SERAPHINA'S POV
"Here." I say, dropping the flash drive in my hand right onto the Administrator's desk early enough before school commences.
He looks at the incriminating material containing evidence against Artemis and stares back at me with a bored expression.
"And what is this, Miss Hawthrone?"
"Evidence against your precious prized student. You might want a look at it and prepare yourself for what you're about to see."
"Right." He says sarcastically with an especially dry tone before tuning to every other thing on his desk, ignoring me.
Today, I don't take it to heart because I don't care, I can only imagine the shock on his face once he sees it and finds out Artemis isn't what he thinks him to be finally.
I giggle, skipping out of the office, humming a song to myself. By now, most of the students will be walking right into school and the whole gist would have already spread.
I spent the entirety of last night figuring out how the online school gist board worked before creating a fake account to post the video - just in case the school finds out and tries to sweep it under the rugs to protect his reputation.
Right now, it's probably on everyone's phone and no matter how much they try to ignore what kind of shitty person Artemis is, it'd be right in their faces where no one can deny.
A small smile plays at my lips just thinking about it now. How mortified he would be seeing it circulate round school. He won't be able to come out, knowing everyone's seen his video.
Walking further into the hallways, the image that greets me is exactly what I imagined.
Students scattered into groups, unable to lift their eyes from their phones while gasping and talking about it.
The whole nude prank from a day ago completely erased from their minds. They'll be too busy to even acknowledge the human they detest so much.
Check mate, Seraphina.
With a sing in my step, I find my locker, putting in my code and pulling the locker open until a hand shoots out from behind me, slamming it shut suddenly and leaving a very deep dent in it.
The whole force takes me by surprise and my heart jumps out from my chest faster than I can predict.
"You..." His voice comes out low and threatening with deep shallow breaths to enunciate his thirst for blood. My blood
I turn around slowly, uncomfortable with the fact that I have to see him so early in the morning.
"Oh, hello to you too." I try to hide my trembling hand.
"Does this look like I came here to give a friendly greeting?" He raises a brow even with the overpowering glare directed at me.
No, you look like if you could rip my head off and feast on my entrails, you would.
But I stand my ground, hiding my own fear from being so close to someone like him.
"What do you want?" I say, just barely stuttering.
"You know why I'm here, enough with the bullshit." He slams his fist behind me again, and I shiver in fright, briefly taking deep breaths.
For a second, I'm convinced the Administrator told him. That slimy old bastard!
"Actually, I don't."
"The video you posted on the school website, no one else would be as daring and stupid to go that far, and you fit the description perfectly. Take. It. Down."
"I don't know what you're talking about. Did I do something to you?" I force a laidback grin, feigning ignorance just as he had earlier, denying what he had done.
Now he knows what it feels like to feel helpless and frustrated.
"You have the wrong person." I say confidently.
He growls to my face, drawing even closer to the point that can smell his breath, feel it against my cheeks and the weight of his anger like gravity on my legs.
He's really going to kill me now, isn't he? I brace myself for whatever comes next, but nothing happens.
My eyes slowly open again and meet his chilling cold ones, still directed at me with a sudden shift in animosity.
"You're not fooling me, human filth. I smelt it just outside the door right after you got away."
My eyebrow is raised from a moment's confusion, not getting what he means, until a wicked smile forms on his lips.
He leans in closer just like he had that day, solely to confuse my senses.
I'm immediately taken in by the scent of his body spray, husky mint, mouth-watering just like he is.
Focus, Sera. Focus!
"I smelt your desire, Seraphina. You got turned on from watching, didn't you?" He teases, bringing his lips way too close to my ear and breathing right into them.
Hot air rushes into it, sending shivers to immediately run up my spine. That tickling feeling bubbles up in my core again.
"I didn't know you were so much of a pervert, watching me fucking someone and having the gall to video it while being turned on." He teases further, running the tip of his finger up my arm.
"Tell me, did you touch yourself to it?" He chuckles. "Did you cum for me?"
I put more distance between us almost immediately before the situation can escalate more than it is right now.
Before I make a fool of myself right in front of him just from a little teasing.
This must be how he gets his girls. Cornering them and luring them in with his sensual tongue, but it's not going to work on me.
I'm not one of his many sluts.
"Y-You... are a bad person!" I yell in a stutter right in his face, flustered from his actions.
