Alpha Zander
Chapter 3

The start of this week has been hell so far, and it’s only 12.30pm on a Monday!!

I don’t know how much more I can take, I’m not usually this wound up, I suppose maybe because I got up earlier this morning to finish some work and maybe because Kia has been so restless today …it all just added up.

I just finished two exams and hopefully, I aced them both as I’m aiming to be dux of the school this year. Thank goodness it’s lunchtime and I can finally get some food. I’m hungry!

I made my way over to the cafeteria to see that Chloe and Skyla are already lined up. Chloe had her phone out and was tapping away furiously. She looked up as I approached them and smiled.

“There you are, I was just texting to see what you wanted for lunch,” she said and frowned, as she felt my annoyance and frustration.

I may be a Beta but Ollie’s dad and mine are brothers which means Alpha b***d also runs through my veins. When I get upset, which is rare, I can’t hide it. My aura just pushes out and affects the people near me.

“What’s wrong, babe?” she asked. “How did the tests and reports go?”

I sighed. Of course she picked up on it all, even Skyla looked worried.

“It’s not like you to be this, what’s the word … itchy?”

Skyla laughed, “Itchy?”

“Well, yeah I mean, she’s all jumpy and frustrated like she can’t reach an itch,” Chloe laughed back.

I smiled and shook my head at my silly friends. I always know they can help me feel better no matter what, their mates are going to be so lucky to have them.

“I just had Mr. Trevor for Bio, Miss Libbs for English, and Mr. Dominic for Economics,” I sighed.

“Offt damn, I’m sorry gurl that sucks, Trevor and Dominic are dickheads. Libbs isn’t too bad, but you have to be on her good side,” Chloe commented understanding my frustration.

I just nodded and sighed while waiting in line for food. They usually do a special every day with a variety of different foods you can purchase, if you pre-order in the morning you can get homemade sandwiches and reserve your food, so you don’t have to line up for 20 minutes.

I looked around the cafeteria to see where everyone was sitting today. With Blackwoods pack back there would have been some adjustments made.

The cafeteria is a wide-open space that can accommodate well over 150 people, with tables of various sizes that can fit 6, 8, or 10 people. The glass doors all fold out making it nice and fresh in the summer and when closed in the winter, it keeps the warmth in nicely.. Today is a beautiful Autumn day so someone opened all the glass doors to let the fresh air flow through.

When the humans found out about the supernatural world, they adjusted a lot of their lifestyle as did we to help accommodate for everyone.

The school we currently attend is one of the most prestigious schools around. Being on neutral ground or human land means that different packs clash as more than one Alpha and Beta are in the school grounds at the same time.

In a way it made sense. All these packs being together in one place means that there are better chances to help each other in case of an attack. It also helps in building relations between packs as well as building a relationship with the humans. However, if something goes wrong between packs because of any pent up issues that haven’t been resolved, then things go sideways quickly.

Luckily there has only been one or two instances where Ollie or I have had to step in and defuse the situation.

I looked around and saw Ollie with most of our pack over in one of the far corners, all crammed around a 10-seater table. After we grab our food, the girls and I intend to join them there.

Ollie looked up from his conversation with Brent. Feeling my gaze on him, he grinned as he met my eyes.

Suddenly he frowned. Jeez is my agitation really that bad for Ollie to sense it all the way over there? I sigh and shake my head. ‘Later,’ I tell him in the mind-link. He nodded in understanding and continued his conversation with Brent.

We are slowly getting closer to the pay station. It’s a Monday, which means it is one of the worst days to line up. The other day is Thursday when we get more meal options than other days. I was in such a rush this morning that I wasn’t able to pack any lunch.

My thoughts suddenly got derailed as someone slammed into me. I looked up in surprise and was about to apologize to the girl when she spoke in an annoyingly bitchy voice,, “watch where you’re going, b***h, I just had to wait 20 minutes in line for that,” she growled as her lunch spilled all over the front of my clothes.

Everyone around us gasped and went silent … staring at the scene before them. Kia pushed forward her aura blazing around me absolutely pissed at the disrespect coming from this stupid she-wolf. Quite frankly I’ve had enough today too.

The she-wolf looked up in surprise, her lips opened and closed like a fish gasping for air.

“Excuse me, you ran into me,” I growled with Kia overlapping.

I could see in my peripheral vision that Ollie was starting to get up to come over, I just shot him a look, he frowned, shrugged, and sat back down. Some of the chatter started back up, some of them not exactly caring what happened. The people around us, however, were already cowering into submission.

“I.. I..” she spluttered. Kia was getting more and more frustrated with this she-wolf and pushed her aura out more, making her presence felt even more.

I suddenly recognized her. She was the she-wolf draped all over Blackwood this morning..

“Is there a problem Beta?” a rich husky voice asked behind me.

Slowly I turned around and came face to face with none other than Zander Blackwood.