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UNEXPECTED

Author: Nathan Donald
last update publish date: 2026-05-29 00:03:47

Talia's POV

Everyone froze where they stood.

The incoming Nurse looked at me and Headmistress Selene, and then at Aurelia before returning her gaze to the Headmistress, who had been looking at me until Aurelia spoke and she turned to look at her at the same time as me. Aurelia herself, the centre of attention, was sitting up in the bed and staring around, seemingly trying to make sense of things.

“You are awake," the Nurse said, moving towards Aurelia. “How do you feel?"

“I don't know."

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    Aurelia.I wanted to be shameless, to go low and kiss him on the lips again, but just not in front of everyone. Reluctantly, I let go and stood up, offering him a hand which he took, pulling himself up with the least effort. Now I was sure that he had let me win.Coach Vance's whistle blew again, shaking everyone into order."Now, now, you have had your fun watching them. Everybody back to the final drill of the morning, which involves the use of your senses to discover your opponent. Don't forget that on my whistle, the attacker engages from behind. The defender must adapt, redirect, and neutralize within three seconds. If you fail to neutralize, your pair will be cut."Murmurs rose through the students, but everyone did as he asked."Turn around, Aurelia," Kai said quietly. "This is a hard, high-level drill, and I want you to trust your senses more than anything else, even yourself. Don't try to even look for me, but listen to the wind and smell the air."I turned my back to him, f

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    Intensity

    Aurelia.I rolled over and spat as more and more saliva flooded my mouth.Then, I raised myself up to my feet as my eyes stung, partly from the sheer exhaustion threatening to overtake my limbs, and partly from the frustrating, looming realization that everyone was watching me lose."Why are you pushing so hard?" I panted in raw frustration, dropping back into a defensive crouch as we began to circle each other again."Because I want you to win the Wolf Competitions, and nobody there will be willing to let you, as I told you before," Kai shot back, his eyes flashing with a dangerous intensity. "They are going to hunt you and stand in your way, which is why I say that if you can't handle me when I'm being intense, you won't even last ten seconds in the competition."More sounds arose from the crowd around us as he drove forward again, dazzling me in a relentless wave of attacking strikes while the students oohed and aahed. He threw a heavy, mid-level forearm smash that I slipped beneat

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    The Last Fifty-Six

    Aurelia.The following morning, there were fifty-six pairs of us."Interesting," Coach Vance began, his whistle in his mouth when he was done with us. "There are six pairs of you that are not supposed to be here, and I really do not want to have to move about. Do not let me find you if you do not remember me saying a single word to you yesterday."Six pairs of students left.I was amazed, staring at the backs of the students as they walked away when I saw him coming towards us. His face cap hid most of his features, even though whatever was left out that showed was just as terrifying."Miss Thorn," he said, acknowledging me before turning to Kai. "And Mister Arden.""Yes Coach," we said in unison."I am extremely sorry to see that you cannot join in, Mister Arden. I have no doubt that with the level of talent you show in these things, you could get as far as the finals of the Wolf Competitions. Maybe even win it, but the laws do not support you. We already talked about it yesterday."

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    Adrenaline

    Aurelia.I couldn't have missed Kai's scent for anything in the world."Kai," I squealed, jumping up to throw my arms around him and kissing him on the face. He embraced me back, laughing, while I almost started crying."Don't worry," he said. "I'll train with you."I caught Talia waving at us from where the students were seated and waved back before returning my attention to Kai."I genuinely hope you know I'm not going to go easy on you," he warned."I didn't expect you to-""Alright," Coach Vance's voice barked, and there came the characteristic silence that usually followed every word he said. "Now, we will practice Low-sweep evasion, and I will give the instructions for it while giving you time to practice. When you are ready, you will call me to come see you.""Ready?" Kai asked."Not quite.""There are as many as three hundred pairs of you by my estimate, which is a big number," Coach Vance continued. "My goal at this point is to diminish that number without any sort of mercy s

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    TRAINING AT DAWN

    AureliaDawn the next morning was in one simple word, cold.The damp chill of dawn sent shudders down my spine despite me heavily swathing myself in the thickest cotton cardigan I could find that would let me move with agility in the training, while the mist rolling across the Blackridge Academy fields only made everything as bad as it seemed.To my surprise, though, hundreds of students were there too, all of us already gathering on the cold, wet grass. The air was also cold, thick with a dizzying mix of scents-nervous sweat, sharp adrenaline, and the underlying, competitive musk of dozens of young werewolf students. It was all enough to make my inner wolf pace restlessly beneath my ribs. I walked out onto the grass with Kai and Talia by my side, and it was difficult to ignore how the murmurs died down everywhere we passed, only to be replaced by a heavy, suffocating silence and watchful eyes. I tried to look at some of them, to try to read what their minds were thinking, and I mad

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    UNTOLD TRUTHS

    Aurelia.Without another word, Talia turned and stormed back into the house.She left me there and there I remained, unsure whether to follow her or not-unsure of what to even say to her. I was not angry that she sent Zephyron away, as he had been rather frightening and self-absorbed as we spoke , but I wondered what he could have done to hate him so much.The venom that showed in Talia's eyes when she looked at him, too? That was as new as it was terrifying. It frightened me too.I took a deep breath and followed her inside, and as difficult as it was to admit, I had been quite touchy about certain things that I thought of as sinking sand where Talia and I were concerned since our big fight. I certainly did not want a repeat of something like that, yet this looked just like that sort of thing, and it left a sinking feeling inside my chest.Still, I followed her.She was in her room when I found her, sitting on the edge of her bed with her head in her hands. I heard her breathing, a

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    THE BULLIES

    Aurelia. I was taken aback by the size of Kai's wolf when I turned and saw him. His teeth were bare, and his black fur with white patches here and there covered a wolf body that was almost twice of mine, and I felt somewhat disappointed that they had not run off because of me, but him. Only the

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    SIX

    Aurelia.“Haven't seen you both in a while,” he noted, stuffing his mouth with his meal. “Especially you, Aurelia. I haven't seen you since you marched off.”I did not think it was funny, because it felt as though he was teasing me. Even worse for me was that only Talia seemed to be finding the fun

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    FACE OFF

    Aurelia I had done it because I wanted to intimidate her.Except, I had forgotten that this same girl, as she had told me, was the reason I was alive, here. Not by my own force, but by her strong will. If she could do that, then I should have expected what happened next. I had changed forms with

  • REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET    IN THE BASEMENT

    Aurelia's POV Talia decided she would clean the house next morning, and I agreed.I only didn't mean it.I waited for as long as two hours for her to sleep before moving as quietly as I could to stop Talia from hearing anything that would wake her up to see me and picking up the bits and pieces of

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