“***Hector,” River said softly with her chin up.
“River.” Hector found himself singing her name. He hadn’t realized that Victoria had come to stand next to him.
“**Victoria,” River said with ease.
But Victoria couldn’t help being jealous of River. She looked jaw-droppingly gorgeous and Hector was all eyes for her only. “How are you, River?” she asked.
“Very fine,” River replied with confidence. She looked at Hunter and said, “Shall we go to the school?”
Hunter placed his arms on the small of her back. He kissed her temple and said, “Whatever you like, honey bun.”
The way Hunter was touching her made Hector jealous as ***. He didn’t know that River would turn out to be so beautiful. He would have never gone for Victoria in the first place. “Sure,” he said. He started thinking of ways to keep her back in the pack.
Hunter and River followed them in their own car to the school and they were followed by the Lycan warriors
The Headmistress, Mrs. Miller, was waiting for them. As soon as she saw Hector, she bowed to him and when she saw River, she was stunned. “H-how are you, River?” Standing next to Hunter, they looked like a match made in heaven.
“I am very well, Mrs. Miller, River said with a smile. “We are in a rush. Can I get my high school certificate as soon as possible?”
Hector coughed from behind. “Actually it is going to take at least two days for it. I had already talked to Mrs. Miller about it.” He lied through his teeth.
Mrs. Miller looked at Hector with confusion. “But-” she wanted to say it was ready.
Hector cut her off. “But why don’t you see your old school, River? I am sure you would want to visit your old class for
|memories sake.”
River let out a rough exhale. “My memories of school weren’t good.” She curled her arm into Hunter’s.
“But we can visit the green house if you like.”
Hector flinched. That was where he had attacked her and threatened her to never reveal to anyone that she was his mate “Sure!” He hated the way she was hanging on Hunter. “But the students of your class want to meet you. Would you like to meet them?”
River looked up at Hunter who rewarded her with a broad smile. “Anything for you, buttercup.”
“Okay, I can go and meet them,” she said. Then she said to the headmistress, “I will be back in hardly an hour. Please see what you can do until then.”
“I will.” Mrs. Miller was utterly confused now.
Along with Hunter, River walked into the corridor that led to her former class Memories of how everyone ridiculed her, flooded her mind. She took a deep breath in to calm herself Seeing her nervous, Hunter grabbed her hand and squeezed it lightly as if to are her that he was with her And River felt assured with him.
Hector and Victoria walked ahead with them. They reached the class and when Hector announced that their former classmate, River had come to meet them, most of them sneered, their hatred apparent on their faces. But the moment they saw her with Alpha Hunter, their demeanor changed. They all looked at him with wonder, some pitying her for being his breeder while some getting jealous seeing their intertwined hands. They also noticed how beautiful and confident she had become. She was no longer the same old craggy, thin and depressed girl they were used to seeing.
Awkward murmurs and silence crept in the air and River realized that Hector brought her here to embarrass her or rernind her how she was dealt with earlier. She put her chin high and gave them a rebellious smile “It’s great to see you all. Hope you all are doing well!” Some smiled while some glared at her but no one dared to speak a word against her. It was her aura that compelled them not to speak but they couldn’t point it out.
Seeing her impact on the students, Victoria was surprised. She said, “Let us go to the greenhouse. It has changed drastically ever since you have left.”
The greenhouse was the only place that River used to spend her time when she was alone, which was most of her time in the school. It stung her when Victoria said that it had changed a lot. Maybe Victoria wanted to make her feel bad about it.. Well, she was ready to move on. In fact, she had moved on..
When she entered the greenhouse, she saw that it had changed a lot for the worse. The roses that she was so fond of were no longer there. Most of the plants were drying up and no one really cared about it.
Buckets, shovels, hoses and other tools were lying scattered everywhere. River realized why Victoria brought her here. She chuckled and said, to her “The greenhouse looks quite like your ***state now.”
“What do you mean?” Victoria growled.
River looked at Hunter, ignoring him, said, “Let’s go, Hunter I am done.”
“Wait” Hector stopped them “I came to show you the greenhouse to take ideas from you. When you were here, it was blooming”
Victoria’s ***fell to the floor at how he insulled her. “Hector, we don’t need her opinions about the greenhouse. I can- He hissed at her. “***up.”
Victoria snapped her ******at the obvious insult and looked hatefully at River.
“I don’t have any opinions about it,” River replied. Along with Hunter, she walked back to the headmistress’s office.
“But I am sure that the headmistress isn’t done with her work, River!” Hector tried to stop her. “It will take a day to make the certificate for you.”
“Then we will wait for it in the hotel,” she said and continued to walk.
“Why don’t you join me and Victoria for a tour of the pack?” Hector suggested.
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