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My Online Puppy Is My Strict Instructor [COMPLETED]
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00:02new student training i'd been standing in the sun for an entire morning punished by the cold-faced
00:07instructor the sun was brutal the other werewolf students could handle it better endurance faster
00:12recovery but i was human two hours of defensive stance had turned my thighs into jelly i couldn't
00:17help it i pulled out my phone and texted my online boyfriend stupid dog come rub my feet tonight
00:25master finally willing to reward me i smiled despite the ache in my legs then i walked to the
00:30lodge and ran straight into my instructor at the entrance he was wearing a black shirt he saw me
00:35and his nostrils flared almost imperceptibly as if he'd picked up a scent then he snorted still have
00:40energy to wander around looks like i didn't train you hard enough i froze because the silver chest
00:45chain peeking out from his collar was the one i'd picked out myself i stared at lucian's annoyingly
00:50handsome face there was no way i could connect him to the guy who called me master every single
00:54night it had to be a coincidence right maybe the chain was just a similar style i pointed at his
00:59collar hesitating that thing you're wearing lucian's expression shifted he quickly buttoned up his fingers
01:05paused on the buttons and his throat moved as he swallowed hard like he was suppressing something
01:09don't stare it's not for you then as if remembering something he pulled out his phone and started typing
01:16my phone buzzed with a message notification lucian glanced at me confused for a split second his
01:22pupils contracted sharply a tiny change but under the street light i saw it a ring of gold at the
01:27edge of his irises like the reflection of light in a predator's eye then he looked back down and kept
01:32typing the gold didn't fully fade i shoved my hand into my pocket and hit the silent button as fast
01:37as i
01:37could a few faint vibrations then nothing when lucian looked at me again his face was back to its usual
01:43cold
01:43mask he blinked once and the gold disappeared completely but my heart had already sunk past
01:48the point of no return the black shirt we'd agreed on the chest chain i'd picked myself the phone buzzing
01:53in my pocket all of it pointed to one impossible truth my online boyfriend was lucian the instructor
01:59who'd made me stand for two hours yelled at me for bad balance and called me out for not having
02:03enough
02:03endurance no way how could someone be so different online and in real life had i been scammed i stared
02:09at
02:09him unable to look away he frowned impatient as he stepped closer i caught his scent pine and metal
02:15mixed together carrying something else underneath it a kind of pressure wolf pheromones i'd learn later
02:20nora what are you still doing here do you know what time it is get back to your dorm
02:26and look at what you're wearing tight shirt shorts have some decency excuse me the guy wearing a chest
02:32chain to come rub his master feet was lecturing me about decency actually i came here to meet my
02:38whoever you're meeting is none of my business if something happens to you the only people who be
02:43hurt are your parents now get back to your dorm or i'm reporting you to the administration tomorrow
02:47for curfew violation i backed down immediately don't report me i'm going if curfew got stricter
02:54every student living on campus would hate me forever
02:58once i was out of his sight i pulled out my phone and checked the messages the chat was still
03:03open to
03:03when i'd left then it hit me no wonder lucian hadn't recognized me before i left i'd told my
03:08puppy i'd be wearing a black dress instead i'd put on a gray t-shirt and white shorts we'd video
03:14called a few times i'd seen his abs his chest his shoulders but neither of us had ever shown our
03:19faces i was terrified he might be one of those guys who looked good from the neck down and nowhere
03:23else
03:24so i'd plan to walk right past him if he was ugly the chat log was filled with his recent
03:28messages
03:29baby where are you i'm already here baby i need to confess something a girl saw my chest chain just
03:35now
03:35but i blocked it immediately please accept your puppy's apology
03:41i wasn't going to reply but then i saw the transfer and my thumb moved on its own his next
03:46message came
03:47instantly baby are you here did you see me i hesitated then typed i don't want to come anymore
03:52he just yelled at me i wasn't in the mood anymore lucian sounded like he was about to cry
03:57why baby don't you need me to rub your feet i practiced all night following a tutorial i promise
04:03i'll make you feel good a video came through lucian tilted his chin up pulling his collar
04:07open just enough for the chest chain to catch the street light in the frame he was trembling
04:12slightly his nostrils flared like he was trying to catch a scent his hair shifted revealing the
04:17nape of his neck there faint silver gray lines running down from his hairline along his spine
04:21wolf blood markings usually hidden by hair i'm wearing the chain you like and here's something
04:28else little bells don't you want to make them ring with your own hands his pale chest was flushed pink
