***KATE’S POV***

Days started passing quickly with no sign of a new member, it was actually starting to worry me considering Michelle wasn’t even coming on our night runs anymore. There was only five of us, and considering only Dean was in charge the Pack wasn’t as strong as it usually was.

Good thing I was a True Alpha, because that made us stronger in the place of Michelle’s absence.

I wasn’t planning on taking her place even though she was out, Dean still thought I was way to irresponsible and I didn’t want to boss everyone around yet. It meant to much responsibility, and me being involved with my HUMAN Calculus teacher… well that was childish all on it’s own. 

I hadn’t spoken about it to anybody, including Emma because I didn’t want anyone to know. It was way to risky, and even though I trusted Emma I just couldn’t tell her, considering I hadn’t even told her my biggest secret yet. 

That I’m a fucking werewolf. 

I just didn’t want her in danger, was that such a bad thing? I mean, I was protecting her… even though I had told Miss Riley pretty much everything… 

But she had witnessed it first hand! Dean had even said we could do nothing about it, just make sure she kept it hidden, which I knew she would do considering we trusted each other pretty well.

And on top of everything I was dealing with, Midterms were approaching and I was preparing for the worst. 

Sure, I had been studying and tutoring but for me to remember all of that information and pass a huge test… it was going to be difficult. It scared me because I was already passing and failing the test could drop my letter grade dramatically…

All that hard work gone to waste. 

I had a research paper due in English and I had two giant tests in Math and Physics… which meant a lot of time writing and studying. Tess had offered to help me with the study guide for Physics, and of course Jennifer was going to help me in math and English, but I kind of wanted to do it on my own.

Just to prove to myself I was capable. 

There hadn’t been anymore murders, werewolf nor vampire which brightened my mood. Maybe it was a fluke, Emily getting murdered, I mean sure she was with me the night before but maybe she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 

Maybe it had nothing to do with me. Maybe no one knew my true identity and everything was all in our paranoid heads. 

That’s what I was praying for anyway.

And another thing that was worrying me was that the Full Moon was tomorrow night, and I could already feel the blood lust growing in my veins. Dean told me it would be hard for me to control the first time considering I hadn’t gone through a Full Moon yet but I was trying to prepare myself. I didn’t understand completely how it worked or why we were so thirsty to kill but I knew it was coming because every muscle in my body ached to be used. I wanted to fight, I wanted to shift, and controlling it at school was awfully hard.

Considering I was trying to pay attention in my Wednesday tutoring session with my gorgeous Math teacher. 

Her voice echoed through my overly sensitive ears, “Kate? Are you even paying attention?”

I groaned, “Yes, I’m sorry.”

She looked at me, “You sure you’re okay?”

I rubbed my temples, trying to control the annoyance in my chest as I nodded, “Yes, it’s just that time of the month.”

She tilted her head in confusion and questioned, “Are you cramping? Do you need a tampon? Midol?”

I laughed to myself as I shook my head, touching her arm, “No… not that time of the month. It’s almost the Full Moon.”

She leaned back in her chair, glancing at her calendar and sighing, “It’s tomorrow night.”

I nodded, “I know… it’s the first one I’ll experience.”

 I could sense the tension between us, she wanted to help but she couldn’t, “You’re not going to be at school tomorrow?”

I sighed, realizing tomorrow might be the only day Dean might let me skip school. He wouldn’t let us be around all these kids tomorrow, “No, I probably won’t be.”

She pulled her lips behind her teeth in worry as she took a deep breath, “Please… be here on Friday.”

I smiled at her constant worry about me, “Don’t worry, I should be.”

I could tell she was nervous, the look on her face told me everything. She didn’t know if I was going to show up to school with all of the murders around town, although she knew I was the one fighting against that. 

I listened silently to the ticking of the clock, we only had a couple of minutes until I would have to leave and prepare for the Full Moon. I wanted to tell her something to reassure her but I wasn’t sure what, I knew she had nothing to worry about, but she didn’t exactly know that. I touched her hand, feeling the blood rush in her veins, her body was colder than mine but she could feel the heat my body put off. 

It would only grow hotter as the Full Moon approached. 

I smiled, “It’ll be ok.”

She sighed, “Kate… I shouldn’t be involved with you.”

It kind of shocked me hearing this but I nodded, “Yea, I’m dangerous, I know but-”

She interrupted, “No, I mean you’re my student. It’s worrying me, us getting caught.”

I shrugged, “We’re not doing anything, just tutoring. There’s nothing to worry about.”

She tilted her head, “But we know there’s something more than teacher and student relation going on here, how can you ignore that?”

“I’m not ignoring it, I’m just keeping it to myself, just like you should.”

I could tell she wanted me, she was just nervous, and I couldn’t blame her. This was her job, she needed a job, she loved this job, and I know damn well she didn’t want to lose it. She wasn’t as long as I was involved, I could weasel my way out of anything when I was only human. 

Now I had the upper hand physically and mentally. 

Her heartbeat was speeding up as my hand found her thigh, I hadn’t had this kind of contact with her and it was making her nervous. It was a good nervous of course but she was still worried, but when I stood to leave she stood too, “You’re leaving?”

