Chapter 3 Outcast
Mael
Some families like preserving their Alpha lineage, so they specifically choose Alpha spouses for their children although an Alpha and Alpha is the least compatible pair there is yet wolves take pride in it since it produces an Alpha heir.
I stood at the entrance of the academy and everywhere I looked I saw Alphas. This is also a match-making spot. Look at all those tall gorgeous Alpha females waving at all those tall lean men.
I shook my head at them as I sighed.
This place is going to be hell.
“Look who’s here~” The familiar voice of a man made me flinch.
Shit.
He’s here too?!
I didn’t want to look back at him but I didn’t have to since he came around and stood in front of me with a sly smirk, “It’s the abnormal one.” He shook his head, “Still wearing those ugly glasses I see.”
Eli
He’s a university student, a business major, and the only son of Sin cosmetics corp. Jet black hair with green eyes, he’s the heartthrob for many.
Besides him was Killian, the second son of an assemblyman. His older brother is a lawyer and he is a business major. Killian’s brown-blonde hair and blue eyes give him a very peculiar appearance since the color of our hair symbolizes the color of our fur in our wolf forms. Eli and Killian study together and they tend to stick together too since they’re both dominant Alphas, the best of the kind.
“...” I ignored him like I always have and began to walk away since I didn’t want any trouble
“He hasn’t grown at all,” Killian said in a casual tone.
“He won’t either,” Eli made a crude comment but I ignored it as I kept walking. While what Eli said is a very rude thing for an Alpha, he’s not wrong. This is why he calls me abnormal.
Even for female Alpha’s, it’s common to have a height of 5’9, 5’10 but I could only make it to 5’6, 5’8 with the sole shoes I wear everywhere even though I was given several hormone injections I only grew about five more inches.
For male Alphas their heights are always around six feet, so I, who’s barely pretending to be 5’8 would be considered weird. If I was a female Alpha, it wouldn’t have been a problem. There would be so many fewer things to worry about then but I’m pretending to be a guy.
I took a deep breath and prayed that I’m not paired with either of them for the dorms.
The Alpha Academy takes students during the four years of college. It can either be a freshman who hasn’t started at all, a person who just finished his degree, or anywhere in between. The Academy aims at many things, especially teaching practical life experiences to the future pioneers of society.
I’m a freshman, I didn’t get to start college because my parents decided to send me here. It’s understandable, having your name appear on the only ‘Alpha Academy’ in the country is considered a privilege. The academy accepts applications throughout the year but only chooses fifty people in total.
I really was surprised that I was chosen right off the bat but perhaps that was because of my family's influence.
“Eli!” A number of people surrounded him while we sat in class on the first day, “Did your name get chosen this year?” Female and Male Alphas alike circled around as they asked him questions, “Shouldn’t you have gotten chosen immediately?”
“Me?” Eli grinned, “I applied this year.” He sat on the chair the wrong way as he grinned at everyone.
“You didn’t apply before?” The others were stunned, “Why wouldn’t you do it before!?”
He was confident, “It’s because I knew I’d get accepted right away.” He replied with a smug smile.
“Why now then?”
A smirk spread across his face, an evil one, “No specific reason~” He laughed, “I just wanted a break from college.” They all laughed.
Most of the class was in the front part of the room while I sat at the very back. There wasn’t a single person who approached me or even greeted me like they all greeted each other.
It was something that was bound to happen. An abnormal is treated differently, looked down upon, and even considered an outcast.
Even in school, the only friend I had, Laina, was a recessive omega. She was about the same height as me and people considered her an abnormal too even though she wasn’t. We were often made fun of, people used to point fingers and called us a circus, and they used to say we were a perfect match for each other but to me honestly, none of it mattered. I was just happy to have someone I could call a friend. Though Laina wasn’t allowed in my house and I wasn’t allowed to be near hers, our only place of meeting was school, thus the only motivation I had to go there.
The bell rang, the teacher came in and everyone went ahead and sat down on their seats, the classroom quieted down and I turned my head to look at the seat beside mine.
We sit in pairs of two. Everyone had chosen a pair and was sitting with their partners yet the seat beside mine was empty
…
There are things you just expect and I had expected for this to happen but nonetheless, it hurts each time.
There are fifty of us and we’re divided into two classrooms so it was a given that I’d be alone.
I pursed my lips softly and looked straight ahead as the teacher came and introduced himself.
“My name’s Owen,” He placed the attendance book on the desk, “I’ll be with you for the next six months.” He smiled, “It’s nice to meet you all.” He looked at everyone in the room, “We’ll just have a short introduction today and then you all can go to the dorm office and get your keycards.”
“Okay~”
“We’ll have a lot of fieldwork so be prepared.”
“Yes!” Everyone seemed enthusiastic, everyone but me.
I wasn’t really able to pay much attention to his words since I was uneasy sitting in a class full of Alphas.
It was uncomfortable and it felt like it was hard to breathe.
I waited till everyone had gone to visit the dorm office, I didn’t want any kind of interaction at all so I wanted to be the last one. I went in, greeted the dorm manager, and got my card.
3-6
That was my room number written on the card. That meant I had the very last room in the dorm building. The dorm had three floors, the ground floor has a huge common room, with an equally big kitchen. The gym is on the same floor along with one dorm room.
The second and third floors have six dorm rooms each and my room was on the third floor, the last one in the right corridor since the stairs started in the middle of the hallway.
I went to my room and opened up the door to go in as I texted the servants who came with me to bring all my stuff in.
The room was like a suite room but that was expected of a prestigious Alpha Academy. The only thing that bothered me was if they were going to give so many luxuries why did they not give two separate bedrooms?
Why do we have to share a room? That’s just stupid!
I sighed and looked around the place but there was no sign of my partner in the sitting area, he wasn’t near the window balcony where the study desks were so I decided to check the bedroom. I opened the door and went in, the room had two single beds placed at a distance and two closets on either side. A narrow hallway led to the bathroom from where the sound of water dripping was coming.
Hmmm?
Is something leaking? I turned to walk toward the bathroom when the door opened and a man stepped outside. I froze in my place when I saw who it was and my eyes went wide.
Eli
He wore absolutely nothing when he stepped outside the towel on his head. Steam erupted from his body and droplets of water made their way down his skin. He had a firm lean body and he was over six feet tall.
I didn’t know what to do. Would looking away make me weird or if I keep looking would it make me a pervert?
“Oh!” Eli smirked when he saw me, “My roommate~” He took a step toward me and my heart started racing, “The defective one.” His smile kept getting wider, “This is going to be fun.” I was mostly just scared so I looked away.
My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach when I realized he was my partner.
This was the worst-case scenario since I was stuck with him for six months and I had no way out of it.
