(Authors’ POV)
"My name is Noah Everests and I am a first year student from medical department," Young Noah introduced himself, his hand still holding Sara’s, though he was sweating and shaking a bit.
Sara pulled her hand back in a subtle yet gentle manner and commented, "Nice to meet you, Noah. The......n, I will see you around, bye." This time when Sara turned, she walked away swiftly without any interruption.
Noah stood there like a statue, mesmerized by the she-wolf. He kept looking at Sara until her figure disappeared from his sight completely.
A sharp pat on his back, jolted him awake from his trance state, "Noah brother, what are you doing here, mate? The orientation is about to start. Aye~" the person flicked their fingers at Noah’s face, "Where are you looking at?" He followed Noah’s vision but saw nothing in particular.
Noah turned around and pulled the hoody’s edge some more, uttering "It’s nothing, let’s go, Greg."
They walked side by side, inside the medical campus but Noah kept on glancing back, every now and then, although Sara’s figure was long gone.
Greg got suspicious and asked, his words filled with curiosity, "Did something happen to you? Why do you keeping looking behind you? Wait a minute~, did you get in some kind of trouble?" His eyes widened with shock.
Noah, thinking about his and Sara Allen’s chanced encounter blushed unknowingly, as he said this, "I think, ummm,..... I might be in some trouble, ummhmm." And smiled like a fool at his own statement.
Greg Andrew’s eyes flashed in astonishment and he looked at his friend weirdly, "You are happy about getting in trouble? Have you gone nuts after leaving that dreadful pack house of yours? Should I check up on you?"
Noah’s smile vanished, the second he heard Greg’s mention of his pack and pack house. The place was a nightmare for him since his childhood and now that he somehow managed to escape that hellhole, in the name of college, he wanted to erase that place completely from his memory. He didn’t like talking about his pack, especially his house, that massive yet cold building.
Greg clicked his tongue apologetically. He scratched the back of his head, murmuring, "Ahhh, my bad. I promise I won’t mention ’who must not be named’, okay?"
Noah shook his head and sighed, "Whatever." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Keeping his hand on Noah’s shoulder, Greg changed the topic, "Brother, after so much studying and hard work we are finally able to get in such esteemed college, away from home. Now, we both can sigh in relief and pursue our academical as well as romantic goals. Um..... umm .... What’s say?"
Noah kept on walking silently, seemingly uninterested by his friend while Greg rambled on, "Ohhhhhhh yeah. I heard there are few drop dead gorgeous females in our department. Hope, some of them is from our kind, though I don’t mind dating a human too. It will be thrilling isn’t it?" Greg whispered these words in Noah’s ears.
"Uhhmm," Noah only chimed in, seemingly deep in his own thoughts, as they walked off and reached the place where the orientation was happening.
This incident was too reported back to Caiten. When he looked at Noah’s glass covered face and lackluster get up, he brushed it off thinking that Sara was, like always, helping some random guy as a member of the council. He could see that Noah didn’t hold a light to his own looks and background. In the photos, Noah looked like a poor student, with sluggish appearance, "Who would even like that type of guy, huhhh?"
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One month passed by very quickly and both Sara and Noah got occupied with their own studies and departments and never really met. But as she was a council member, Noah used to see her from a distance, but he didn’t have the courage to approach her.
She was either helping some student or some professor, in some way. And her smile, that radiant and shining smile, it was always there. Noah was never attracted to any she wolf in his whole life; it was more like he was repulsed by them.
His own siblings and pack peers were horrible to him, so he never really liked any of the she wolves from his clan. So, Sara was a breath of fresh air for him. His eyes would always search for her, lingering towards her.
Then one day he finally got his chance to meet Sara again.
Noah, Greg and Giselle, one of Greg’s human friends, were passing by the mechanical engineering department. They were about to cross it when a loud scream pierced their ears, alerting them all. Without wasting any time, both Noah and Greg sprinted towards the source of the scream.
A large crowd was gathered at one of the class entrance. With their werewolf abilities, they rushed off and saw a girl lying on the floor. Her leg was covered in blood as a heavy looking mechanical equipment was piercing it.



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