All Chapters of MATED TO THE WEREWOLF AND THE VAMPIRE.: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Eliana's POVWith the look on their faces, I was already getting uncomfortable with all of that.And I mean ‘uncomfortable’ in the way that made my skin prickle and my brain start sending signals that my legs hadn't quite agreed to act on yet. I didn't know these two. I had never seen them before today even though at the same time, it still felt like I had seen them before now. And yet they were standing here, hands still resting on my shoulders like they had every right to, looking at me like I was something they had been searching for.That alone should have been enough to make me scream."Seriously…" I managed to say, then faked a huff of relief to buy myself a second to think. "…you guys can let me go, please."The one on my right didn't move."I can't let you go," he said.His voice was calm. Not aggressive, not threatening, rather it was just certain. The kind of certainty that didn't need to raise its volume because it already knew it was right.I blinked. "Excuse me?"And befo

Eliana's POVAs the students rushed out to feed their eyes, I wouldn't be the only one left behind.I grabbed my bag and followed, though slower than the rest of them …. I was the last to get there as they all left before I did. But for real, I really wanted to know what they were fussing about. Because the noise levels alone told me it was worth seeing. Besides, if I didn't show up, how would you know what eventually played out right here? LOLAnd it was really a sight to behold, for real.The convoy that rolled through Bentley High's gates was not subtle about itself. Not even a little. We're talking a Rolls-Royce Cullinan leading the pack, followed by a blacked-out Bentley Bentayga, a Mercedes-Maybach, a Range Rover Sport, and what I was almost certain was a Lamborghini Urus bringing up the rear … all moving in slow, deliberate procession like they owned the road and every road adjacent to it. The revving sound of the car tires when it was about to finally pull up was really out of

Eliana's POVBefore I could perfectly put all of these thoughts together and process what I could possibly be thinking…"Excellent choice." Ms. Steph said, and then continued. "Eliana is our top student."Honestly, that was when I was fully convinced that it was actually me that one of those guys had referred to … that he wanted me to shadow him. Not Sara, who had practically launched herself out of her seat trying to be picked. Not any of the other twelve hands that had gone up before I even registered what the question was.Me. The girl who hadn't even raised her hand.I sat back slightly in my seat and let that settle, because it needed a second.Ms. Steph scanned the room again. "Now, we still need a shadow guide for the other. Who's interested?"She said it heartily, like she was genuinely asking, even though the answer was obviously going to be the same chaos as the last time. And right on cue, almost all the girls raised their hands again. A few of them added sound effects this

Darius POVI was at the school locker shelf, just Rylan and I, picking up a few things.The hallway outside was still carrying the tail end of that between-period noise … lockers slamming, footsteps, voices overlapping — but in here it was just us. And the second I registered that, I knew it was the right time to finally say what had been sitting on my chest since the moment I walked through Bentley High School’s front doors this morning.I didn't even look at him when I started."I can't believe they put us in the same school." I let that land first. Then added, "And even in the same class."The words came out so flat and not even an inch of being dramatic with it. Just honest, which was somehow worse.Rylan didn't flinch. He took his time turning around, like he'd been expecting this conversation and had already decided how he was going to handle it before it even started in the first place. That was the thing about him that got under my skin the most …you know, that permanent and u

Eliana's POV"91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100."We all came into the indoor games space together. By "we," I'm sure you already know what I meant … and yes, you're correct. Darius, Rylan, and I.The three of us had made it through the hallway without any major incident, which at this point I was counting as a personal victory. Small wins were still wins when you were having the kind of day I was having.Honestly, it was really a nice time shadowing them because before now, I never believed for once that they could agree on anything while together. But to my amazement, they actually did … at least when it came to getting from one place to the next without turning it into a full production. Maybe they had some kind of switch they flipped when they were out in the open where people could see them. Or maybe I was just getting better at reading the temperature between them and adjusting accordingly. Either way, the walk over here had been more manageable than I expected, and I was