04:36crisscrossed with metal and leather it was obscene and this was the same man who'd spent the entire
04:41day torturing me because of low blood sugar i'd been late to morning formation he'd made me stand in
04:46the sun for two hours no mercy then he told me my balance was off that my endurance was weak
04:51and
04:51made me run drills for half a day a complete demon a quiet wicked thought crossed my mind
04:56revenge i typed back you're so shameless he sent a shy emoji i'm only shameless for you master
05:02do you like it i replied coldly no the typing indicator appeared and disappeared over and over
05:08he was clearly panicking i smirked and sent one more message someone else saw you you're dirty now i don't
05:14want dirty things my phone kept vibrating on the way back i forced myself not to look when i got
05:22to
05:22my dorm my roommates were all over me what did your online boyfriend look like from your face he must
05:27have been ugly that's why you're back so early right yeah super ugly i took one look and ran to
05:34be
05:34fair after seeing instructor lucian's body every other guy looks ugly to me too i don't even want to
05:40stain my idol anymore seriously that height that face he's one of a kind during training girls from
05:47other classes always sneak over to talk to him guys too but instructor lucian never gives anyone
05:53the time of day i've never even seen him smile his training is brutal he's a total demon i can't
05:59even
05:59imagine what he'd be like in a relationship at the werewolf school 70 werewolves and 30 humans it's
06:05clear that lucian has unified everyone's aesthetic i couldn't help myself maybe your cold instructor
06:10lucian is someone else's dog online sophie my closest friend slapped my shoulder nora stop reading
06:17trashy novels lucian is the future alpha of the blackwood pack he's insanely smart from an amazing
06:24family why would someone like that be an online pet for anyone watch out if word gets out he'll make
06:31your final evaluation fails i froze right someone like lucian proud untouchable would be humiliated
06:38if he found out he'd been playing pet to the student he'd been tormenting wolf alpha pride ran deep it
06:43was
06:43carved into their bones an entire pack answered to him he was born to give orders not take them and
06:48if
06:48he found out if he discovered he'd been calling to the human he'd been punishing his pride would demand
06:53revenge there were plenty of ways wolves retaliated against humans physical academic even
06:59phoromenal and alpha's presence could psychologically break a human and the academy couldn't even collect
07:04evidence and a bad final evaluation would follow me forever i made a zipping motion across my lips
07:09okay okay i was just joking don't tell anyone please i absolutely could not let lucian find out i was
07:16his
07:16online girlfriend how nora and lucian met was completely ordinary before school started i spent my
07:24days at home playing games eating watermelon and watching soap operas one day after 10 losses in a
07:29row i got matched with lucian eight minutes in i lost it are you the enemy spy or do you
07:35get
07:35commissioned for feeding kills we're fighting right here are you hiding in that bush waiting for the
07:41garbage truck to pick you up put a dog biscuit on the screen and my dog would play better than
07:45you
07:45after we lost i exited the match lucian sent me a friend request i knew the drill he wanted to
07:51argue
07:51but his first message was do you actually have a dog that can play games i almost choked are you
07:57stupid or just pretending i was insulting you oh if not can i be that dog your voice is nice
08:04you yelling at me turned me on want to see pervert i was about to block him when he sent
08:11one thousand dollars per insult curiosity plus greed made me at him after that lucian became my
08:17personal puppy he sent me photos videos and money we never showed our faces never asked about each
08:23other's real lives then i moved to the academy my ip address changed when he realized we were in the
08:28same city he asked to meet i was exhausted from training and desperate for some stress relief who
08:33knew the person torturing me and the person i wanted to torture were the same man
08:38after showering i lay in bed and finally opened our chat lucian had only called once he knew i hated
08:44spam calls every other message had a crying emoji baby i'm sorry i shouldn't have let anyone else see
08:50what belongs to you don't call me dirty i'll go wash right now baby you can yell at me punish
08:55me but
08:56please don't ignore me master your puppy's eyes are leaking i can't handle this then two transfers of
09:02five dollars the note on each was one word together they spelled forgive me who taught him to apologize
09:07like this i was tempted i won't lie but then i came back to reality it was all fake this
09:12online lucian
09:13was clearly an act i'd learned from my roommates that the real lucian blackwood was cold distant
09:17and emotionless one time the school's most beautiful wolf threw herself at him pretending
09:22to faint and he just stepped over her dating the real him would be torture and i couldn't do long
09:26distance forever better to break it off now before he figured out who i was i made up my mind
09:31then
09:32accepted the transfers that much money was impossible to refuse lucian's reply was instant like he'd been
