Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Jasmine's POV

"Maybe I should not have come to school," Was the first thing I thought to myself when I stepped inside the hallway.

But I was so desperate to prove to myself, to Hardin and the entire school that they did not break me, especially after what had happened in the hallway yesterday, and then when he had abandoned me in the closet, crying my eyes out.

I had gone straight home immediately, afraid that I would be harassed some more or worse, have to explain to Nadia why I looked like I had cried my eyeballs out and was worried that I would not be able to keep it a secret.

My mother had come up to visit me when I had refused to come down, worried that I would not be able to eat if Hardin was sitting at that table and stomach the smirk on his face for making me cum even though it was without my consent and made me absolutely disgusted by myself.

I hated him so much for making me unable to tell my mother the truth like I had always done growing up, because I was worried about how she would react and what it would mean for her marriage. I had lied to her that I was coming down with the flu and because I had yet to shift into my wolf form, it was a lot easier for her to believe since actual werewolves were hardly ever ill.

I had spent most of the night tossing and turning on the bed, afraid of the door opening and revealing Hardin on the other side. I had even resorted to turning off my phone due to the amount of messages I kept getting about the rumour and offer from the boys at school to sleep with them.

Sleep deprived and tired, I arrived at school earlier than usual the next day in order to avoid having to face anyone in the hallway as if that was going to change the fact that we would be having classes together but at least, not everyone would be witness to my harassment today if it ever happened.

"Today, we will be doing something very different from what we usually do and this will require your cooperation and participation, Do you understand?" Miss Amy, our teacher for the lesson that was ongoing said, and there were murmurs as people wondered what kind of assignment she would give this time. Miss Amy was always known for her unconventionality in giving out tasks and on another day, perhaps a normal day before, I might have been excited to participate. But now, I wanted to just hide under a table and hope everyone forgets about me and that stupid rumour.

A note was passed to me and I should have not opened it but I was really worried about what it might be.

My eyes widening in shock and horror when I saw a quickly scribbled phone number and details of an address, with a short phrase that whoever wrote it used it as a medium to let me know exactly what he thought of me.

There were snickers all around me and when Miss Amy cleared her throat, the whispering simmered down even though I was still getting dirty looks from different people in the class.

"Like I said, today we will be doing something very different from what we have been doing since we started the new year."

She took a deep breath and opened her eyes, scanning the classroom.

"Something has been hidden somewhere in the woods. You will have only a specific amount of time to find the instrument in your wolf forms and the first person to discover what had been hidden wins. You can call it the hunt if you would like. May the best man win."

I heard someone ask Hardin if he was going and I heard a negative answer filled with what he truly believed was his doing, his answer "no" because he and some of the others believed that they were way past hunting like little kids because it looked cheap.

Speaking about the assignment after Miss Amy left and the class waiting for after recess during which wolves had been ordered to shift and participate in the task, I swallowed nervously in one corner, hoping that no one would remember me and the fact that till today, I had been unable to shift, my highest attempt at transformation limited to only my claws.

I had thought my prayer to be lucky was answered but like everything else, I just had to be wrong this day.

"So, tell us, Jasmine, since you are yet to shift, are you sure you should be in this class if it's difficult for you?" The voice of the person who had broken the jinx faded away as I heard all of the words that were thrown at me after that horrible question that was more or less a statement.

There were all sorts of whispers as I headed out of the class immediately and rounded the hallway, unable to stomach the words that I had heard and wondering if that was how people truly saw me.