Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,3

was pissed. Really. Fucking. Pissed. And for damn good reason.

Seven nights had passed since I’d gone missing from Werewolf Academy. That meant seven nights had passed since I’d last seen my mates, and it was killing me. The withdrawals, the cravings, the hunger I felt for them was real.

I was pretty sure I was going to lose my mind if I had to spend another night in Milos’s dungeon without any form of social interaction. I hadn’t seen him or Iris since I had first woken up here. A part of me secretly wondered if I had only been hallucinating when I’d seen her, but deep down, I knew that it was real… very, very real.

I still didn’t want to believe that she was an enemy, but it was pretty obvious. No friend would have been hanging out in my biggest rival’s dungeon.

What I still couldn’t figure out was why. Why would she do this to me? Had she ever even been my friend at all?

At that moment, I heard the sound of the door open and heels clicking against the cement dungeon floor.

Instinctively, I growled.

I heard the sound of Iris laughing then. “Hello to you, too, Raven.”

I saw her dark figure move through the shadows until she was standing in front of me. She pushed a tray of food underneath the bars.

I leapt forward at her, trying to bite her hands through the bars, but she pulled away from me before I could do any damage.

“I can see you’re angry, Raven, and I understand why. No one likes to be held against their will. It wasn’t fair of Milos to lure you the way he did, but we had to get you here somehow. It wasn’t like you would have just come here with us without a fight.” She pointed her chin at my wolf form. “I know what you’re probably thinking. ‘Why is Iris here?’”

I grunted my agreement at her. I kept trying to change back into my human form so I could actually speak to her, but I was too angry. So angry that my body just remained stuck in my wolf form.

She smiled at me. “This isn’t what it looks like, I’m sure. You probably think I’m romantically involved with Milos. The truth? I do love him. But I learned a long time ago that Milos only has eyes for you, so that’s not the reason I’m here.”

Her eyes locked on mine then, and all I could feel was hatred. That was when I knew that she blamed me for the reason Milos didn’t love her back.

If only she knew that I wanted no part of him. He may have been the most powerful werewolf in the world, but that didn’t mean anything. He didn’t hold a candle to my mates.

The love I felt for the Darken was real. Nothing Milos Santorini could have done would have ever made me feel that way about him.

“The reason I’m here has everything to do with you—with your powers.” Her light eyes locked on mine. “The more cooperative you are with us, the sooner you’ll get to leave. So, what do you say? Will you do everything we ask of you?”

I let out a low growl. I wanted her to know that the answer was no.

Fortunately, she got the message.

“I see that you have no intentions of cooperating with us,” Iris commented. “But that’s okay. We have a way around it. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this or not, but Milos is known for his ability to compel other werewolves. We’ll get you to do everything we want you to do, whether you like it or not.”

Her lips curved upwards into a wicked smile before she turned away from me and headed back up the dungeon stairs… leaving me alone and completely in the dark.

Once she was gone, I let out a loud howl.

I needed to get the fuck out of here.

As Iris took a seat in front of Vince, my heart pounded against my chest like a sledgehammer.

I knew I should have just skipped school this year. Why had I let my mates talk me into this?

I wasn’t ready to face her. I hadn’t even expected her to show up, not after everything that had happened this summer. I really thought she would have stayed with Milos. The last thing I had expected was for her to show her face at Werewolf Academy again. But now that she was here, I knew I wasn’t safe.

I couldn’t