Their school was smack in the middle of the human town and the forest. Humans didn't even know they existed. All they knew was that they were a bunch of rich kids who lived in fancy mansions in the middle of the forest. It all worked out well.
A few humans approached them now and then, but the younglings of the pack had been warned by the principal never to get too close to humans or even date them. It was absolutely prohibited. Besides, there was also the fact that werewolves couldn't procreate with humans at all.
The pack accepted this new rule without any issue.
Ezra Val walked through the wide-open doors alongside Mateo. The crowd standing by the entrance openly peered at him, gossiping about his latest failure.
His brows twitched slightly.
'Fuck, I'm pissed... This is going beyond the limit.'
He tried his best to hold back his anger as he walked toward his locker.
But who knew...
The devil himself was practically beckoning him to slay him.
The said man was standing there with an arm wrapped around Gina. The girl looked up at him lovingly.
"Oh shit, that guy is asking for it," he mumbled softly.
"EZ... man..."
Before Mateo could stop him, Ezra charged forward and grabbed Rio by the collar.
No one expected the move.
Not even Rio.
Ezra watched his stunning green eyes widen as his fist slammed into his straight nose. A subtle crack echoed through the hallway, followed by the sight of blood pouring everywhere.
"Oh my god!"
Gina's cries became nothing more than a whisper in his ears.
He was in full-on beast mode.
Ezra slammed Rio to the ground and started punching him as many times as he could.
"EZ! Stop it!"
Mateo grabbed him around the waist and tried to pull him back.
"The principal's on his way! Hey!"
Ezra was still completely consumed by his beast mode. His nostrils flared as he sniffed the bloody stench filling the air. The smell only ignited the beast within him further.
He wanted bloodshed.
He wanted to tear Rio apart and wear him as a coat.
Mateo grabbed his stiff shoulders tightly.
"Model student, you will lose your credit if they catch you! They will ban you from the team!"
Ezra's pounding heart slowly began to calm.
'I... I can't ruin my life because of this bastard. I have my national tryouts soon... I can't be suspended now...'
He glanced at the man still sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain.
Somehow, he didn't feel happy about the outcome.
'Revenge is not as fun as I thought...'
"Come on."
Mateo grabbed him and started dragging him away.
Ezra walked past the annoying pest sprawled on the ground.
Then, all of a sudden, he felt a hand grab his shin.
"Fuck."
Rio pulled him off balance, sending him crashing to the ground before slamming his fist into Ezra's face.
All hell broke loose.
Ezra immediately fought back, punching his face and shoulders.
"Oh, fucking hell! Both of you, stop it! The old goat is here... shit!"
Mateo and Gina tried their best to pull them apart, but the two were rolling around on the ground, growling loudly as they fought.
The sound of squeaky footsteps approached the crowd.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Ezra froze.
So did Rio, who was currently on top of him.
"Someone PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THESE TWO ARE ROLLING AROUND ON THE GROUND!!!"
Ezra pushed that annoying pest off him and sat up.
"He started it, sir."
Of course, it didn't matter who started it.
It was a matter of school violence now.
The principal was beyond pissed.
Ezra wiped the blood from his face. It wasn't his own. It was Rio's, and it carried a subtle woody smell.
"Both of you, get up! To my office right now!!!"
The man pointed toward the hallway.
They both scrambled to their feet and followed after him.
Rio pushed past Ezra, deliberately smashing his shoulder into him.
'This fucking bastard...'
Gritting his teeth, Ezra followed behind him. As he passed, he subtly kicked Rio's shin.
The man immediately glanced back with a glare.
"Oh, sorry. Does it hurt?"
The principal glared at both of them.
"You still haven't stopped your squabble!"
Ezra immediately lowered his head.
The aging man took them to his office and made them sit in front of his desk. The principal chugged down a bottle full of water and let out a loud burp.
"You two... you are in so much trouble. Do you know about the clause between the packs and this school?"
Ezra paled.
You see, their school hosted both humans and werewolves. The principal was well aware of that, and he had a contract with the two packs.
The only rule he had put forth was that the werewolves must not cause any physical or emotional damage to anyone or anything.
And they had broken that rule.
'Shit. I must not have fought on school premises. What if the old goat bans our pack from studying here?'
Humans were known for their fearful nature. Of course, they feared things that were more powerful than them.
The principal was a human.
The sane decision he could make at this point was to cancel the contract between the packs and the school.
"S-sir... it..."
"Shhh. Talk only when I ask you a question."
The man tapped his fingers loudly against the table.
The rhythmic tapping really made Ezra anxious. He nervously bit into his nails.
"Ezra, you have your basketball tryouts in a month... and you, Rio, you have your football tryouts as well. And yet you both had the audacity to fight in the school, right in front of my office!"
Ezra glanced down.
His eyes fell on Rio's feet. They were shuffling around nervously.
'So this guy could get nervous too...'
His gaze slowly moved toward Rio's thigh.
The vermin wiped his bloodstained hands on his white jeans, leaving a bloody handprint across the fabric.
'Did I hurt him too much...?'
His eyes roamed up to Rio's face.
His nose was slightly crooked. He had stuffed a pair of cotton buds up his nose, and they were already stained red.
'I really did a number on him for sure... He deserved it...'
Unknowingly, his eyes fell on Rio's thin lips. They were stained with blood, giving them a subtle red tinge.
"Ezra!"
A loud shout snapped him out of his observation.
"I've called both your parents. I will talk to them and decide what I'm going to do with you two."
Ezra's heart cooled down a notch.
He subconsciously glanced at the vermin sitting beside him.
Rio was already looking at him with an unknown expression in his eyes.
'We are both screwed...'