I nodded, “Fourth hour is almost over.”

She didn’t want me to go, I could tell, but I was changing by the second, I could feel it inside of me. This feeling of anger and aggression was taking over and I needed to get to Dean’s as soon as possible for his help. I would be the wild one of the group, everyone else had already lived through countless Full Moons. 

She touched my shoulder, tilting her head, “Be careful, and you better be here Friday.”

I smirked, “Yes ma’am.”

I saw her blush as the blood ran to her cheeks, I wanted to embrace her, I wanted some kind of physical contact with her. I hadn’t kissed her or merely hugged her for awhile but I was thinking that now was not the best time. 

My heart was starting to accelerate. 

I sighed, trying to calm it down but it was no use, I needed to get out of here, “Jennifer, I have to go.” She nodded, stepping back after realizing I wasn’t giving into her, I couldn’t even though I really wanted to. I grabbed my booksack, looking back at her, “I’ll be back Friday.” 

Then I left the class, heading straight for my car and leaving the school grounds as fast as I could. I could see everything happening before me, smell every smell that was in the air, and I could hear every tire screech to a lawnmower. 

It was all extremely overwhelming. 

I pulled up to Dean’s as I saw the other’s come into view, apparently they were waiting for me. I spoke, “Am I supposed to feel this alert and on edge? It’s driving me crazy.”

He nodded, “You’ll get used to it, the first  times always the worst.”

Tess laughed, “We all were fine the second time after we knew what to expect.”

I mumbled, “Awesome.”

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It infuriated me how all the others were pretty calm and I was here freaking out that I was going to change any second. I was trying to keep my cool as the sun went down but it only got harder, I could feel my claws threatening to protrude from my fingers, my teeth wanted to sink into something, and I couldn’t fight the urge to fight. 

None of us had attended school today, it was a good thing to because we were all sort of on edge but I was the most uncontrolled. 

The moon was soon above our heads as we all gathered outside, Michelle was coming with us because Dean didn’t want to leave her alone. He spoke loudly, his words echoing through my ears, “We’re going to do a night run and then we’ll hunt.”

Hunt. It was all I could think about. I just wanted to kill something, fight, and get my hands dirty. The rage was building up inside me, I just wanted to release it, like something had been so bottled up in me I couldn’t hold it anymore. 

We started out and I took everything I had not to pass them up, I could’ve ran forever, and soon I understood why we were so dangerous on the Full Moon. We were so powerful, the most powerful we would ever be in that Lunar Cycle, and tomorrow morning we would be normal and weak again. 

And I would be back at school. 

I was so on edge as we ran through the dark woods, I wanted to tear into something… then I thought of Jennifer. Her dark brown hair draping around her perfect face, those eyes, everything about her sort of relaxed me and I wasn’t so angry anymore. 

Tess looked at me, “How’d you calm yourself down like that?”

She had been eavesdropping on my heart rate. 

I shrugged, “Just thought about my friends and stuff.”

This got her off of my back for awhile but I tried not to make it obvious I was lying through my teeth. The rage was back though, and the last time I had felt this angry I had changed into my Full Wolf. I didn’t want to of course, not now, but I knew there was some way to be able to change on command, not just when I was extremely angry. 

Because Dean had done it, and if he could then I most certainly could. 

Then I smelt something odd, the odor reminded me of the night I had met up with Dean and them in the back of the football stadium. The night Miss Riley got attacked….

There was a vampire. 

I growled loudly, feeling the instincts take over as Dean must’ve smelt it right after me, following close behind me. He growled loudly, speaking, “Kate, don’t attack them!”

I felt my teeth grow long and sharp, my claws extending an inch off my fingers as I replied, “It’s a vampire!”

The other’s must’ve gotten riled up as they followed behind us toward the scent, and then they came into view. The vampire, it was running away from us but I could smell it and I wanted to rip it’s head off. 

I jumped, landing on it’s back and falling forward into the dirt. The grimy substance flying into my mouth and nose, including the disgusting scent of vampire as I attempted to rip it’s head off of it’s two shoulders. 

It was a young one, not experienced considering I was about to tear them to shreads it pleaded, “Please! Don’t kill me!”

I growled loudly at his wimpy response as I felt a brutal force grab the back of my neck and throw me backward. I felt the air rush past me as I flew through the thin atmosphere, landing on my back in front of Dean. He growled loudly, actually scaring me into my human state, “Never attack unless you are told to do so!”

His teeth were sharp with anger and his eyes were glowing so bright they made me flinch, I replied, “It’s a vampire!”

He snapped, “I don’t care, it’s not a rabid one.”

I hopped up, realizing the vampire didn’t have glowing red eyes like the other man had. It had pale brown eyes, and I growled, “Why is this one different.”

He stood over me, “He doesn’t prey on humans.”

I realized Dean was right, and suddenly I felt like a complete fool in front of the pack. I felt betrayed and humiliated, and I just wanted to crawl into a hole.

I was still Omega material, no where near Alpha standards.