Liam
The next morning I felt like I practically skipped into the shower. All I could think about was last night and how I had managed to get Aria to cuddle up with me under her blanket while we watched the show she had introduced us to. She is so god damn beautiful and funny and perfect and the best mate I could ever have wished for. I was going to have to speak with the guys about her later. It was pretty obvious that we all felt it. We all knew that we were fated for the same mate. It was common to share mates in our world. Sykes and I had always been more than friends or brothers. We had only acted on those feelings once but with Aria sandwiched between us the possibilities seemed endless. My cock had been rock hard since I woke up and I grabbed hold of the base while I leant under the spray. I had slept in the shirt I wore last night because it was covered in Aria’s scent. I could still smell it now and I thought about all her soft curves as I worked my cock over with my hand. I ran my thumb around the head spreading out the pre-cum that was leaking out wishing it was her tongue. I would give anything to have her and Sykes both on their knees in front of me right now licking and sucking my cock together. Fuck that image was just bliss and I couldn’t help but fist my cock harder before I came with a groan. Aria wasn’t used to our world but she had fit in so seamlessly with us yesterday. I needed to test the water to see how she would feel about moving things along. She must be feeling the mate pull as well but it was going to be confusing to her and there was obviously something in her past that still haunted her. Shit, I should probably wait but the need to slip my cock down her throat was almost overwhelming and I felt myself getting hard again already. It was going to be a long day today.
I dressed in my gym clothes and headed down to the gym where Sykes and Kyle were waiting for me. My shower had lasted slightly longer than usual
because I had to try and tame my cock before being able to get out. I glanced around the gym as I walked inside. Aria didn’t seem to be here yet.
“If she was here, she would be with us brother” Kyle smiled watching me search for her.
“Do you both feel it as well?” I asked trying to be vague because who knew who was listening to us. We should probably have discussed this yesterday but between being desperate to be back with her and then beat when we finally made our way to bed in the early hours of the morning, we just hadn’t had the chance.
Sykes signed dreamily and then tried to subtly adjust himself in his joggers. Kyle laughed “I think we can take that as a yes.”
I was just about to ask them what we should do when she walked into the gym looking hesitantly around her before seeing us and giving us a shy smile. She was wearing a slightly embellished gym uniform and I wasn’t sure how well that was going to go for her. They were pretty strict here. I hadn’t realised it until yesterday but she was right that the girl’s uniforms were pretty revealing but that was just the way of our society. Females were rarer than males and they tended to put it all out on display to try and tempt the right mate to them. Not everyone found their fated mates and some just settled with whoever took their fancy. From what I could see she had the same yoga pants, sports bra and gym shoes on as everyone else but she had also slipped a black t-shirt on over the top. It shouldn’t matter because all the guys were wearing joggers and black t-shirts but Caleb who taught this class was a bit of a hard ass. I was just about to warn her when he walked in and the first thing he obviously saw was Aria.
“You must be the new student,” he said looking her up and down. My panther growled in my head at his blatant inspection of our mate “you’re two weeks behind the others but we can catch you up. From where you lived I guess you’ve got some fight experience.” He asked looking at her.
This surprised me. I knew she had a sassy mouth on her but where had she lived that made him think she could fight.
“I’ve got some moves” she replied coolly.
“New students run through the fight simulation at level one. This gives you one combatant to take down. You can incapacitate or kill, it’s an illusion so it doesn’t matter. Once you run through the first level I will assess where you will place in the class rankings by trying you out with higher levels if necessary.” Caleb explained.
Della the witch bitch who had tried to make a show in the cafeteria yesterday came sauntering in and stood next to Caleb with a devious smile on her face. She was going to be trouble. She clearly fancied herself as top bitch and was worried that Aria would take that spot from her. Which was actually quite funny. If she had even bothered to get to know Aria she would have realised that she wasn’t bothered about those kinds of things.
“Sounds fair” Aria nodded. She was clearly taking this seriously and from looking at the figure which her uniform did absolutely nothing to hid she was no stranger to working out.
The whole class was murmuring and shuffling about behind us. They were clearly anxious to see what Aria was capable of. I don’t think she realised just how significant her presence here was. No one had ever had any interactions with a halfblood before and when it came out that she was mated to us opinion was going to be split. Kyle’s father was the Alpha of our pack and every female in the school had set their eyes on him and Sykes and me by extension. I was a rare shifter and that came with its own prestige. We were always going to be a package deal. It wasn’t because they liked him. They just liked the idea of what his position in the pack could do for them. Aria had no idea about his father and no idea about pack politics. It was one of the things that made her perfect for us.
“Before we get started you need to take off the shirt, it’s not part of uniform” Caleb said pointing at her.
“Sorry but no” Aria said crossing her arms over her chest. “I don’t need to run around with tits bouncing free to be able to show you that I can fight” she said gesturing to Della’s very revealing sports bra.
Caleb at first seemed taken aback. He was fair but he was also strict. “It’s the uniform, we don’t get any say in what it is, it just is. You will need to remove it before we can start.” He shrugged.
“Again, sorry but no” she shrugged. It seemed that there was going to be a bit of a stalemate here.
Della’s evil grin stretched wide. “What’s wrong you keeping some halfblood deformity under there” she laughed. A few of the students behind us laughed as well and I could feel Sykes slight tremble as he tried to suppress his growl.
“Look, I get that you enjoy having it all bouncing out there for the world to see but I don’t see why it’s necessary. I’m happy to explain my view to the headmaster if that is going to make your life easier.” She reasonably said to Caleb who looked a little like he wasn’t sure what to do about the situation.
“No need” said Della raising her hands and with a flick of her wrist the t- shirt which had been on Aria just disappeared leaving her in the standard uniform.
The whole class gasped. There was no suppressing the growls coming from Sykes and Kyle as well. Everyone had a clear view of Aria’s back and I couldn’t even wrap my head around what she must have been through. There was not a single piece of her back which we could see that wasn’t covered in scars. Some were thick lash marks, others were thin lines, there
were even round scars that looked like cigarette burns. She had been tortured. Consistently. Over a very prolonged period of time.
Caleb who was stood in front of Aria with the smirking Della clearly didn’t realise what was going on but could see the shocked looks on everyone’s faces. Perhaps he just thought it was the disappearing top that had upset everyone but his next words out of his mouth couldn’t have been any worse as he tried to diffuse the situation. “Look, Aria I know that being ripped from your old life must have been painful …”
“What do you know of pain?” she screamed at him.
Della’s smirk stretched even wider and Caleb’s face just turned an angry red. He was clearly getting ready to blow. Kyle ripped his own t-shirt off and stepped to Aria’s side. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder and tried to pass her the shirt. She shrugged him off before storming past Caleb towards the doors. She never took the shirt and she never attempted to cover her back and a part of me was proud of her for not trying to hide away. Caleb turned to shout at her as she stormed past but as soon as he saw the scars littering her back, he blew out an exhale and softly swore “shit”.
Aria paused at the double doors leading out the gym with a hand on each door. She clearly wanted to leave and I would definitely go with her if she did. I wasn’t about to leave her with this alone but I held my breath and just hoped that she would turn around and come back. She needed to see this through. She couldn’t let the rest of the class see any weakness in her. It felt likes hours that she stood there while we all waited with bated breath but in reality, it must have only been minutes, if that. Her hands turned to fists and she slammed them against the door before turning back around and storming back to us.
“Fine, you want to see what I can do? Set it up, I’ll show you what I can do” she seethed.
I had never been more proud in my life.
