Chapter 3: On my own

The next few days went by in a blur as the three girls took their exams, got their results and applied for college admissions.

Even though the girls had ended up deciding to pursue science and applied in the same set of colleges, they did not ask each other who got into which college.

They were too scared to find themselves being ripped away from each other.

Instead they prayed and hoped to see each other in the same college on the day of the admissions.

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KENDALL'S POV -

The beastly animal was cloaked in black fur and had murder in it's scarlet eyes as it stalked towards me slowly.

Too slowly, TBH.

It looked like as if it was taunting me. Playing with it's food.

But little did it know that it was not the only predator here.

I tried to steady myself as my feral instincts began to take over and with it brought the darkness which began to consume me. I thought that it would never leave me but then a sudden beam of blinding light struck, scaring the beast away.

I was about to see what the white light was when suddenly-

TTTTTRRRRRRIIIIIIINNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!

It was just my alarm clock which I had set a little too early for the big day.

From today onwards, I would begin my journey towards my lifelong mission never to look back.

"Kendall get up or you will be late on your first day of college, that too only for the admission.",

Oh right! It was today as well. It had completely slipped my mind while I was mostly brooding about my lifelong mission these days.

The door to my room opened as my mostly stern but right now annoyed mom walked in. She crossed her arms and sighed.

Please not a lecture right after I wake up. I thought. But then she came closer and hugged me. I broke into a smile hugging her right back.

She tore herself away before tears could spring up and said ,"Get ready quickly. The pack wants to meet you before you leave. ", in the sweetest voice she could muster.

It was a bit odd as she rarely showed her emotions. Being the leader of a pack does that to you I guess. I replied with a honey tone myself," Be right out."

It is on days like this that I really miss my father.

Sometimes, I can't help but feel guilty as the attack which happened that day was because they wanted me and Luce Mia.

They had thought that by destroying her protector they could prevent Luce Mia from prevailing this world. But just as me, she was saved and hidden somewhere . Luce Mia is still somewhere out there and I know it.

I can feel it.

Suddenly my door was flung off it's hinges and into the room rushed five of my little brothers and sisters. They hopped onto my bed in a flash and hugged me. Even for young werewolves of ages 5-9 , they had quite the strength.

I hugged them back and looked at them, embedding the memory into my brain. Then one of them chimed," You are getting late."

So I was.

After playfully shooing them out of my room, I began to get ready. As soon as I stepped out of my house, I was pleasantly greeted by the pack members.

The world would be a bleak place without my pack. My werewolves. My everything. After all the pleasenteries exchanged and farewells bid, I sat in the car and began my journey to college.

An hour of drive in and I began to think of my friends Miranda and Samarah. I hadn't allowed myself to think much about them for the fear of getting distracted from my mission.

A knot twisted inside my stomach at the thought of revealing my true identity to them.

Would they despise me? Probably not, they are too good to do that.

Would I ever tell them? Probably not, as the little they know about me the safer they will be. But I also wanted to seek solace in their company. Could we end getting into the same college?

Now that was a little far fetched thought, as the place where I was going to had little to no human students. This college was meant for far more superior beings.

Mystical beings about whose existence humans were kept in the dark.

However, the college did accept some human students to avoid suspicion. I wished that they would be among the human students there.

But then again, the wish was most likely to not come true due to its remote possibility and the farther they stayed away from this world, the better it would be for them.

I was on my own now.

My lack of sleep this morning caused my eyelids to close shut on their own thus halting my internal debate.