Tasting
Chapter 104

104–Under Attack

Nora:

“What was that?” I asked, my heart pounding in my chest at how loud that scream had been. And then, things started to take a turn for the worse almost in a matter of seconds. Students from the end of the hallway began to sprint towards us, reaching for the door to the basement, and the announcement blared almost immediately after we realized where everyone was headed.

“Everyone towards the basement, but make sure you’re not

stampeding,” the announcement repeated nonstop, causing April and me to share a deadly glance before we joined the others in heading towards the basement. There was only one explanation for the madness and commotion.

Our school was under attack.

At this point, we had no clue what was going on or what the noises echoing through the hallways were. The only big issue was that everyone had their wolf, and they were using their strength to push past others, unlike me. I couldn’t bring myself to twist the ring on my finger for fear of anyone noticing my wolf.

Hence, I began to lose my footing. With the aggressive pushing and shoving to make it to the safe location, nobody cared as they trampled me aside, and I landed in an empty classroom. I got to my feet instantly, reaching for the door again, but everyone was hastily running towards the basement, leaving no chance for me to join the crowd.

I stood anxiously, waiting for a free space to open up, but as time passed, I grew more nervous with the thought that I might not make it

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to the basement. Now that I wasn’t running like crazy and hearing the huffs and puffs, my focus turned to what was going on. I ran to the window and saw outside; the fog had covered the school’s ground, and the earth beneath me was shaking just a little. These were all signs of a monster attack.

“Shit!” I muttered in fear. I remembered coming face to face with one in the past, and gosh! It was so scary, but my wolf came out as a savior. But could I even let my wolf out in school? My eyes turned to the security camera in the classroom. I remembered the school as loaded with cameras, some of them not working, but I couldn’t ask the monster to follow me to the classroom where the cameras don’t work.

No, the urgency of saving myself grew worse, and I reached for the door, noticing how the rush had calmed down. Just a few students were left, still trying to catch up with the ones ahead. And then, I heard the most terrifying thing on the speaker.

“The basement door has been locked. If anyone remains outside, please look for a safe place–”

And then the monsters howled. The two girls and one guy in the hallway looked my way and then shared a glance. We all knew what happened to the professor behind the speaker.

“I don’t wanna die,” the girls began to cry, while the guy started looking around in panic. We were all omegas left outside.

“Come here,” I gestured for them to enter the classroom. They watched my face like I was crazy before they agreed, as the howls and screeches grew increasingly close. We ran into the class and hid behind the last benches. My heart was racing up and falling down rapidly. I never thought I would be in a situation like that. Several thoughts ran through my head.

“We’re not surviving this day, are we?” one of the girls whispered, and I eyed her to shut up. The monster’s screeches were now coming from right outside the classroom we were hiding in. I could hear the monster sniff out the scent, and then he slammed the door open, prompting at gasp from the girl on my side. The guy quickly held his hands over her mouth to silence her.

I began to ponder on what I needed to do. No way would I let this monster kill any of these people beside me. It would be either kill or die, and I wasn’t going to die. I was aware of the consequences of showing my wolf. I would get kicked out of the pack. In fact, it would be worse for me.

But that wouldn’t stop me from saving these lives. It was almost as if the monster heard it, and the next thing I knew, the loudest howl echoed through the classroom before the chairs and tables started getting thrown across the walls. There was no way not making any sound would save us now. Everyone began to yell and scream, crying miserably and running towards the wall. They hugged each other while I stood straight, watching the monster lunging at me. However, before I could twist the ring on my finger, he thrashed me across the wall, leaving several injuries and pain to engulf me.

Breathing heavily, I quickly got to my feet and only twisted the ring on my finger when the monster was thrown back with a greater force than ever. He grunted and tried to get up, only to be thrown out of the classroom this time. The screams of terror had turned into shouts of hurray and cheering. I rubbed my eyes to see Alpha King Ryker in all his glory, shirt ripped off and his hands turned into claws as he hissed and sprinted out of the classroom to attack the monster again.

“Our savior is here,” the girls screamed in joy, but I couldn’t. I dragged my body with my arm wrapped around my stomach to the hallway, making sure I had fixed the ring on my finger. Ryker kept attacking the monster, almost like he wanted to catch him alive. And that’s what he did, he knocked him out by clawing him so hard in the stomach that half of the content of his body was now visible to my eyes.