Nielu [REWRITTEN]

23 - Borneca Academy [Part One]

She extends a hand to help him stand on his feet. "Borneca is a country away from where Phoenix Claw resides. How did you even get here?"

"Didn't I already answer that?!" Ethan says, a bit angrily.

"Not exactly, Ethan!" Harper snaps back.

"I don't fucking know!" he snarls. "Now, aside from that; what's so special about this city?"

"I'm Zack. Nice to meet you too." the scaled winged beast's human friend says, with a hint of sarcasm rolling off his tongue.

"Ethan." the Lycan werewolf mumbles.

"Harper, I can see why he's your mate. He's got the same type of attitude that Alec has, I hate it." Zack scrunches his nose a little while Harper throws a harsh glare at his direction.

"Alec broke up with me, remember? And for the record, don't compare who I choose as my mate to that asshole."

"Dramatic much?" Ethan retorts. "Not that I care what drama happens around you."

"How about you shut up and hide your scent." Harper barks at him.

The teen scoffs. "Hide my scent? Why would I, I'm just human."

Harper folds her arms and raises an eyebrow. "Liar." she says.

"You can't lie in front of her, she can sniff lies out like there's no tomorrow. It's a little annoying habit of hers." Zack grumbles. "Even I can't and I'm not even supernatural."

"You're supernatural?" Ethan asks her. "That makes sense now."

"What."

"Oh, your scent isn't exactly human."

"And what do you know about my scent?"

"For starters," the onyx haired werewolf begins, smiling, "its that of a, what is it called, a pyrogen bird? No, that's not right. Flaming bird?"

"You mean Phoenix?" Zack butts in and Ethan glances over at him before holding his head.

"Yeah, that."

Harper scoffs. "Since you can obviously somehow tell I'm a Phoenix, what exactly are you then? Humans can't sniff me out that easily. And if I had to guess, you have enhanced senses to sniff even flaming birds like myself from our scents."

"I have a werewolf sister, what do you expect me to do? Secretly have werewolf abilities, ha, no."

"I don't believe that sentence for a single moment."

"How about, instead of biting heads off; we help ease him into Borneca. Where are you staying?" Zack asks.

"Gabbi's Inn, according to some Asian teenage girl who kindly pointed me towards it." Ethan replies.

"An Asian girl pointed you towards Gabbi's Inn? Wow."

"Hey! She was being nice." the teenage werewolf comments.

"Did she have luscious raven locks? And piercing charcoal black eyes?" Zack says with a soft grin.

"How'd you know? Were you secretly spying on me?"

"That sounds like Taelyn." Harper says. "She's a super nice girl with a fearless attitude. She's been dubbed the guest greeter of Borneca."

"She greets the visitors to our country." Zack sums it up.

Ethan nods. "Ah, cool."

"Since you are here, Ethan. You might as well attend Borneca Academy with us." Harper tells him.