get into trouble, you will keep your hole shut!"

It felt like time froze for a moment as I solely stared at Nero, knowing that if my father found out that I stayed at his place, he would hurt him, or worse kill him.

Swaying my gaze off Nero, I took the paper and stuffed it into my bag. Then I frowned and gave the middle finger when Karen turned around and stared at me.

I smiled as I swayed my gaze towards the doorway. But fear ceased my body as I stared at my father.

Immediately, I laid my head flat on the desk, hiding my face behind my bookbag.

"Running away from home!? You got guts, brat!" I heard Loki coldly uttered. "Are you going to come down here, or should I come there for you!?"

From his voice, I could tell that he was infuriated, and not wanting to test his unstable patience, I stood to my feet.

Struggling to steady my breath and calm the panic rising in me, my eyes unintentionally stared at my father, and fear immediately damaged the calmness that I tried so hard to maintain.

'Calm down, Blake. Once he knows that your wolf is awakening, everything will change for the better. You just have to make him understand.' I cried in her head as she walked away from her desk.

When I reached the front of the class, I stopped before my father, and the moment I met his icy eyes, a sense of distress rushed through me and I clutched my fist.

The entire class grew silent, and I just knew that they all were waiting anxiously for what was going to happen next.

"Dad, I can explain!" I cried out of fear, pushing my nail into the skin of my palm.

Without uttering a word, Loki viciously hit me in the face with the back of his hand, and I lost my balance and dropped to the floor, staring at the blood from my nose dripping on the tiles.

"You little bitch didn't I warn you to stay in line this semester!" Loki shouted as he scowled down at me.

Raising my head, I gazed into his cold eyes and felt a raw wave of a mixture of anger and fear wash over me as the hairs rose on the back of my neck and my mouth ran dry.

Then I suppressed it all in and whispered, "I'm sorry, alpha."

"Sorry! Wow! She is sorry!" Loki shouted, folding his fingers into a fist, "Do you know how troublesome it was to look for you!"

"I didn't mean to stay away from home!"

"Really! Then where the hell was you yesterday?!"

With tears running down my face, I choked back my cry as I fought against my urge to look at Nero.

Then I drew a deep breath, stood from the floor, and mumbled, "I missed the school bus, and I was afraid that you would get mad at me, so I stayed at a motel."

"A motel?" Loki mumbled in confusion. "How did you get the money to book a motel room?!"

Gazing intensely at me, his face suddenly ravaged with rage as he looked me dead in the eyes and firmly asked, "Who are you messing around with?!"

"No one!" I whispered, gazing down at my shoes. "I swear that I was alone."

Not holding back, Loki viciously smacked my face, causing my head to veer around to the left, and then shouted, "You little lying bitch!"

Suddenly, I heard Nero's voice,  "Mr. Hayes, you are disrupting my class! So can you take this somewhere else!"

"Who the fuck do you think you are to speak to me in such a tone!" Loki coldly said.

Immediately, I looked back at Nero and slightly shook my head, knowing what my father was capable of doing to anyone that dared cross him.

For a moment, Nero gazed into my eyes. Then he looked back at Loki and said, "My bad for speaking out of term."

Clenching his brows, Loki gave him an icy stare and firmly said, "The next time you speak to me in such a tone, I will put a hold inside your chest and rip your heart out! Got it!?"

For a moment, I watched Nero's eyes darken as he nodded, and when I look back at Loki.

"Good!" Loki said.

Then he focused back on me and harshly uttered, "You can forget coming back to school for the next one month."

Although I was striving my best to stay calm, I immediately started to freak out when I heard those words.

"Dad please," I whispered, hearing my heartbeat pounding in my ear. "I don't want to go to that place. I won't go back to that place!"

My gaze unintentionally rested on Loki's soulless eyes, and I swallowed hard as he approached me.

When he was only a foot away from me, he raised his hand and viciously slammed his palm against my cheek.

"Who do you think you are to tell me what you would do and wouldn't do!" Loki coldly uttered.

Frowning, Loki gave me a hard look and said, "I despise having the disappointment of a daughter like you! Maybe a few weeks in 'The Night' will make you learn your place in the pack!"

A deep sense of anger held me captive as the pain from Loki's hit surged through me, and I tightened my fists, lowering my gaze to the tiles.

"I am not going," I whispered, raising my gaze to stare at Loki.

"When I tell you to do something, you do it and shut the fuck up!" Loki screamed, staring coldly into my eyes. "Now, walk ahead of me, and let's go home!"

When I didn't comply, Loki seized me by the arm and yanked me along with him. But I fought back, struggling to pull my hand from his grip.

My action made Loki vex, and he forcefully swung me, causing me to lose my balance and crashed into the wall.

As the pain ripped through my body, I hurriedly crawled into the corner and pulled my knees against my chest. Then I hugged my legs tightly as the blood from my nose dripped onto my jeans.

A sense of hopelessness left me numb shaking, and my heart froze for a second as I ushered my eyelid shut and allowed my tears to soak upon my bloodstained face.

Suddenly, raw anger awakened in me, and I pushed aside my fear as I struggled to my feet.

"I will rather be a lone wolf than stay in a pack that treats me like a piece of shit!" I screamed, looking my father dead in his eyes.

A bitter laugh escaped Loki's lips. Then his expression grew cold as he said, "You don't want to cross that line! Trust me, your ass will be dead within a matter of days!"

"A dead hybrid is better than the one who spent her days in anguish, tortured by the very ones who should protect her!" I loudly uttered. "So go ahead, father, do the honor and denounce me!"

"Don't you dare test my patience!" Loki coldly uttered.

When I didn't react or say something, he let out a loud growl of annoyance and then approached me.

The insanity in his eyes sent chills down my spine. But I kept still with my hands tightened into fists.

"Your stubbornness will be the death of you!" Loki coldly uttered without taking his eyes off me. "You are dead to me!"

Then he turned away from me, gazed at the faces of those in the class, and firmly uttered, "From today onward, Blake Hayes will no longer be known as my daughter or a member of the Dark moonlight pack. From now till forever, she will be recognized by this pack as a rogue!"

After his remark, Loki stormed out of the classroom with Alaska, and for a moment, I looked at his back fade out the door. Then I hung my head and sadly thought, 'What have I done?'