Alpha's Cursed Mate novel Chapter 22

Estelle's POV

"Oh my God!" Mia's mouth dropped open, and then she started screaming. "This is great!"

"How does it feel?" Mia asked me.

"Awesome, but I still can't quite get used to it."

We hugged each other and laughed exaggeratedly until someone threw strange looks at us. When Mia and I walked into the school, there were a lot of people looking at me with strange eyes. I didn't even receive so many stares on my first day here.

"What are they looking at? Is there something on my face?" I asked Mia

"By the way, I forgot to tell you. In the few days you've been away, Skyler has spread the word all over the school that you don't have a wolf."

"She's been released?"

"My guess is that her parents went and pleaded with Beta."

When I walked into the classroom, the sound of talking in the classroom suddenly disappeared. As if by agreement, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. I guess they were still in the suspicious stage, no one believed that the Alpha would take in an "outsider" without a wolf. But according to Mia, Skyler must have assured them that I hadn't been able to awaken.

Their probing glances made me feel funny, and I didn't have to explain myself to anyone. I sat back in my seat under their watchful eyes and they immediately whispered.

"Take your time, if people get to know you, they'll all like you." Mia leaned over my desk.

"I doubt she'll let me 'take my time'." I gesture to Mia, and Skyler rushes toward us from the classroom door with an unstoppable swagger. It seems she's been waiting a really long time for someone to brief her as soon as I return.

As she stood in front of us with her little group, it occurred to me that the girl who set Nathan up had been one of her "friends". I don't know how much she knew about it, or if it was her idea at all.

"What do you want?" I looked at Skyler in front of me. none of the people around us said anything, they all looked at us.

"Stop pretending to be a monster without a wolf, you don't deserve to be in our wolf pack."

"Who says I don't have a wolf?" I leaned back in the back of my chair and looked at her.

"Don't bullshit her, you should have clawed that face of hers." Artemis said in my head.

"I knew you wouldn't admit it!" Skyler exclaimed. Skyler exclaimed, seemingly thinking she was being very clever "We'll go one-on-one at the training ground this weekend. This isn't some game, and don't even think about letting Alpha come to your rescue again."

With all eyes on me, I whispered to Skyler, "Okay."

The calm atmosphere was broken at once, and the people around started to talk. They couldn't believe that a man without a wolf would dare to accept Skyler's challenge. And now Skyler was being treated like a liar, her hand slammed down on the table in front of me.

"Just you wait, I'll expose you when the time comes!" Skyler left me with an angry back and walked away.

"Are you sure you want to go?" Mia asked me in a whisper.

"If I don't go, I'll be a liar."

"Then I'll train with you. skyler may be a spoiled young lady, but she's a tough foe. She has a powerful bloodline, so not many people can beat her."

"I'm not afraid of her, did I ever tell you my dad used to be Beta?"

"Oh my God! What other secrets are you hiding!" Mia exclaimed while slapping my shoulder.

I looked at her with a smile and didn't answer her question. If she knew that I was the Alpha's MATE, she would probably pass out from overexcitement.

When Mia and I walked into the training ground we noticed that there was something subtle about the atmosphere, everyone had an expression of suppressed excitement. Then I heard the girls in front of us whispering.