Shadows by Twilight

xvii

In the morning, I got myself ready for school. Azrael came in and sat on the bed as he finished up. “Are you sure you want to go to school? You should rest up.”

I shook my head, “No. I want to go. I’ll feel suffocated here.” I turned and smiled at him. “Let’s go.” When we got downstairs, Azariah wasn’t anywhere to be found. “Did he leave early?”

Azrael looked around, “I guess so. It’s weird, he wouldn’t leave without you.” I nodded and shrugged. I think it’s better that way. But I spoke too soon. When we opened the door to leave, Azariah walked up to us. 

“I’m sorry. I had something to take care of.” His smile scared me. “If you’re ready, let’s go.” He reached over and grabbed my hand. I tried to pull away, but he pulled me closer. “You better behave Z, I don’t want to hurt your friends.” 

I looked up at him, why did he have to come. All the way to school he held my hand. I took Azrael’s arm in mines, to feel a little safe. When we reached the school, I slipped away to my locker, while the teacher was explaining things to Azariah.  

Keonhee was waiting for me by my locker. I don’t know why but I felt happy to see him. I ran up to him and hugged him. I let him tap into my mind, just like I tapped into his. 

“I’m scared that something bad is going to happen now that my brother is here.” Keonhee wrapped his arms around me and placed his face by my neck. 

“Don’t worry. I’m here to protect you. Not just me, the rest of the guys as well. But lean more on me. I’ll be by your side nonstop now. I don’t care if your brother gets upset.”

I nodded, “ I’ll make sure he doesn’t hurt you. I promise.”

“I’m the one who was supposed to say that.” He giggled. 

“Excuse me.” Keonhee and I looked over at the owner of that voice. Azariah was standing there glaring at Keonhee, “Aren’t you being too touchy?”

Keonhee was about to respond, but Seoho came running over and hugged me. 

“My girlfriend is so pretty today,” Seoho told me and gave me a light kiss on the lips. 

I placed my fingers on my lips, “Right girlfriend.” 

“Izora,” Azariah called over. I think he was ready to kill them both. 

“Actually, I need to talk to you Seo.” I ignored Azariah.

Seoho pouted, “I don’t like the tone.”

I grabbed his hands, “You’re adorable, funny, I can be myself with you. But I don’t think it’s right to be your girlfriend.” 

“Uh, why?” 

I smiled at him, “I’m still unsure about my feelings. My mind is a mess right now, and I feel like we rushed into this. I want to be really sure that my feelings lie with you, and that they’re real in order to be your girlfriend. I don’t want to lie nor pretend.” 

He gave me a small smile and hugged me, “Fine. But I’ll make you fall for me for sure.” 

“Well, you have competition. Cause I want her to fall for me.” Keonhee said as he held my other hand.

“I guess I have to make sure to win this battle and beat you guys like I always do.” We turned around and saw Leedo walking over with Xion.

“Look at you. You have three guys who already confessed their feelings for you Izora. This is going to be interesting.” Xion smirked mischievously. 

We ignored Azariah, he just watched as they came up to me and he felt his blood burning.

“No one will take you away from me Z. I’ll kill them if that is what they want.” Xion and I looked over at him. Xion glared at him and smirked. I quickly released my hands from the guys. 

“Let’s go to class.” I smiled weakly and walked away. Azariah pushed the guys to the side and followed behind. 

Xion

There is something seriously wrong with this guy. I waited until they were far away, and turned to the guys. 

“You guys need to be careful of him,” I told them.

 Leedo looked down in concern at me, “Did you hear him say something to her?” 

I nodded, “I think he is more than willing to kill you guys if you try to go after Izora. Just be careful. I also think Izora will start being careful around you guys, so don’t take it to heart.” 

Hwanwoong

I ran up to Ravn when I saw him. When he noticed me running he walked up to me and carried me into a hug. 

“Hey put me down. We have to look for the guys, It’s important.”

“Not until you give me a kiss.” He smirked.

“Yea! We’re in school, are you crazy” I hit him on the chest.

“Then I guess looking for the guys isn’t as important.”

I whined and looked at him, “You’re such a big baby.” I felt my cheeks redden, I leaned in and kissed him quickly on the lips. He broke into a huge smile and hugged me tightly. 

“I’m winning you over right.” He wiggled his eyebrows. 

“No comment.” I got up and left the classroom with Ravn behind me, who was smiling nonstop. 

“Guys!” I ran over to the guys who were standing by Izora’s locker. 

“Woongie?” Keonhee looked over.

“I got something huge to tell you guys. Let’s go to the gym.” We headed to the gym. “You guys won’t believe what I found out.” They all looked quite at me, “The place where Azariah was placed was in was Wolfvine Academy.”

“Wolfvine?” Azrael asked. I nodded, “How did you find out?” 

“I got my ways.” I winked at him, I peeked at Ravn who was pouting. “So this is an academy for werewolves. Apparently, your parents already knew the monster your brother was. But since Izora founded out, they knew it wouldn’t turn out good, so they sent him to this academy. Each wolf has something that triggers their inner wolf, and in Azariah’s case, I’m guessing it’s Izora. Azariah has some records in that school, he didn’t get along with no one. He becomes more aggressive and dangerous.”  

Azrael stood up, “We have to find a way to get Azariah out of here and away from Z. What if he gets out of control and hurts her?” Everyone nodded in agreement.