09:37waiting master you finally replied i bit my lip and typed don't call me that i'm done i don't want
09:43to play this game anymore his messages came flooding in a puppy only has one owner i'll die if you
09:49leave
09:49me if you're bored we can try new things anything i was about to block him when a video call
09:57came
09:57through my thumb slipped and i answered pale pink-tinged skin still wet filled the screen he'd just
10:02showered water droplets traced down his collarbone catching on the chain's links baby i'm not dirty
10:08i washed so many times please don't leave me i ducked under my blanket and turned the volume down
10:14his cold unreadable face flashed through my mind paired with this broken voice my heart started pounding
10:19i opened my mouth but the cruel words wouldn't come lucian angled the camera lower voice dropping to a
10:25whisper baby i learned a new trick let me show you tonight i lowered my voice trying to resist
10:31i don't want to see why baby i'm tired we'll talk tomorrow he paused he looked down and the silver
10:38lines at his nape pulsed once like something breathing i'll record it you can watch it when
10:43you wake up and forgive me then whatever good night after hanging up i stared at the ceiling for a
10:50long
10:50time the screen was still lit with his last message i closed my eyes and all i could hear was
10:55his crying
10:55voice the man who made everyone tremble on the training ground had begged me not to leave him the silver
11:00lines on the back of his neck had flickered in the frame like a silent reminder there was a wolf
11:05on
11:05the other side of that screen showing me his most vulnerable parts the next morning the whole dorm
11:12scrambled to get ready and report to the training field after holding a defensive stance for an hour
11:17without switching feet sophie groaned beside me my arches are dying why is lucian so brutal today
11:23probably got dumped you're hilarious nobody believes the truth i guess lucky for us lucian
11:30got called away by another instructor the formation stirred and everyone took the chance to rest i
11:35pulled out my phone this morning i'd seen the video lucian sent overnight it looked promising but i'd
11:40only caught the beginning i'd been dying to watch it all day and now i couldn't wait any longer i
11:45turned
11:45the volume all the way down hiding the screen with my sleeve damn i didn't know men could be played
11:49like
11:50that it was obscene in the video the silver lines on his nape flickered with his movements like some
11:55forbidden pattern catching light i was so absorbed that i didn't notice the silence around me then a
12:00shadow fell over me bringing a scent of pine and metal wolf pheromones released when one approached
12:04i froze my heart stopped i shoved the phone into my sleeve as fast as i could lucian stood over
12:09me
12:10looking down the gold ring at the edge of his pupils was brighter than last night he was suppressing
12:14something the gold was fading slowly very slowly nora did i say you could rest i shook my head my
12:21voice barely a whisper no he stepped closer the pine scent grew stronger carrying a pressure with it
12:27wolf dominance i'd read about it high-ranking wolves unconsciously released it when emotional
12:31making those nearby feel anxious and suffocated i can't hear you did no one teach you how to address
12:37a superior i shouted mortified report sir no he kept going zero discipline on a real battlefield
12:46you'd be the first casualty his voice was cold but the gold ring flickered faster around his pupils
12:52his fingers clenched and unclenched at his sides the silver lines at his nape peeked out from his
12:57hairline darker than usual like an instinct being suppressed i felt the stares of everyone around me
13:02they were relieved i was absorbing the brunt of his rage humiliated in front of everyone my eyes burned
13:07my nose stung why me everyone else had been resting why was i the only one he went after
13:12lucian looked at my red rimmed eyes the gold flared bright once then dimmed he scoffed you're crying
13:18tears won't stop bullets three laps of the obstacle course now i closed my eyes and held it in fine
13:25stupid dog dead dog i'll make you pay tonight my legs were so numb that when i stood up i
13:30stumbled
13:30throwing out my arms for balance my phone slid out of my sleeve and hit the ground screen down
13:35lucian's private video was still playing a faint muffled moan escaped from the phone lucian and i
13:40both went pale i scrambled for the phone but i grabbed only air lucian had already picked it up
13:45he was looking at the screen my heart stopped all the sounds around me vanished the entire training
13:50field went silent
13:53this was it i was doomed what would he do yell at me report me if anyone found out i
13:57was in some weird
13:58online relationship i'd be the most humiliated person on campus would he take back all the money
14:03he'd sent the thought crossed my mind and honestly i cared about that more than i should all these
14:08panicked thoughts flashed through my head in an instant i stood frozen waiting for judgment lucian
14:13frowned but his eyes were unreadable on the surface at least but his fingers were wide around the phone
14:18thumb pressed hard against the screen like someone fighting the urge to crush it the silver lines at
14:23his nape slowly dimmed the gold retreated back into the depths of his pupils then he handed the phone
