Chapter 136 - 135. What Did I Do Wrong?

Cherry finally got up and looked at Eden with shining eyes. She received a glare in answer but when he saw her sad pout, the blond sighed. He couldn't blame her for long. He was still rubbing the bump on the back of his head when he felt the girl's gaze grow insistent.

He stubbornly tried to ignore her but couldn't hold it anymore. Eden snapped his head at her but he was taken aback by her smirk and teasing eyes.

"Your mate is kind of the possessive type, huh?"

"What? Not at all, why are you saying something like that?"

"Well, I guess after all the days you spent glued to him all the time you can't notice it anymore, but you're completely bathed in his pheromones. From head to toe. He would have put a 'Mine' tag on your forehead that it would have been the same. I bet you'll make all the alphas in our class sick just walking into the room. Also, Eden…did you take a look at your neck?"

The male omega's hands clapped to either side of his neck in a vain attempt to hide the hickeys he had received earlier. The tips of his ears reddened as he got up and walked to his closet.

"I'll change my clothes," he muttered, rummaging to look for something so he can hide his neck.

Cherry chuckled and watched him for a moment as he was going through everything with a collar in his wardrobe. She had been regularly updated on the main lines of everything that had happened since they had separated in Purple Eyes pack. The female omega was happy to have her best friend back. She was also grateful that he came back unscathed even though he faced so many dangers.

The impression she had had when she left Eden was now a strong conviction. She couldn't explain it properly, but she felt that the young werewolf was now much more than just an omega. The atmosphere around him imposed respect and deference. It was like his aura told the person in front of him that he was of a higher rank than his blood rank.

She wasn't ready to ask the question yet because Cherry knew deep down that once she got the answer, the carefree days she had known with her childhood friend would be over for good.

For now, even though it was only a little, she wanted to enjoy their friendship. As long as it was still possible, she wanted him to be only Eden, her childhood friend. A little too cocky, but who always took the time to talk lazily with her when she felt like it. Eden's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

"By the way, why weren't you in the room when I arrived? I wanted to surprise you but I found the place empty. Where were you so early in the morning?"

"Me? At the library, it opens at six-thirty. Oh, that's right! You don't know about it. We have a report to do on a book but guess what? The library only had eight copies for the whole school! This teacher has three classes and he gave the same book as a reference for all three. You can imagine the war it was to borrow a copy."

"What? Why all this hassle?" The werewolf had finally found something he liked and put on a thin white cotton turtleneck and over it, he put on a thick dark blue shirt. "You just had to go buy a copy in town, it's not as if you had to borrow one of the copies from the library."

"That's true but, the book hasn't been published for several years. Only two bookstores had a few copies, three or two each. As I told you, it was war. Especially since this class is mandatory regardless of the specialty. Also, the report accounts for sixty percent of the final grade of the semester.

"You're kidding right?"

She shook her head in denial and Eden, who had just put on a pair of jeans, sighed. He pressed his head against the wood of his wardrobe. He thought for a moment, then straightened up and turned to his friend.

"Can I…"

"I borrowed it for two days. They had to limit the number of days to give as many students as possible a chance. You can read it but that's only when I don't have it. I won't fail this class. Even for you!"

"Ugh! The battlefield against witches was less ruthless than this high school."

"Yup! Welcome to the elite academy of Red Creek."

Cherry packed her belongings to get ready for her class. When the two omegas were ready, they left the room.

They were walking in the corridors and Eden realized that her packmate got used to their new school. Before they got home to attend the banquet, she happened at times to mistake the classroom or hallway. Indeed, Red Creek academy is much bigger than their old high school.

With more than two thousand students coming from all the packs across the country, Red Creek was an elite place. The alphas of the most influential packs in the country wanted to send their young werewolves there although it would be more accurate to say their dominants. Even though the academy accepted omega, there was only one omega enrolled for every eight dominants.

The reason for the imbalance is that most packs didn't want to bother with the exorbitant tuitions fee in Red Creek for omegas who didn't have special roles inside a pack. The only packs that didn't seem to mind sending their omegas to study at Red Creek were the few that didn't ostracize their Sub because of their blood rank.

Eden smiled thinking that when Purple Eyes' alpha daughter, Norah Softmane, would enroll in this high school, they would have graduated long ago. He had the idea that the exuberant character of the young girl would have been fun to rub shoulders with on a day-to-day basis. He snapped out of his thoughts when he felt Cherry pat his shoulder.

"Can we go to the cafeteria? I haven't had my breakfast yet, I'm starving." A slight growl was heard from her belly and Eden smiled, amused.

"There are five minutes left until the class, you piggy! You just have to wait for the brea…"

A huge gurgling sound rose from Eden's belly and the male omega blushed right away. He started walking to the cafeteria as Cherry giggled, her hand pressed against her mouth to muffle the sounds.

"Let's run for it okay?" He said and they both started to race to buy something to eat before the start of their class.

They arrived on the threshold of the classroom as the bell rang. The teacher wasn't there yet, so they had succeeded in their mission. Cherry was out of breath and a complete mess after their race. Even though Omegas were faster than Dominants, Cherry was a particularly lazy one. She didn't like any useless effort and would much rather study than do any physical activity.

