Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,5

reasons I didn’t understand, the truth was unbelievable to him.

“Iris is a Descendant,” I replied pointedly.

“Just because she’s a Descendant doesn’t mean she’s an ancient,” Headmaster Black replied.

I sighed, knowing there was just no use. There was no convincing him of the truth. “Look. Believe what you want, but the truth is that I’ve had one hell of a bad summer, Headmaster Black. All I’m asking is that you switch me out of Iris’s classes. Please.”

He stared at me for a long moment. Then, finally, he turned to his computer. He stared at it long and hard for a few moments before sighing. “I’m afraid that I cannot honor your request, Miss Gallagher. There are no spots in any other classes.”

“Headmaster, please. Can’t you just switch another student’s schedule with hers?” Theo asked.

“That’s simply not possible, Mr. Rossi. Given that Miss Gallagher is both Descendant and Crescent, it would take a lot of rearranging to make it happen, and classes have already begun. I’m sorry. Now, if you’ll both excuse me, I need to get on with my day, and you both need to get to class now.” The Headmaster shot both of us a look that told us to get the hell out of his office.

I made a beeline for the door.

“God damnit.” Theo punched the stone wall once we turned a corner.

I watched as the stone shattered.

“Elemiente fixe,” I murmured in the witch language.

I watched as the stone repaired itself.

Lunar Magic was pretty useful sometimes.

“I’m fucking pissed. How can he make you take classes with her? She kidnapped you.” The rage in Theo’s voice was obvious. “Maybe you should drop out.”

I shook my head. “No.”

“No. Raven, it’s not safe for you to be near her. We can just train you privately, the way we have been during the summer months.”

“I’m going to school,” I replied quietly.

“I really do support you dropping out,” Theo insisted. “I didn’t think it was a good idea at first, but now that she’s here… Well, I get why you wouldn’t want to be here. And we can make it work. I can resign.” He paused. “In fact, we can all resign. Without you going to school here, there’s no reason the rest of us have to teach here. We’re only here because of you, but we can just homeschool you. You’ll get the same lessons, just on a one-on-one basis, and—”

“Theo, stop,” I interrupted, meeting his blue eyes under the dim hallway lighting. “I’m still going to Werewolf Academy.”

My mate just stared back at me blankly. “Why?”

“Because dropping out is no longer an option. It would only mean letting her win. That’s what they want—to scare me. I can’t let them. I can’t back down. She can’t know I’m afraid of her.”

Even though I was. I so was.

Iris had shown me a side of herself over the summer that I didn’t want to ever deal with again. I had no idea what she was capable of, and truthfully? I didn’t want to find out.

I would never let her back into my life again… even if that meant that I had to cut off Vince, too.

Chapter 3

When Theo and I reentered the classroom, I made a deliberate effort not to make eye contact with Iris. I wasn’t about to back down or let her win, but that didn’t mean I had to look at her. I didn’t need to see her gloating.

As Theo headed to the front of the room and I made my way to the back of the classroom, I could feel all eyes on us. Everyone must have thought that we were fooling around in his office or something.

It made me miss the simplicity of last year. Life had been so much easier back then—back when fooling around in Theo’s office on the first day of school had been one of our biggest worries. Back before we had known that war would soon be upon us. Back when Iris had been my best friend and not my enemy…

It was so crazy how much had changed in just a year. It made me wish that we could go back. But that would have meant going back to a completely different place in time—a place that no longer existed.

Nothing was the same now.

Not even me.

When lunch came, I ordered my food and then scanned the cafeteria for someone I knew.

Thankfully, Iris and Vince were nowhere to be found. I figured that she must have convinced him and his mate Julie to sit outside