14:28back i looked at the screen it had locked the moan must have been cut off when he'd accidentally
14:32pressed the power button while picking it up i could always claim he'd misheard saved barely but
14:37then he said where did you get that lock screen photo oh no it was a photo of lucian's bare
14:42chest
14:42just a towel around his waist i'd added a pink filter and rotated it but it was unmistakably him
14:47i could feel the cold sweat trickling down my back he was close the pine scent was thick enough to
14:52make me
14:54dizzy um that's from the internet just a random photo i found his face wasn't in it with the filter
15:02maybe he wouldn't be sure but the way he looked at me had changed like he was confirming something
15:07with all his senses at once he was smelling wolves used their sense of smell to verify things under
15:12stress his nostrils flared slightly barely visible his frown deepened he still looked suspicious i took a
15:18gamble and turned it around on him sir why are you asking did you send shirtless photos to someone
15:26what are you talking about if you can't even keep your phone in your pocket don't bring it to training
15:30at all he turned away too quickly before his hair covered the back of his neck i saw the silver
15:35lines
15:35rapidly fading like emotions settling after a tide went out everyone formation drills one row at a time
15:42complete it cleanly and you're dismissed for lunch norah obstacle course three laps you don't eat
15:48until you're done
15:50the photo crisis was over but the punishment wasn't i limped toward the course fine stupid dog just wait
15:57until tonight i was still shaking when i started running every step felt like cotton but i didn't
16:01look back i heard him behind me calling names giving orders his voice back to that cold instructor tone
16:07like nothing had happened but i knew he'd seen it he'd seen the lock screen the video he didn't say
16:12it but that didn't mean he hadn't noticed and the way his nostrils had flared i was sure he was
16:17confirming confirming whether the scent he'd caught matched the person on that phone by the time i
16:22finished the cafeteria had been cleaned out every single piece of food was gone i bought a sad protein
16:27bar from the vending machine and imagined it was lucian's chest as i bit down hard my phone buzzed
16:32baby why aren't you replying oh you want to start this fine i took a photo of my pathetic lunch
16:37eating this busy lucian freaked out that's not a real meal here
16:42order something i accepted it then i answered this stupid dog kept me so late i missed the cafeteria
16:48didn't get to eat because of him
16:52that guy is the worst disgusting i hope he's single forever but baby can you not call him a dog
16:58you promised i was the only ones also baby did you like the video i sent i swallowed the last
17:04bite of
17:04my protein bar and typed that video was disgusting i deleted it immediately men who don't respect
17:10themselves are worthless and you you're a worthless man who's already been seen by someone else
17:15you think you deserve to be my only puppy a string of voice messages came through i played them and
17:21sure
17:21enough i heard him crying please if you don't like that side of me i can change i'll be anything
17:27you
17:27want if you want pure i'll be pure if you want obedient i'll be obedient and if you want to
17:32be
17:32with others i'm okay with not being your only one just let me be your favorite he was the future
17:38alpha
17:38of an entire pack everyone on campus was afraid of him and in those voice messages he sounded like a
17:44puppy left in the rain i finally felt good revenge
17:48i let him spiral in his own misery and opened the video again i wasn't deleting it not a chance
17:54in the video the silver lines at his nape glowed faintly under the light the gold ring flickered at
17:59the edges of his pupils a wolf state when excited or stressed he'd shown me the most sensitive most
18:04vulnerable parts of himself and i'd used them to hurt him i closed the video something was growing in
18:09my chest sour and full and i couldn't name it i'd gone to bed at 5 30 and hadn't napped
18:14by the
18:14afternoon training session i was barely holding on before the drills lucian did a uniform inspection
18:20going person by person fixing caps and collars when he got to me he furrowed his brow like usual
18:25i'd gotten used to this face so i stared straight ahead i was so tired and hot he pointed at
18:30my face
18:31what's that on your cheek i wiped it with the back of my hand and glanced at it oh blueberry
18:36jam from
18:36that protein bar lucian's breathing hitched his pupils dilated sharply the gold ring surged from the
18:42edges of his irises like a switch had been flipped his nostrils moved quickly repeatedly he was
18:47smelling the blueberry jam on my face a human might just see jam but a wolf's nose would break it
18:54down
18:54into countless details brand ingredients when it was eaten where it was bought the silver lines at
18:59his nape peeked out from under his hairline glowing in the sunlight what was he going to yell at me
19:04for
19:04not wiping my face too then slowly lucian's lips curved upward his usually tight brow loosened like butter
19:10melting nora i looked up puzzled yeah the corners of his eyes were red his pupils glistened the gold