He chuckles bitterly, looking down at me.
"Really, is that the best you could come up with?"
"You have a mate. Don't you feel bad for being exposed as the horny pig that you are?!" I fume further.
He's pissed, yeah, but this is far from the reaction I was expecting. He almost seems pissed solely from the fact that he wasn't aware he was videoed.
"A human like you wouldn't understand things like this." He brushes it off, trying to walk the other way, but I don't let him.
"I understand mates are a life-long thing. Of course, someone like you wouldn't value something as precious as what you have." I yell to him.
He pauses in his steps, slowly turning to me.
In a split second, he's over me again, gripping me by the neck with his strong hands and lifting me off the ground, so I choke painfully.
"I will warn you for the last time; mind your business." His voice goes menacingly low. My own blood runs cold suddenly from the threat in his voice.
"This isn't over and sadly enough, you've made this even worse for yourself." He says, finally letting me go.
I drop on my knees, wheezing for air and holding onto my own neck that throbs painfully. My entire body vibrates with terror, having just a glimpse at a werewolf's rage.
He walks away and I don't even dare looking up to him, not while I'm this pathetic on the floor.
All that talk about getting back at him finally and he didn't even flinch from it, not even a dent was left on him.
Tears sting my eyes again from bitterness and hate. The fact that he so easily tears my confidence down, looking down on me like I'm nothing.
I moved to the girl's lavatory quickly, not wanting anyone else to see the water works of my own crumbled plot. I feel more stupid for feeling so confident from yesterday.
I sob alone silently in the toilet, staying there for minutes without care before I wipe my tears off and head to the sink to toss cold water on my face. A quick look in the mirror and I see just how much my eyes have swollen up from crying. I look like I have an eye infection or something.
Nothing could possibly make today worse than this.
The bathroom door suddenly pulls open and footsteps shuffle in, letting me know that I'm not alone anymore.
I sniffle, rubbing at my nose and eyes to hide the fact that I've been sobbing in the toilet from whoever it is that has just entered.
Another splash of cold water now and from the corner of my eyes, I spot them, a group of girls, just standing behind me without making a move for the sink or the toilet.
Just standing there and staring.
I turn back to face each of them, confused.
"Uh... can I help you?" I ask, looking between each to them.
Like some sort of planned out formation, one of them steps forward.
She's average heighted for a female wolf but with the most gorgeous flowing wavy red hair cascading down her head, with eyes almost as pale as the blue sky.
She's an epitome of effortless beauty and class that emanates from her without stress.
I'm in awe of her looks at first before that obnoxious look forms on her face, and then I remember where I am and someone like her could never get along with someone like me.
"She's plainer than I imagined up close." She says to one of the girls behind her, seeming already bored with being here.
"Excuse me?" I raise a brow at her.
Who walks up to someone just to call them plain?
She looks away from me now, signaling at her friends again.
"Grab her."
I'm suddenly pulled by the hair by one of the other girls, dragging me forward roughly.
"What the hell? Let me go!"
Instead, she brings me closer to the red head, forcing me on my knees and when I don't budge, my legs are kicked out from beneath me and I land painfully to the floor in front of their leader.
"Good. Now I can see you perfectly."
"What the fuck is going on?" I swear in her face, feeling a slight sense of fear settling within me.
I'm surrounded and I know anyone else walking in wouldn't obviously help me.
"What do you want with me?" I ask, finally meeting her eyes.
There's a hint of animosity in her eyes while she looks at me squarely, almost a deep hatred staring back at me and yet I don't know what I've ever done to her when we've never met.
"Do you know who I am?"
I raise a brow at the question that doesn't sit right with me.
"Doesn't this usually go with you introducing yourself to me first?" I say, pointing out the obvious.
One of the other girls she's brought with her suddenly draws closer, smacking me automatically after my response. My head swings in the other direction painfully before I can understand what's happening.
"She asked you a question." My assaulter quips with annoyance.
It takes a few moments for it all to sink in - where I am, what is going on and my current situation.
"No?" I finally answer in a hushed tone.
The beautiful red head smiles finally, pleased with the outcome.
"Good, I am Kamila. The mate of Artemis Sinclair and the obvious future Luna of the Crimson Fire pack. Do you know who I am now?"
I look up at her, taking in that face, etching every bit of her into my memory.
"Yes."