Claim My Alpha

"Oh my God, is that true? That's absolutely mortifying, right? "

"The heck was that? "Like wolves, we are pack creatures; our diversity is what makes us stronger as a unit."

When did a walk-through commencement turn into your principle living out his furry fantasy?

Oh my gosh!I wouldn't be surprised to find out he has fur. And here I was imagining he'd start howling at the moon.

Lyssa, what did you think of all that oddness?

I nodded my head absently, not paying attention as my classmates ripped into our principal. My mind was racing with a million and one things I had to accomplish, and I just couldn't bring myself to care.

I did my best to stay on top of things, but there were times when I felt completely overwhelmed. . My senior year of high school was winding down, the cost of living was rising, and I was still unemployed.

"Hello!Ania! "

As I heard that, I blinked and stuck my head out of my locker. "Huh?"

"What did you think of our principal's ten-minute diatribe on how we need to embrace our inner wolf or whatever?"

I mumbled, "Well... it was a little unusual," I refrained from mocking the middle-aged man's attempt at originality. He was a kind person for a school administrator and had given me money for lunch a few times without making me feel like a bum.

Thankfully, the talk continued going because my buddies weren't waiting for me to finish my thoughts.

Barbara Lim was my vivacious and intelligent first year roommate. The whole affair had felt strange. At the park where I was studying after class, she had bounded up to me, declared our friendship, and slid me a cola. I was too taken aback to explain to her that it wasn't how things worked, and furthermore, had I done so, I would have been proven wrong, as she is still one of my closest confidantes four years later.

Which, if I'm being completely honest, was impressive. Never one to trust easily, I often found myself misled.

There was an upsurge of affirmative responses from our group, and I occupied myself by retrieving items from my locker rather than answering. I was dead penniless and swamped with commitments, yet I detested disappointing my pals.

It's not like I was picked on or anything. They were quite understanding for teens, but I still felt left out whenever I had to make up an excuse for why I couldn't go on one of their adventures.

Of course, I could always ask one of them to keep an eye out for me, but I wouldn't want to. Label it as you like, but it's pride. To be honest, I just liked to keep my personal matters to myself.

Oh no, I just found out that there's a party at Matthew Rigdon's house tonight!

That made everyone stop laughing awkwardly, and it prompted the girl who had been talking eagerly to blush.

"Am I