19:17ring was fading slowly reluctantly like it didn't want to leave was he still upset about what i'd said
19:21at lunch without the cold mask he actually looked like a pitiful puppy my throat tightened something
19:27stirred in my chest then he stepped back his fingers twitched at his side thumb and forefinger
19:31pressing together then releasing forget it and he moved on to the next row i shook my head the sun
19:37was
19:37frying my brain for a second i thought he'd recognized me but that was impossible lucian's
19:42training was as brutal as ever sophie as always was miserable can someone stop this demon i can't
19:47take it anymore nora just faint or something then i'll take you to the nurse and we can both rest
19:53i gave her a dead look
19:57have you ever hit concrete you'd knock yourself out anyway i'll catch you promise faint away
20:03lucian's sharp eyes cut toward us his ear twitched almost imperceptibly a wolf's instinct to catch
20:08distant sounds we both shut up then my vision blurred everything went dark i was falling backwards
20:13oh no i hadn't eaten enough this was actually happening wait a second i wasn't ready unreliable
20:20idiot i was going to hit the ground then a pair of arms cocked the grip around my waist was
20:24shockingly
20:25strong like iron wait sophie's arms weren't that solid i blinked lucian's face filled my blurry vision
20:31his pupils were completely gold not just the edges but the whole iris wolf's pupils changed color in
20:36extreme distress or loss of control this was his mask shattering the silver lines at his nape were
20:41fully lit running from his hairline down his spine like ancient markings awakened and for a second i
20:46thought i saw concern on his face fear anxiety pain it was probably just the sun
20:53lucian spoke quietly nora are you i shoved him away and leaned on sophie when i pushed him the gold
20:59ring
20:59dimmed for an instant like a flame pressed down by wind he bit his lower lip his canines leaving
21:04too small dents he was going to say something like nora don't fake it go run more laps i'm
21:09hypo cocosemic sir low blood sugar yeah lucian nora didn't get lunch let her rest i expected him to
21:16force me to keep going he never made exceptions then i saw something i'd never seen on his face guilt
21:21it
21:22flashed too fast but i caught it he took a deep breath his throat moving as he swallowed then announced
21:27everyone break rest in the shade for an hour then softer so soft it came from deep in his throat
21:33nora i'll take you to the nurse you might be dehydrated no i'm fine i'll rest here i couldn't
21:39be alone with him i'd say something stupid and reveal everything lucian nodded all right whatever
21:44you want it was such a simple concession but from him it felt surreal as sophie helped me toward the
21:49shade
21:50i looked back he hadn't moved those gold ring pupils blazed in the sunlight fixed on me without
21:55blinking as we rested lucian disappeared then a few minutes later cafeteria staff came over with
22:02coolers full of lemonade he bought drinks for everyone students were stunned then they erupted
22:07in cheers everyone had forgotten how strict he was i took my lemonade but didn't drink it
22:14something felt off i turned to sophie doesn't this seem weird why is he being so nice suddenly
22:19sophie was already sipping her drink because you almost passed out he probably panicked about getting
22:24in trouble that made sense maybe sophie nudged me too bad i didn't faint i'd have gotten to be
22:31carried by him what did his chest feel like shut up he just caught me nothing else yeah but everyone
22:39saw it he's always so careful to keep distance he's not like some other instructors who go out with
22:45students i nodded who would even want to date their instructor anyway that's so weird i'd never
22:53like someone like lucian the online puppy though that guy i could maybe date behind me someone cleared
22:59their throat i turned around lucian stood behind me pale-faced holding a small bag the gold ring in his
23:05eyes had completely faded his gray irises were blank like thick ice but his throat moved once twice
23:11like he was swallowing hard the silver lines at his nape glowed faintly at the edge of his hairline
23:16pulsing like a heartbeat he stood there gripping the bag's handle his knuckles white i didn't know how
23:21long he'd been there or how much he'd heard but the thin layer of wetness in his eyes told me
23:25he'd heard
23:25it he'd heard me say i'd never like someone like lucian the gold ring flickered deep in his pupils once
23:30then died like a light someone had turned off from the inside oh no had he heard what i said
23:35about him
23:36i forced a smile instructor lucian you look pale don't get heat choke
23:42he blinked as if returning to himself i'm fine here he handed me the paper bag inside was a small
23:48blueberry muffin sophie gasped you bought nora a muffin wait it was my favorite flavor and he knew i
23:54loved blueberries coincidence or had he figured out who i was i'd even said i'd never like him if he
23:59knew
23:59my identity hearing that should have made him angry but he just looked hurt i stared at the muffin
24:04heart pounding lucian noticed me hesitating and stepped back the cafeteria gave me extra i thought
24:10you might need it so you don't pass out again it's my responsibility as an instructor nothing more
