The Princess and the Alpha

Chapter 8

Melody's P.O.V.

I walk out of the gym and back to the locker room. I should probably keep a closer eye on alpha boy he was listening in on my conversation with Mr. Green and I really can't risk letting the pack in the area know I'm not human. I still have to be careful no matter how much I like him I have to make sure he barely knows about me.

 I'm pulled out of my thoughts as I see that I have through the shower area to get to my stuff. I take a deep breath as I carefully make my way around the showers and puddles. I get weird looks from being so cautious around water but I make it back to the locker I put my things in. I quickly change and head out to the hallway before the girls showering came to the changing area with wet towels and hair. I pull out my schedule to try and find my next class on my own knowing I should have time away from James no matter how drawn to him I am. I make a mental list in my head as I wander down the crowded hall of the homework I have to do tonight and what I want to look up about werewolf culture to brush up on how packs socially work.

After some confusion, I find my next class and take a seat. A mutt walks in and sits down behind me. I glance back quickly and his eyes are glazed over, probably mind linking someone. I doodle through the class tired of being here. With only one class left today, I'm already over pretending to be a human in their school system. Luckily I have my study next so I'll just ditch it and head home to do my research. I pull out my planner and write a check list of everything I have to do when I get home from my homework to what exactly I wanted to research about werewolves. I zone back in for the last few minutes of class so I can write down the homework. The bell rings and quickly put my things in my bag and walk out only to find James standing there waiting for me.
"Hey I see you're finding you're way around already," he smiles.
"Yeah, thanks to your help I was able to get the hang of things pretty quickly," I reply as I keep walking to my locker.
"What's your last class?" He asks as we walk.
"Study do you have another one?"
"Looks like we actually have the same study then."
"Well then if anyone asks you can cover me when I ditch," I smirk.
"First day and already ditching I didn't think you were the type."
"Well, people can surprise you. So which way is the best way out without getting caught?"
"How would I know I don't ditch class."
"Really? You've never run off early for no reason?" I give a knowing look.
"The exit by the auditorium none of the teachers hang around there and it leads right to the parking lot."
"Thought so. I'll see you tomorrow," I smile and take my bag out of my locker.
"See ya tomorrow," he says and heads off to study.

I head toward the auditorium and slip outside with no problem. I head home and get to work right away. There are a few books on werewolves in the study that should be useful. I grab the 5 that are in there to skim through before my getting my homework done.
Once I looked over the basics about their leadership structure and how packs are run I move on. I stop for a second when I see the section on mates, I never really looked into how mates work, I just know that they have a special connection and will do anything for each other. 

I put the werewolf books aside and move on to doing my homework. The workload is minuscule compared to what I did at home. There weren't multiple languages to learn and work on and a kingdom's worth of government to start. The only thing I had some trouble with was the history class since US History was something I genuinely knew nothing about since all the history I learned revolved around the supernatural world and not the human world. It'll be something I'll have to go out of my way to read all the petty disputes and wars over borders and land.

A.N.

Hi, guys, I'm so sorry this is taking me so long to update I'm struggling with some writer's block and I just got out of a toxic relationship so it's been a hard time but I should be able to write and put out more chapters soon