Werewolf Academy - The Alpha & Luna

Werewolf Academy - The Alpha & Luna

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Hailey Woods gets marked by a wolf on her sixteenth birthday. Now a wolf-pup, she's forced to enter the Academia of the Moon, where people like her train to become full-functioning werewolves and manage their powers. Now deemed a freak by her family, friends, and boyfriend, who abandons her, she has no other choice but to try and adapt to her new life. Once she arrives at the Academy, she learns she's an outcast-even among her kind. It turns out the spirit of Huntress Diana has special plans for her, and there's another girl that can't handle that Hailey's getting all the attention. Not to mention, why does she become all tingly when the gorgeous Elijah Ledger, the future alpha, is around?

Werewolf Academy - The Alpha & Luna Chapter 1 Mark of the Wolf

There's nothing worse than getting stuck in detention on a Friday afternoon-especially if it wasn't your fault.

I twisted around in my seat to pin Luca Greene with a glare, promising all kinds of wrath on him. In exchange, he ruffled the obsidian rat nest on his head and grinned at me.

The audacity!

I bared my teeth and flipped him the bird.

"Hailey Woods," Mrs. Whit barked. "You just earned yourself another Friday afternoon with me."

I groaned, getting a final glimpse of Luca's punch-me grin before I turned to face the front. I held on to either side of my wooden desk, mapped out in doodles. Most of them were my handy work, cute animals, and designs of blossoms etched in ballpoint pen to pass mundane topics.

Tilting my head up, I offered the old woman a feigned, sad look. A long, tawny curl fell into my face and tickled my nose. I blew it away, my facade slipping for a second in exchange for a frown. I combed back my hair with my fingers, resuming my misery guise. With my large, brown, doe-like eyes, I knew I was good at pulling it off.

Pity that the one teacher immune to it happened to be the one who was hosting detention today.

Mrs. Whit had a stern, pinched expression, peering at me beneath her spectacles, her russet-painted lips set in a tight line.

"Go on and we can make it every Friday for the next month," she continued. "You've gotten away with your nonsense for way too long."

I bit back the retort threatening to escape and forced a smile instead. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Whit. I've had a bad day."

Mrs. Whit sneered. "Haven't we all."

"It's my birthday today, and my parents forgot." That part was true.

Her brows shot up. "As much as that sucks, and, as much as I empathize with your unfortunate circumstance, I'm not responsible for your happiness, Miss Woods. Nor is it in my control how you decide to act during class and what you choose to make of the school rules. What counts for one student counts for everyone else, whether it's their birthday or not."

I sighed, leaning back in my seat. "I wasn't looking for a way out of detention," I lied. "Just wanted you to know I've had a bad day."

Luca snorted a laugh.

My hand curled into a fist. I was so going to ruin him. It was his fault we were in detention.

I minded my own business in English class when he, out of nowhere, decided to stop by my table and gawk at me like some freak.

No, seriously. He didn't say anything. He just stood there and stared at me, looking like he was possessed or something.

Then, out of nowhere, he grabbed my arm and dug his nails into my skin, hurting me. I didn't do anything to him. I've never talked to him before today, and he decided to attack me. I tried to defend myself and got in trouble for it. How unfair was that? Wasn't the school supposed to protect its students against bullies?

Ugh.

Kelsey, my best friend since kindergarten, leaned back in her chair and shot me a sad look. Unlike me, who never had detention before in my life, she spent nearly every week in here.

Kels had a knack for trouble.

The second Mrs. Whit glanced down at the trashy romance novel clutched inside her hands, Kelsey tossed a crumpled piece of paper at me. I picked up the note and straightened it.

She wrote: You should ask Mark to the spring fling. He's the perfect guy for you.

I sighed and picked up my pen, writing: Absolutely not. We're over. I'm not going anywhere with him, not after what he did.

I peered over my shoulder to pin Luca with a warning look before passing the note back to Kelsey. If he was going to rat me out, I made sure he knew he was in for some trouble.

I was no one's pushover.

I still couldn't figure out what provoked him to get physical like that with me. Whichever stupid excuse he had-or didn't have-I was so going to get my revenge.

I barely twisted to face toward the front when a ball of paper hit me on the forehead. Kelsey spat out a laugh, which she tried to muffle behind her palm.

Mrs. Whit momentarily glared up at Kelsey before her eyes narrowed onto her book.

I unwrapped the paper ball and read the note: So he's made a few small mistakes. Hails, he loves you. You're perfect for each other. You're like the king and queen of this school.

I couldn't hold back a scowl and wrote: A king doesn't cheat on his queen.

I threw the note at her.

What I didn't write about was that I didn't care about my social standing. Dumping him would lower my popularity ranking, sure, but I'd rather lose a few social points than kiss a guy with another girl's lipgloss smeared across his lips.

This time as Kelsey turned, I lifted my hands to catch the ball of paper. However, Kelsey froze and stared at me with a mortified expression.

"What?" I mouthed, confused.

"Your...arm," she spoke audibly, drawing the attention of Mrs. Whit.