24:14despite his flat tone i could hear something wounded underneath when his eyes dropped the gold ring
24:19flickered at the edge of his iris like something had pricked him and he was pulling back maybe he wasn't
24:24suspicious maybe he was just scared i'd collapse again if i'd known passing out would make him nice
24:29i'd have done it days ago lucian sat in the shade a few feet away and pulled out his phone
24:34seconds later mine buzzed i opened the chat app there were many messages from earlier the most
24:39recent one read to earn master's love your puppy will do anything i looked up at him under the tree
24:44he looked so forlorn
24:47he was turned slightly away from me sunlight filtering through leaves casting shifting patches of light and
24:53shadow across his face he wasn't looking at me just staring at his phone screen thumb brushing
24:57across at once then still the silver lines on his nape were dim in the shadow like something sleeping
25:02that profile looked so quiet so lonely so different from the zero discipline ice wolf on the training
25:08ground he could use his pheromones to make everyone afraid of him but instead he was curled there like a
25:13dog with its tail tucked waiting for its owner to come back my resolve cracked i accepted his earlier
25:18transfers then i sent him a head pad emoji when i put my phone down i looked at him again
25:23he was still
25:24sitting there phone in hand thumb frozen on the screen the light from his phone reflected on his
25:28face he was staring at the head pad emoji i'd sent the gold ring slowly rose from his gray irises
25:33very
25:34slowly like water beginning to flow under ice the corner of his mouth twitched upward barely then pressed
25:39flat again
25:42something shifted over the next few days lucian changed he smiled well he almost did he let the class train
25:48in
25:48the shade everyone thanked me for the change he also nominated me as the squad leader for the end
25:53of term combat demonstration good for my grade when he trained me one-on-one his voice was soft and
25:58patient he'd stand close adjust my stance gently and explain things in a low murmur but sometimes he'd
26:04look at me like he wanted to say something the gold ring in his eyes would flicker in the sunlight
26:08like it wanted to surface but kept getting pushed back down the silver lines at his nape would sometimes
26:13glow faintly a sign of emotional fluctuation in wolves every time he got near me he'd unconsciously
26:19inhale like he was capturing my scent then he'd close his eyes and when he opened them the gold
26:24had dimmed again i assumed he was trying to apologize for the day i'd collapsed but he couldn't bring
26:28himself to say it and since he was being nice i stopped tormenting him online neither of us brought
26:33up meeting again i thought maybe we could just keep doing this forever
26:38he was a wolf i was human in real life he was everyone's alpha online he was my puppy that
26:44was
26:45best he'd never know who i was and i'd never have to face the retaliation of a wounded alpha's pride
26:50after the final demonstration the real semester began sophie dragged me to a mixer our guys are boring
26:58it'll be fun the guys weren't from our school they were from the neighboring pack academy and they
27:03were good looking every type you could ask for sweet athletic charming and then i saw him lucian what
27:09was he doing here he saw me and his eyes lit up the gold ring rose from deep in his
27:13pupils bright
27:13for an instant then retreated his nostrils twitched slightly like he was confirming something i glared
27:19at him and turned away he was here looking for a new master fine if he could shop around so
27:23could i
27:24i marched over to the nearest guy and sat down across from him he was cute polite and blushed when
27:29i
27:29talked to him perfect nora you look even better than your photo wait you know who i am your roommate
27:38put your picture in the group chat half the guys here came for you great sophie was using me as
27:43bait
27:44but the guy was nice we shared the same taste in food he pushed a dessert toward me try this
27:50i think
27:51you'll like it i was about to take a bite when a hand grabbed my wrist the grip was firm
27:55but not
27:55painful restrained to the absolute limit at the same time a thick scent of pine washed over me from
28:00behind carrying cold dominance lucian stood there eyes red rimmed don't eat it it has mango you're
28:06allergic his whole body was a wolf on the edge of losing control using every ounce of willpower not
28:12to shift right there all eyes in the mixer turned toward us the other wolf students could feel his
28:16dominance several lower ranked wolves had gone pale and stepped back how did lucian know about my mango
28:21allergy i hadn't even told sophie the realization hit me like a freight train i'd only told one
28:26person about it my online puppy which meant lucian knew who i was the guy looked at lucian at those
28:32blazing gold pupils then at me amused you two have a history yes no
28:40eventually under lucian's stare that golden dominant alpha stare the guy made a graceful exit lucian sat down
28:46across from me when he sat his shoulders dropped heavily and the silver lines at his nape dimmed
28:51slowly the gold retreating back into his pupils but his hand was still shaking the one gripping my
28:56wrist hadn't let go silence stretched between us my heart was pounding so loud i was sure he could hear