Strands of hair were sticking out of her bun which was only held on by a miracle. Her bag was only held on by a strap on her shoulder. The other was dangling at her elbow and she didn't have the strength to fix it. Luckily for her, she had the perfect fiancé. When he saw her rush like a fury, the beta got up from his chair to meet them. He grabbed the bag and walked back to their seats to put it on her desk. She fondly followed Dante's silhouette then glanced at Eden.

The blond, in perfect condition and not at all out of breath despite the sprint they had made as if they were being chased by death itself, stuck a bun in his mouth. His eyes sparkled as he looked at the other ones inside the paper bag pressed to his chest.

He felt Cherry's annoyed gaze on him and turned his head to her. When the glare turned into daggers which she shoot at him, he stuck a bun in his mouth and pulled another out of the paper bag then handed it to her.

Cherry snatched the bun from his hands and walked away, stomping the floor with her feet.

"How come he's not even out of breath?"

She plopped on the chair next to her boyfriend and grumbled as she took out her things once she had finished the bun.

Eden sat on the other side of Dante's desk and the beta gave him a broad smile. The omega finished taking out his notebook and pens when a dominant entered the room. The latter immediately grunted, displeased.

"Who the hell dares to spread around pheromones inside my class? And seduction pheromones at that? What are you? Some wild animals in rut? I give five seconds to the culprit to denounce himself or it is detention for everyone!"

Eden was looking at the scene when all the heads except those of Dante and Cherry turned to him. The blond paled.

"No! I didn't, I swear I…" He paused as he remembered that his alpha had bathed him in his pheromones and he facepalmed himself. "I'm sorry, Sir. I didn't think it would linger."

It wasn't exactly the studious, smooth comeback Eden was expecting. He lowered his head to the desk and the professor's voice rose.

"You're the freshly marked omega from Bloodhood, right? You're back from your leave and you're already standing out?"

Eden looked up to make eye contact with his teacher and his expression displayed his utter discomfort.

"I'm sorry, Sir. I didn't mean it. I didn't notice."

"Well, it's a given if you were stuck to your alpha to that extent." The teacher emphasized the 'that' of his phrase and even Dante scoffed beside him.

The blond lowered his face. Just when he was thinking that he couldn't be more embarrassed, his stomach that he had barely fed a bun rumbled, echoing throughout the class. All the students burst out laughing and the poor werewolf buried his head behind his hand, his face was crimson red.

"Eden Bloodhood?" The professor called him and the male omega spread his fingers to hear his sentence. "Go to the infirmary immediately to ask for a pheromone neutralizer please." The werewolf grabbed his tablet on which he typed something and Eden's cell phone vibrated in his pocket. "I sent you the authorization on the school app, scan it if you get stopped by a supervisor. While you're at it, please eat these buns which scent the classroom almost as much as your alpha's pheromones and come back to attend my class as fast as possible."

"I'm not being punished, sir?" The blond asked with a surprised tone.

"Would you want to?" replied the teacher, raising an eyebrow. "I'm doing you a favor because, after your long absence, I don't think you can miss any more classes. Am I clear?"

"Crystal clear!" Eden sprang up and rushed to the exit, his bag of buns in his hand.

He walked away as quickly as possible, careful not to look at any of his classmates, and left the classroom to head for the infirmary.

He had finished a third of the buns from the bag he was holding in his hands when he slid open the door to the room where a man was sitting at a desk. The second he entered the room, the man slid his chair away from the entrance, his nose pinched between his fingers.

"Why on earth?"

Eden smiled, shamefaced, and showed his phone to the nurse.

"My teacher sent me to get a pheromone neutralizer."

The low-rank dominant motioned for him to come closer and sit down, not without a grimace because of the overbearing smell that emanated from Eden's whole body. He checked Eden's authorization.

"I'm sorry to ask this question, I'm well aware that it's a personal matter, but did your alpha just wrap you in his pheromones, or have you been in contact with other fluids?"

Eden tilted his head to the side as he didn't understand what the man was saying and the latter sighed.

"Did your alpha ejaculate inside…"

"Oh my fucking God, no!" Eden's face had just created a new shade of red. The omega had never been so mortified in his entire life.

The man who had just had his ears pierced by the high schooler's cuss word overlooked his language because he sympathized with the Sub who was having one of the worst mornings of his life.

"I'm sorry about the question, I know it's extremely embarrassing but I needed to know which Neutralizer to give you. If I just gave you an external neutralizer although…" He looked at Eden who silently begged him to be quiet and the man decided to spare him. "I think you got my point. I wanted to know if you needed an internal neutralizer as well because your alpha pheromones would have continued to diffuse through your scent. You are a marked omega and your mate's pheromones seem to be particularly powerful, be careful in the future not to annoy the rest of your classmates."

The nurse invited Eden to stand up and spray him with neutralizer without missing a single part of his body, including his hair. When he was done, he went to a cupboard in the corner of the room and pulled out a small bottle of the same product and a pack of yellow pills. He met the questioning gaze of the young werewolf.

"Internal neutralizers. Just in case…"

Without any comment or answer, Eden picked up the two products and turned on his heels. Deep down he wished to never come back here again until he finished high school.

He closed the door behind him and decided to soothe his mood and eat the few last buns. The male omega grabbed his phone inside his pocket. He typed a text message and sent it, glaring at the screen.

Several miles away, Glen, who was reading an unexpected email, frowned as he opened his mate's message.

"'I'm going to kill you.' Why? What did I do wrong?"