"Didn't I say there will be no talking inside my class?" she bit out, glaring up at Kelsey. When her eyes bounced toward where I sat, she blanched. "Oh my."

I frowned down at my arm. "What?" I couldn't see anything wrong, not until I lifted my arm up from my desk and screamed.

The world around me became a blur, and I was sucked into a bubble of panic.

No. No. No!

This could not be happening.

I had the mark of the wolf.

No matter how many times I tried to rub the inky vine imprinted on my skin or how many times I shook my arm, the tattoo of doom didn't go away.

It was what we called it around here. The ugly, black vine creeping around my forearm, which the wolves called 'the gift' from huntress Diana-we, the normal people, called it the end.

It was my end.

When I finally composed myself, I found my best friend staring at me as if I'm a monster. The room had fallen silent to a point where you could hear specs of dust hitting the table. Maybe it was my imagination?

My eyes flicked toward the golden specs illuminated by the sunlight. Each time a tiny particle bounced against my desk, I could hear it.

What. The. Heck.

There was an audible intake of breaths when I bounced up onto my feet, legs shaking, I half-stumbled toward Luca's desk. "What did you do to me?"

He blinked calmly. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"This," I cried out, lifting my arm and shoving it into his face.

"Whoah," he leaned away from me. "That's one heck of a tattoo you've got there."

I scowled, pulling back my arm. "Don't play dumb. It wasn't there earlier. It showed up right after you practically manhandled me in English. You're one of them, aren't you?"

He shrugged. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Get rid of it. Now." I stretched out my arm across his desk. "And don't pretend like you know. Everyone knows about them. Everyone knows what happens when..." I sucked in a sharp breath, unable to form coherent words. I tried again, the words leaving my mouth in a whisper. "Everyone knows what happens when you get...marked."

"Well, that's unfortunate," said Luca. "I can't do anything about that. You've been chosen, Hailstorm."

"Stop calling me that," I snarled. "And don't give me that chosen crap. Undo this, now."

"I can't," he shrugged. "The spell was sealed by our great ancestors."

"Ancestors?" My brows furrowed, and I shook my head. "What crap are you even babbling on about? Whatever, I don't care. Get rid of this ugly thing!"

"Nope, will have to do, Thunderstorm." He casually pushed back his chair and began gathering his things. He didn't say anything until he slung his backpack over his shoulder. "Would you look at that?"

I turned around to see what he was looking at. The clock, I think. It was a quarter past four.

"Looks like detention is over," he smirked. He lifted a hand, patting my shoulder. "Looks like the Academia of the Moon is calling, little pup."

Just like that, he spun around and walked out of class.

Mrs. Whit was the first one to say something. "Hailey," she croaked. "Would you like me to phone your parents?"

I swallowed down the ginormous knot forming inside my throat and shook my head. "No," was all I managed.

Ignoring all the stares, I rushed to my desk and gathered my belongings with shaky hands. I dropped my pencil case twice. The third time I tried to shove it into my backpack, I dropped it again.

This time I didn't bother with it. I left it there, zipped my backpack shut, and flung it over my shoulder.

"Hails, wait up!" I heard Kelsey call out after me, but I kept running. I didn't stop until I locked myself inside a cubicle inside the girl's bathroom and burst into sobs.

I tried to silence them with my hands, but anyone could still hear my cries.

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“Hailey Woods gets marked by a wolf on her sixteenth birthday. Now a wolf-pup, she's forced to enter the Academia of the Moon, where people like her train to become full-functioning werewolves and manage their powers. Now deemed a freak by her family, friends, and boyfriend, who abandons her, she has no other choice but to try and adapt to her new life. Once she arrives at the Academy, she learns she's an outcast-even among her kind. It turns out the spirit of Huntress Diana has special plans for her, and there's another girl that can't handle that Hailey's getting all the attention. Not to mention, why does she become all tingly when the gorgeous Elijah Ledger, the future alpha, is around?”
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Chapter 1 Mark of the Wolf

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Chapter 2 Hello, freak

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Chapter 3 The Curse

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Chapter 4 On my own

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Chapter 5 The Beautiful Boy

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Chapter 6 A Tale

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Chapter 7 Hysteria

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Chapter 8 Academia of the Moon

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Chapter 9 The High Priestess

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Chapter 10 Huntress Diana

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Chapter 11 Enchantment

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Chapter 12 Roomies

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Chapter 13 The Dead Girl

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Chapter 14 My New

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Chapter 15 Letter from a Ghost

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Chapter 16 Surprise!

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Chapter 17 Gossip and Cake

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Chapter 18 Learning the Ropes

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Chapter 19 A few screws loose

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Chapter 20 How Embarassing

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Chapter 21 Imprinted

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Chapter 22 The New Girl

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Chapter 23 The Mysterious Mark

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Chapter 24 Favored

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Chapter 25 The Wicked Witch

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Chapter 26 The Girl Under The Bed

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Chapter 27 Killer On The Loose

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Chapter 28 Sense For The Dead

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