29:01it his pine scent had shifted something bitter mixed in like burnt wood wolf pheromones changed when they
29:06were in extreme distress his voice came out soft and broken like it had been ground down from deep in
29:11his
29:11throat master are you going to abandon your puppy i swallowed hard how long have you known the day
29:18you had blueberry jam on your face i thought back i'd sent him a photo of the protein bar wrapper
29:23blueberry flavored then he'd seen the same jam on my face that's it you guessed from that
29:31lucian's gray eyes locked onto mine without blinking the hotel lobby your lock screen photo the way you
29:37said a stupid dog ruined your lunch too many coincidences to be coincidences his voice dropped
29:43you knew too didn't you you've known from the beginning i felt a flash of guilt but i'd gotten
29:48used to being dominant with him so i flipped it around if you hadn't been so horrible to me during
29:53training if you hadn't singled me out every single day i wouldn't have had to hide it lucian didn't
29:57argue he didn't defend himself he lowered his head and the silver lines at his nape flickered once at the
30:03edge of his hairline before dimming i'm sorry there's a reason then he explained on the very
30:08first day of training he picked me as a squad leader candidate good form good attitude natural
30:14leadership he pushed me harder because he wanted me to earn it to prove to everyone that i deserved it
30:18and he'd been cold because last year when he'd been friendly to a student she'd harassed him for
30:23months he'd learned his lesson and also wolf alpha instincts make us protective of those we care
30:29about that instinct is strong so strong that if i don't control it properly i might
30:35might do things that break the rules
30:39i stared at him this reason was completely unexpected lucian's face flushed with embarrassment
30:44i overcorrected i know that now then i slammed my hand on the table fine let's say i believe you
30:49what are you doing at a mixture this isn't exactly instructor territory his voice turned pleading the
30:54gold ring flickering wetly at the edges of his pupils because i knew you'd be here master are you
31:01really gonna find a new puppy i crossed my arms you knew who i was and you didn't tell me
31:06you let me
31:07twist in the why should i keep you because you said you'd never like instructor lucian i heard you that
31:13day by the tree you said you'd never date someone like me i was terrified that if i told you
31:19if you knew
31:20i was the one who'd been your puppy all along you'd walk away i remembered that conversation he'd heard
31:25everything what a mess so this is my fault
31:29he shook his head frantically then reached across the table and took my hand his grip was cold but
31:35the gold ring burned in the depths of his eyes the silver lines at his nape glowed faintly pulsing
31:40pulsing like a heartbeat waiting for an answer no no master it's mine all mine i'll be good
31:46i'll be whatever you need just please please don't replace me his hand was cold but his eyes
31:52burned my heart twisted i was his master yes but he'd been the one spoiling me the one who always
31:58gave the one who never asked for anything but my attention a wolf who willingly set aside his alpha
32:03pride there wouldn't be another one like him in the world lucian i nora lucian oh my god sophie's voice
32:11cut through the room like a siren everyone turned to stare i buried my face in my hands to escape
32:16the
32:16chaos lucian took me to his apartment off campus while i was changing my shoes he said casually if
32:21you like it here it's yours i'll transfer the title tomorrow i looked around something about it felt
32:28familiar this is where you filmed all those videos isn't it lucian's face went red he nodded my breath
32:34caught a thrill ran through me i grabbed his collar and yanked him down until our noses were almost touching
32:39his throat bobbed his pine scent had thickened so thick it was like an entire forest closing in around me
32:44his pheromones releasing automatically with excitement if you want me to keep you you'll
32:50have to earn it go get the chain and the bells he disappeared into the bedroom when he called me
32:56in
32:56he was wearing the same black shirt and pants i'd seen at the hotel the chest chain was visible through
33:01the open collar the gold in the dim light was shockingly bright the silver lines at his nape
33:06extended down from his hairline like markings waiting to be touched that's too many clothes
33:10you said you like restrained that was before i met you
33:18now i like shameless lucian bit his lip and stripped off each piece slow and deliberate the
33:24silver chain gleamed the little bells jingled with every movement the silver lines on his nape fully
33:28illuminated running down his spine glowing silver gray in the light i took in the view stand right
33:34there don't move feet together hands at your sides he blinked in confusion huh revenge he'd made me
33:41stand for hours now it was his turn he stood there eyes glassy looking at me like i was his
33:46entire world
33:47the gold ring pupils in the darkness looked like two flames dancing his nape markings pulsed with each
33:52breath like a silent metronome he was so good master so pretty when he cried i felt my mouth go
33:58dry
33:58one button at a time don't move if you do i'm finding a new puppy lucian's eyes went wide sweat
