I damn near slapped myself as the thought ricocheted through my head, and I shifted forms in a heartbeat in a lightbulb, aha, moment.
because as soon as that one broke through SEVERAL walls of mental defenses, another followed right behind it.
I beamed in a blinding smile as I faced Samuel, put my hands on his shoulder, and with immense pride, shouted, "I KNOW HOW TO HELP!"
directly into his face while jumping up and down out of sheer excitement.
"the problem is my power! so I just won't use it!" I smirked like it was the smartest thing that had ever been said before in all of human history.
"people know about me, as a wolf, but they don't know about me as a girl!" I reasoned, absolutely correctly.
much to Samuel's surprise, and then IMMEDIATE shut down.
"absolutely not!" he let out while jolting to his feet.
"if you can't use your power, you'll be defenseless!" he wasn't wrong, at least, not completely when compared to what we usually faced together.
but, incredibly importantly, this ISN'T what we usually dealt with, THIS, was glorified high school.
I was pretty sure I could handle teenagers with shitty little abilities that wouldn't do dick to me.
I kept to myself as Samuel cleared his throat and added.
"besides, your bloodlust, we finally managed to get it under control! what if you slip and accidentally reveal your true strength?!" he raised....valid concerns.
I refused to admit aloud as I looked deep into his eyes with determination.
almost as if I was trying to use some dormant mind control power.
that, absolutely didn't exist, but, that didn't mean it didn't work.
I smiled in triumph as he sighed, walked to his desk, and very reluctantly, from a drawer rarely, and I mean RARELY used, pulled out a lanyard with the logo and title, transfer student applicant.
"you want to help that bad?" he asked while flashing it towards me.
"yes." I confirmed instantly.
to which, he sighed, again, tossed it my way and exhaled, "please don't make me regret this."
only for me to smile and say, "no promises!"
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a few minutes later....
new student, (James), Pov....
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"dude! I'm telling you, this year is going to b-" Marcus never got to finish, because right as his mouth moved to make the following sound, the door to the classroom burst open, and in walked not only our teacher, but the headmaster of this entire school, and a girl none of us had ever seen before.
not in orientation earlier today, not in applications, nor in rank matches, this girl, was new.
and uninterested in all of us.
not a single guy here seemed to care a whole lot about as their eyes lingered on her every feature.
her long black hair, her dull, pale red eyes, and flawless, pale skin.
everything about her just latched onto their attention, and refused to let it go.
that is, until the headmaster cleared his throat and unleashed his aura, successfully and instantly scaring the ever-living shit out of all of them.
she smirked, amused at the terror.
while the headmaster looked us all up and down before saying, "this is my granddaughter, she's temporarily transferring here while her parents are following orders I gave them, touch her, and you'll find out there are fates WORSE, than death."
he "warned" everyone present before silently checking to make sure the girl truly was fine, and eventually leaving the room with an unsure expression plastered all over his face.
it was clear as day.
if we even looked her direction, we were fucked.
roughly 30 gulps could all be heard in damn near perfect unison.
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Victoria Pov....
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"SO!" the teacher of this class, an average looking, glasses clad woman in a pencil skirt, silk blouse, and a long, almost too big for her, beige? *gag* beige cardigan, tried desperately to change the subject.
"what's your name, rank, and ability?" she probed, hoping for me to fill the silence Samuel left in his wake.
I realized while narrowly avoiding rolling my eyes as I cleared my throat and began with, "Victoria, rank SS, Passive Physical Enhancement." in the usual tone I'd seen Samuel do it with.
sheer, unadulterated, utter, boredom.