Fighting Darius- A steamy hot werewolf romance

Chapter 1 – Werewolf Among Sea of Humans The lecture drones on. I stifle an urge to yawn. Why am I here again? Oh yea, to have a full college experience. I glance around me. I’m the only werewolf here in this lecture hall. The only werewolf among the sea of humans. Oww…An elbow pokes me and I turn to scowl at my human friend Lily. She just giggles and grabs my arm to pull me closer so she can whisper into my ear, “Look at that hottie over there.” She draws an arrow on my notepad pointing towards a guy sitting two rows in front of us. I can only see the back of his head, but he seems okay. Tall, broad shoulders, short dirty blond hair. So this is the guy my three human friends were giggling and whispering about. What are the chances that I found like-minded girls who are just as boy crazy as I am in a college like this? HUGE. I made friends with Lily, Amanda, and Keisha the first week I got here. “Promising.” I jot down on the pad next to the arrow. “Promising? Penny, he’s hot!!!” exclaims Amanda in a loud whisper as soon as she sees what I wrote. A few students turn to look at us in irritation. Lily turns to the others and they start whispering and giggling again. I fight an urge to roll my eyes. They’re so like high school girls. Well, maybe that’s because they came here right after high school. I had three years to grow up a bit, though I doubt I look a day over 18…or if I was honest, behave much better myself. I try to copy the note and the names of authors and titles of suggested reading scribbled on the board. “Okay, Miss Promising,” whispers Lily, turning to look at me again. “We dare you to go and talk to Mr. Hottie right after class,” she looks at me smugly. Oh, I don’t chicken out from dares. Ever. She knows that. “What do I get out of this?” I quiz her. “Cappuccino from your favorite cafe for his name and phone number,” answers Amanda from beside her. “Your whole lunch and that includes fries, paid for if you get him to join us for lunch today,” adds Keisha. “Plus that cappuccino?” I ask them. At their nodding heads, I say, “Done!” and start to gather my things together. I have to be quick to catch this “hottie” before he leaves the lecture hall. I’ve been here almost a month now. I’m living with the lycans, but I’ve been trying not to spend all my time with them. Not that I don’t enjoy their company, especially Genesis and Serena, but they have their mates. Every time I spend time with them, I feel like the fifth wheel or something. Their close and loving relationship with their mates remind me of how alone I am. Besides, Genesis is very committed to her art. She and Constantine are always having their painting session. Painting session. Ha!!! As if we don’t know what they’re up to. The lecture ends and our target is getting up. Time to move my ass before “hottie” gets away. “Get your money out bitches. Get ready to pay for my lunch,” I mutter to them with a grin and a wink as I get up and sashay my way towards the “hottie”. The view from the front is actually quite nice. The “hottie” isn’t that bad-looking at all for a human. He’s about six feet tall, nice body, dark gray eyes, and dirty blond hair. Not anywhere nearly as good-looking as Darius, says a little nagging voice in my head that wouldn’t shut up. I shake my head a little. I’m here to forget all about that lycan. Forget about all the three years that I wasted over a man who doesn’t want me. Never mind that not a day goes by that I don’t think about him. Never mind that my heart aches every minute of the day. Never mind that there’s a Darius’s size hole in my heart. Then there’s the anger that comes with it too. Stupid Penny. Stupid, stupid Penny. Now, focus! I flash the “hottie” in front of me a flirty little smile. Chapter 2 – No Hello or Goodbye Three Years ago Penny My 18th birthday was just a few days ago. It’s a big deal for me because we could sense our mate when we turn 18. That’s why I planned a big party. It was going to be epic! I invited all the good-looking boys that I had a crush on. Well…that’s basically almost all the unmated werewolf boys at our school. I know, I know…Genesis called me boy crazy, but who knows, one of those boys could be my mate, right? I was just being thorough. I’m a very dedicated she-wolf. Well anyway, that didn’t happen. My birthday party, I mean. My best friend Genesis got kidnapped by this crazy female lycan whose name I dare not mention. Cough* Milan*cough. She was kidnapped while helping me getting things ready for my epic birthday party. My bestie Genesis is mated to a lycan prince, Constantine. That crazy lycan b***h wanted Constantine for herself and almost killed my friend. The moment we realized that she was kidnapped, was the worst moment of my life. Never had I felt so lost and helpless before. Reese, my other bestie and I drove to her parents’ house to be with Genesis’s mother, Lavinia. Lavinia was a blubbering mess. We were there supposedly to support her and soothe her, but as soon as we saw her crying, Reese and I bawled our eyes out along with her. Not long after, my mom and Reese’s mom showed up. Our moms loved Genesis almost like their own too, soon they started bawling their eyes out as well. It turned out to be a big giant tear fest. No men entered the house that night. I think they heard us crying inside and that was more effective than taping a Do Not Enter sign at the door. My birthday wish this year wasn’t for me to find a mate, but for my best friend Genesis who’s more like a sister to me to come back to us safe and sound. I wished so hard. I wished it with all that I had in me. It was such a relief when we heard that she was alive. We were so relieved and happy that we had another round of tear fest. I wish I could join them in hunting down and killing that lycan b***h who was planning to kill my best friend, but I think I would be more of a hindrance rather than helping. I was just a regular werewolf, while they were lycans. I had no business to be where lycans were fighting lycans. Lycans are different than us regular werewolves. When they phase, they walk on two feet rather than four and are also bigger, faster, fiercer, smarter, stronger and more powerful than any werewolves. They are like killing machines when provoked. No sane werewolf would want to mess with them.