34:06beaded on his forehead the gold nearly burned through his entire iris i crooked my finger he
34:11lunged faster than i could track a wolf's explosive strength is several times a human's he crossed the
34:16distance in half a second
34:19at 6 17 am my phone exploded with notifications it buzzed non-stop until it rattled off the nightstand
34:25and hit the floor before i could even open my eyes sophie was already pounding on my door
34:30nora wake up the campus forum is blowing up lucian's treading and it's about you i grabbed my phone
34:37the wolf pack forum showed 9.99 plus notifications the top post read instructor lucian seen leaving the
34:44mixer with a female student who is she under the title was a photo of lucian gripping my wrist as
34:49he led me out through the side exit my stomach dropped the comments refreshed faster than i could
34:53read them i've never seen instructor blackwood touch a student that's the freshman he carried
34:57to the infirmary weren't those blueberry muffins for her so the ice king is actually chasing someone
35:02no one was questioning whether a human deserved him everyone was talking about the same thing
35:07lucian blackwood had made the first move sophie rushed into my room before i could react
35:13what happened after the mixer i saw the way he looked at that guy trying to hand you a drink
35:17nora that wasn't normal give me three seconds she finally fell silent i opened my chat with lucian
35:24every message had been sent after 3 am master did i make you angry i couldn't stand seeing him so
35:29close
35:29to you i'm sorry the last message read northgate i'll wait until you come my nose suddenly stung the
35:35forum was losing its mind over us but all he cared about was whether i'd forgive him lucian was waiting
35:40beneath the trees by the north gate leaning against the low stone wall with his head lowered he wasn't
35:45wearing his instructor's uniform his dark jacket was unbuttoned at the collar revealing the silver
35:50chain i'd picked for him morning sunlight brushed the back of his neck where the silver mark looked
35:54darker than usual the moment he heard my footsteps he looked up the golden ring around his gray eyes
35:59flared for an instant before he lowered his gaze again master he'd actually called me master right here
36:05where anyone on campus could walk past i stopped in front of him what time did you get here 4
36:1250
36:13you've been waiting here all morning i couldn't sleep i kept thinking you'd be angry i was asleep
36:19his smile was forced i know i was still scared you always get low blood sugar in the morning
36:33so you're not mad his shoulders relaxed instantly after a moment he hooked one finger around my sleeve
36:41then you won't leave me instead of answering i asked what happened to the forum i had the photos
36:46removed but people already saved screenshots i can't erase everything then what are you worried about he
36:51looked at me eyes full of unease i'm afraid you'll think all this is too much trouble
36:55and decide you don't want me anymore i flicked his forehead
37:01ow dumb dog when did i ever say i didn't want you
37:06he froze the gold flooded his eyes and the silver mark at his neck glowed beneath the morning sun
37:11still a master what can i hug you there are people everywhere i'll behave he never let go of my
37:20sleeve
37:20my phone buzzed puppy almost died of fright thanks for forgiving me master
37:26i looked up his ears were bright red we stayed by the north gate a little longer lucian kept half
37:31a step
37:32behind me close enough for me to catch the familiar scent of pine and steel his alpha pheromones were
37:37slipping out again subtle but impossible for another werewolf to miss my phone buzzed with another form
37:42notification a new video had been uploaded it was only a few seconds long pulled from a security camera
37:47near the mixer side entrance the footage showed lucian stepping between me and the guy who had
37:51tried to hand me a drink the comments were already exploding territory behavior lucian blackwood is
37:56jealous wait are his ears actually red i turned my phone toward him he glanced at the screen before
38:02gently lowering my hand don't look why were your ears really red no they're still red he immediately
38:10pulled his collar over half his face leaving only those bright golden eyes exposed i laughed so hard
38:15my shoulders shook don't laugh why not because wanna get clingy that only made me laugh harder he quietly
38:28hooked a finger around my sleeve again when did you see the forum post the moment it went up
38:34and your first thought he fell silent i thought you might leave me because of all the trouble
38:39but if someone gets that close to you again i'll still stop them i looked at his lowered lashes
38:43and burning red ears that's surprisingly honest so you don't think i'm too possessive
38:52i think i allow it the golden ring in his eyes blazed instantly he rested his forehead lightly
38:58against my shoulder for one brief second before stepping back morning class is about to start
39:03i know i'll save you a blueberry muffin at lunch his finger was still hooked around my sleeve i nodded
39:09and
39:10turned to leave master i looked back standing beneath the tree he smiled for the first time that morning
39:15i'll try not to be so hard on you today i'll believe it when i see it