Touch me

Storm's POV

It wasn't difficult to get some things the teachers buried.

Well, I used my werewolf senses. So far, I have the school's golden bell, the small silver mannequin figure that belongs to our principal, the medal our physical education teacher was given, and a bag full of candies.

I won't lie. I ate five of the candies.

So far, I've not heard from the other contestants, but I'm heading towards the first path that Brys took.

I wanted to gloat about the things I've gotten while making fun of him for not getting any.

Don't ask how I knew he hasn't gotten any yet.

I just knew.

The farther I went, the thicker the path became until I met the werewolf from the Howl Academy, who chose the third track.

He cautiously took a step back when he saw me.

There was something he was hiding behind him.

It wasn't difficult for me to guess that he had found one of the artefacts buried in his track.

"I mean you no harm." I gave the Omega a once-over.

With hair as golden as the sun, and eyes as red as fire, he looked handsome, but not as cute as that little feisty Omega.

Hell, I've not met an Omega who's as cute as him. Strawberry has a certain beauty to him, that makes him seem different from the others. I can't pinpoint what it is exactly, but I feel it.

"What do you want?" He took more cautious steps back, with his eyes darting around.

From the distance, I can smell his fear. It caused the predatory instinct in me to rise, but I tampered it down.

There are far more important things to do that don't include wasting my time with an Omega.

"Have you changed your track since the contest started?" I raised a brow at him.

"No," he shook his head.

His bottom lips trembled a bit, and he looked like a cornered animal with no way to run to.

"That's all I wanted to ask." I turned and continued down the straight road.

The moment I turned, I heard him exhale in relief before he dashed into the forest, probably still thinking that I might change my mind and attack him.

I didn't turn as I continued on my mission. If what the Omega said is true, then, it means I will meet with Strawberry in due time.

A smile graced my face at the thought of bullying him when I get to meet him. I will wave my gotten artefacts in his face, and make him beg me before I give him three of them.

I still have two more days, I can find others before the end of the contest.

When I got to the second track, I expected to find the Beta, scuffling around for the artefacts buried in his tracks.

Yet, there was no sign of the annoying golden hair of that damned Beta. Which is for the best, when you think about it.

As I won't let him leave until I've given him a thorough beating, I might be late enough to catch up with those short Strawberry legs.

Just kidding.

He's not short.

But at 5'6 (1.68 m), he's shorter than my 6'3 (1.91 m)height, which makes him cute in my eyes.

I left the second track for the first as I wondered if the Beta went over as I did. I won't put it past him to do just that.

From the expression on his face whenever he's with Strawberry, you can easily see how much he loves the oblivious Omega.

I think—

I sniffed the air, and my eyes widened in disbelief.

As I took to my heels towards the place the scent came from, I had one thought in mind — I hope he's not with an Alpha.

Strawberry is in heat. I can smell his sweet scent, beaconing on me like bait.

The nearer I got to the scene, the more I felt that something wasn't right.

Though his scent is sweet in the air, it smelled forced.

And that straightened my resolve to get to him faster.

As an Alpha, I'm supposed to know when Omegas are close to their heat cycle. However, I didn't smell anything amiss with his scent until now.

Could it be that an Alpha induced his heat?

That bastard!

I ran as fast as I could.

I would have changed into my wolf, but I figured that won't be the right choice. Right now, I need to save Strawberry, not get on his pants — which is undoubtedly what my wolf will do the moment I let him out.

The nearer I got to him, the stronger his scent. I threw my backpack and the artefacts I found, on the ground before I hurried towards a cave I saw from a distance.

I stopped, dead in my tracks when I saw him in the arms of one of the Alpha from Howl Academy.

A howl tore from my throat as I closed the distance between us.

The Alpha, who was in the process of carrying an unconscious Brys into the cave, stopped when he saw me.

His eyes widened dramatically when he perceived my pheromones.

I know it will hurt Strawberry more when he smells it, but I wanted to chase the Alpha out.

"How dare you touch what's not yours?" I growled at him.

It took all my will not to throw him towards one of the trees. I didn't do anything because of Brys, who's still in his arms.

"He hasn't been marked. There is no way—"

"Put him down!" I growled.

This time, I forgot my caution about my change. I partially changed, as I took more predatory steps towards the Alpha, releasing my pheromones as I did so.

"Stop!"

He dropped Strawberry to the ground.

Without a waste of time, I closed the distance between us, and tightened my hold on his neck, pressing so hard that he gasped.

"How dare you touch you!"

I was beyond reasoning as I tightened my hold on his neck, intending to kill the bastard.

The look of fear in his eyes as he struggled in my hold, clawing at my arms to get me to release him, made me thirsty to have his blood.

However, a sound from Strawberry caused me to drop him.

"Scram!"

Without waiting for further orders, he ran through the forest, while I knelt in front of Strawberry, whose eyes were now partially open.

"Hot."

He gasped as he joined both of his thighs, rubbing on them as if he were trying to relieve himself.

"Don't worry, it will get better within a day." I lied through my teeth.

An Omega's heat lasts for 4 days. If not helped on the first day, he will be in pain throughout the rest of the days.

"Touch me," he rasped. "Help me remove these things!" He tugged on his clothes, panting like one who ran a marathon.

I tore the hand of my shirt off and used it to cover my nose.

Though it wasn't much of a help, it will help ease the smell.

"You are not in your right senses, Strawberry." I carried him from the ground, and into the cave the other Alpha was planning to take him into.

He tightly clutched my chest.

"Please make it stop! I don't think I can endure this." He moaned as a tear slid down his eyes.

"No, you don't know what you are asking for. You will hate me if I take advantage of you. And I don't intend to do that, not to someone in a situation like yours." I made to lower him, so I could find a way to prepare a makeshift bed for him, but he clung tight to my shirt, and refused to ease his hold, panting and moaning.

It was difficult for me to ignore his sweet scent.

Yet, I had to.

I sat on the ground, with him in my arms.

"Close your eyes and sleep, Strawberry. Things will return to normal when you wake in the morning." I kissed his forehead.

His eyes cracked open.

His eyes, which were normally purple are now a deep golden. It was like looking at the sun.

"Touch me. Just do anything you wish to me! I only need this to stop." He cried out.

"It will stop. All you need to do is survive tonight, I will take you out tomorrow, so they can give you some suppressant." I gently caressed his sweaty forehead.