Chapter 4

Dahlia ~

“So you’re saying we have to sleep with them?” Sienna’s brow arched in suspicion. “I’m not losing my virginity to these mindless savages.”

“Do you want to get caught?” I whisper-yelled. “Our virginities are nothing compared to what’s at stake.”

We were in the dorm bathroom, having skipped class for privacy.

“Kaden’s just trying to get into our pants. Our scents aren’t that strong yet,” she argued.

“They will be. Soon we won’t be able to control them and then it’s too late,” I said.

Sienna slid down the wall, face in her hands. “I hate my life.”

“Me too. But we have to—”

Voices filled the dorm room. They’re back early… classes weren’t over for another hour.

“We need to go,” I said.

I opened the door too fast and collided face-first into a hard chest. We crashed to the floor and somehow, I ended up straddling Kaden, my chest pressed to his.

My blood heated instantly and my feminine voice slipped out before I could stop it, “Oh, I’m so sorry—”

I clapped a hand over my mouth.

The other three boys stood watching. Kaden shoved me off like trash and stood with a scowl on his face.

My eyes flicked down for half a second and there was an unmistakable bulge on his pants, he stormed out the bathroom and slammed the door.

“That was awkward,” I said, forcing my voice deeper.

Silas and Aurelian stared with clenched jaws, there was a hint of something primal in their eyes. Orion pushed his glasses up, scrutinizing us.

Sienna grabbed a bottle of perfume, sprayed me liberally and dragged me out of the room.

Once we were far enough down the empty hallway she spun on me. “I understand now. They could smell your arousal, Dahlia, they know what we are.”

“Fuck,” I curse.

Vincent’s voice boomed from the far end. “Caleb and Theo! You both look a mess. Why weren’t you in class?”

We both look at him speechless and he shakes his head with exasperation.

“The Proprietress wants a word.”

We followed him to her office. Naima sat behind her desk, scarlet curls cascading over her shoulders. She dismissed Vincent with a nod.

“Your Majesties. I’ve been expecting you,” she says and Sienna and I stared in shock.

Sienna and I exchanged an utterly confused glance.

“Y- you know?” the words left my mouth in a jumble.

Instead of responding, she unbuttoned the first two buttons of her shirt and dragged it across her shoulder to reveal a sigil just underneath her collar bone.

The Scarvyn Sigil, she was one of us.

“I want you girls to know that you are not alone here, our people rally strongly behind you and we are rooting for you to help us avenge the deaths of our people and the destruction of our kingdom.” she explained.

“I am Naima and I was sent to this very school for the purpose of helping you girls find the Kingmaker gemstone.” she said.

“Do you know where it is?” Sienna spoke first.

“Not yet, I have only been here for about a month but surely, soon enough we will find it.”

“How will you guys feed?” she asked the question that had been pressing on my mind for so long.

Scarvyns needed to feed on fresh blood daily to prevent us from going rogue and becoming savages.

Back at home, our foster parents knew what we were so they always provided us with blood from blood banks and it sufficed.

But here, there was no donor in sight. Only a bunch of alpha’s with delicious looking necks.

Fuck… it had been days since I last fed and I was starving already.

“We haven't really thought of that yet, perhaps we can just control it until we find the gemstone.” Sienna said and Naima chuckled knowingly.

“You both wouldn't last a week without going rogue,” she said.

“My best advice to you both is to do like our people have done for years, find some trustworthy donors and feed, I have Vincent.” she said.

“And it would not be wise to let him know your identity so you unfortunately cannot feed on him too.”

Find a donor? The thought of doing that stressed me out beyond belief.

“I am leaving for a staff meeting now,” she buttoned her shirt back and rose from the desk grabbing her laptop. “You girls be good and stay focused on the goal.”

After she left, Sienna turned to me. “How the hell are we supposed to ask alphas for their blood without getting reported?”

“I have an idea.” I said to Sienna.

By nightfall, everyone had gotten back from prep and getting ready to sleep.

“So when we're you going to tell us you were girls?” Kaden asked and I widened my eyes in shock at his outright betrayal.

Before I could say anything, Orion tossed something at Sienna and I turned to see it was a sanitary pad.

Oh well.

“I was going to tell you guys tonight, because we would like to make a deal with you,” I did not bother deepening my voice.

Kaden tilted his head to the side as a knowing smirk graced his lips.

I could see the gears turning his head, he was probably asking himself if I was insane enough to do what I was about to.

He had no fucking idea.

“Offer us your blood and the four of you can fuck us both to reduce our pheromones,” I said.