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Tasting
104âUnder Attack
Nora:
âWhat was that?â I asked, my heart pounding in my chest at how loud that scream had been. And
then, things started to take a turn for the worse almost in a matter of seconds. Students from the
end of the hallway began to sprint towards us, reaching for the door to the basement, and the
announcement blared almost immediately after we realized where everyone was headed.
âEveryone towards the basement, but make sure youâre not
stampeding,â the announcement repeated nonstop, causing April and me to share a deadly glance
before we joined the others in heading towards the basement. There was only one explanation for
the madness and commotion.
Our school was under attack.
At this point, we had no clue what was going on or what the noises echoing through the hallways
were. The only big issue was that everyone had their wolf, and they were using their strength to
push past others, unlike me. I couldnât bring myself to twist the ring on my finger for fear of anyone
noticing my wolf.
Hence, I began to lose my footing. With the aggressive pushing and shoving to make it to the safe
location, nobody cared as they trampled me aside, and I landed in an empty classroom. I got to my
feet instantly, reaching for the door again, but everyone was hastily running towards the basement,
leaving no chance for me to join the crowd.
I stood anxiously, waiting for a free space to open up, but as time passed, I grew more nervous with
the thought that I might not make it
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to the basement. Now that I wasnât running like crazy and hearing the huffs and puffs, my focus
turned to what was going on. I ran to the window and saw outside; the fog had covered the schoolâs
ground, and the earth beneath me was shaking just a little. These were all signs of a monster
attack.
âShit!â I muttered in fear. I remembered coming face to face with one in the past, and gosh! It was
so scary, but my wolf came out as a savior. But could I even let my wolf out in school? My eyes
turned to the security camera in the classroom. I remembered the school as loaded with cameras,
some of them not working, but I couldnât ask the monster to follow me to the classroom where the
cameras donât work.
No, the urgency of saving myself grew worse, and I reached for the door, noticing how the rush had
calmed down. Just a few students were left, still trying to catch up with the ones ahead. And then, I
heard the most terrifying thing on the speaker.
âThe basement door has been locked. If anyone remains outside, please look for a safe placeââ
And then the monsters howled. The two girls and one guy in the hallway looked my way and then
shared a glance. We all knew what happened to the professor behind the speaker.
âI donât wanna die,â the girls began to cry, while the guy started looking around in panic. We were all
omegas left outside.
âCome here,â I gestured for them to enter the classroom. They watched my face like I was crazy
before they agreed, as the howls and screeches grew increasingly close. We ran into the class and
hid behind the last benches. My heart was racing up and falling down rapidly. I never thought I
would be in a situation like that. Several thoughts ran through my head.
âWeâre not surviving this day, are we?â one of the girls whispered, and I eyed her to shut up. The
monsterâs screeches were now coming from right outside the classroom we were hiding in. I could
hear the monster sniff out the scent, and then he slammed the door open, prompting at gasp from
the girl on my side. The guy quickly held his hands over her mouth to silence her.
I began to ponder on what I needed to do. No way would I let this monster kill any of these people
beside me. It would be either kill or die, and I wasnât going to die. I was aware of the consequences
of showing my wolf. I would get kicked out of the pack. In fact, it would be worse for me.
But that wouldnât stop me from saving these lives. It was almost as if the monster heard it, and the
next thing I knew, the loudest howl echoed through the classroom before the chairs and tables
started getting thrown across the walls. There was no way not making any sound would save us
now. Everyone began to yell and scream, crying miserably and running towards the wall. They
hugged each other while I stood straight, watching the monster lunging at me. However, before I
could twist the ring on my finger, he thrashed me across the wall, leaving several injuries and pain
to engulf me.
Breathing heavily, I quickly got to my feet and only twisted the ring on my finger when the monster
was thrown back with a greater force than ever. He grunted and tried to get up, only to be thrown
out of the classroom this time. The screams of terror had turned into shouts of hurray and cheering.
I rubbed my eyes to see Alpha King Ryker in all his glory, shirt ripped off and his hands turned into
claws as he hissed and sprinted out of the classroom to attack the monster again.
âOur savior is here,â the girls screamed in joy, but I couldnât. I dragged my body with my arm
wrapped around my stomach to the hallway, making sure I had fixed the ring on my finger. Ryker
kept attacking the monster, almost like he wanted to catch him alive. And thatâs what he
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did, he knocked him out by clawing him so hard in the stomach that half of the content of his body
was now visible to my eyes.