Xavier Never before have I hated my exceptional hearing until now. No, that wasn’t true. Every day of my life, having to live alongside humans has been a headache. They are loud, messy, and my only place of peace has been my home. Until now. I rested my elbow on the marble island and pinched the bridge of my nose as Ruby continued to pound on her door on the fourth floor. Is she going to get tired at any point? She’s been at it for an hour. My hand slid to my cheek as I sat there, still shocked that she had slapped me. She’s brave, I’ll give her that. Or maybe she isn’t as smart as she looks. What human slaps a werewolf when they are fully aware that a werewolf could rip them to shreds? Images from the night I had killed those men flashed in my mind, and my face morphed into a deep s

