Greymoor Academy: I Accidentally Bonded With Four Lycan Royals! novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19: 19. An Impossible Opportunity

I was almost successful sneaking back into my bedroom at the Packhouse. Almost.

The second I opened my bedroom door, I was instantly assaulted by my best friends.

"Did they hurt you?" Regina said, words tinged with worry and fear. "Where did they take you?"

I cleared my throat. "We were...er...training?"

Right before I was practically shoved into the vehicle by Mercer, he had practically snarled in my face, "It would do you well to keep this hidden until the transition is over, Ms. Adams. Should anyone find out what you might be, your life and those of your loved ones will be in danger. We have enemies, even amongst your peers. Spies for the rogues who want nothing more than to get their hands on a female Lycan. Or a budding one. If anyone asks, we brought you along for training. We have the perfect cover of Combat and Defense for your alibi to check out. Use it. Or not. If you died, we wouldn’t need to get our hands dirty killing you." He had smiled. "I might even prefer that option."

"Training," Jenny repeated like I had said something truly outrageous. "Maisie, that Lycan knocked you out and kidnapped you!"

"It was..." I cleared my throat again. "Part of the regimen. Team building. They’re very committed to–"

"Maisie Adeline Adams."

"--immersive training experiences–"

"Maisie!" Regina growled, holding up a white letter. The Greymoor crest was stamped on the front in navy blue. I recognised it before she said a word. "The Head Mistress was looking for you. Desperately. She wanted to personally apologise for her mistake, and offer you a steady allowance to make up for the error in her decision. I’m not stupid, Maisie. What the hell is going on?!"

My throat closed. I really hated lying to Regina. "She must have realized it was all a misunderstanding–"

Regina shook my shoulders. "Then what happened at school today? I have seen every version of you that exists. I have seen you cry in a bathroom stall over a ninety-eight percent score for forty-five minutes. I have seen you give away all your salary to a scammer who pretended to be blind, and even when you found out you had been deceived, you said, ’Oh well, he must have needed it.’ I have never–" her voice cracked. " –I have never seen you like that. You were going to kill your sister. Your eyes went black."

I stopped.

"They went black?" I said.

"Like–" Jenny stepped forward and pointed at her own eyes, "--black black. No iris. No white. Like someone had replaced your eyes with–"

"Like a Lycan," Regina said. Her voice was quiet now. "Maisie. Your eyes looked exactly like a Lycan’s."

I swallowed, resisting the urge to lift my fingers and touch my eyes. I laughed nervously. "You must have seen wrong–"

"You threw Cole Hayes across a room."

"I was upset–"

"He hit the wall, Maisie. There is a Cole-shaped dent in the cafeteria wall right now–and trust me, I fucking measured it. It is deep," Regina said.

I opened my mouth.

Jenny, who had gone quiet, made an appreciative sound from the direction of my wardrobe. "Ooh–sexy. Is this... a lingerie?"

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