Bella’s POV

“YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME !”, I cringed as I saw who my roommate was.

“Please tell me that you are the cleaning lady”, the occupant of the dorm rudely pleaded.

“And I hope you are the plumber”, I retorted back.

“Woah lady ! This hot piece in front of you might look freaking hot shirtless while doing the plumbing work but kindly keep your pervy fantasies with you”, he arrogantly replied. “Now excuse me please but I’ve got some beauty sleep to catch. This pretty face here needs atleast 8 hours of sleep to look so fresh”, he added as he shoved me off roughly by the shoulder and slammed the front door on my face.

“The fuck ?”, I incredulously cursed and immediately caused a ruckus as I banged the door thunderously.

“What the hell, bitch ? Do you want to batter down my door ?”, the highly infuriating piece of talking shit hollered after opening the door for the second time.

“Fuck off”, I angrily said as I pushed him away while stomping my feet over his and then ran the wheels of my luggage over his said feet.

“Bloody hell !?”, he whined in agonizing pain as he stood numb by the door and locked it shut.

“I just can’t believe it that this huge university could not find me a decent dorm with a decent, female roommate”, I remarked as I took in the speck clean surroundings around me.

“And I can’t believe that your parents couldn’t produce a decent child”, he scoffed.

“Which one is your room ?”, I asked while ignoring the highly humiliating insult.

The apartment was undeniably neatly kept and both the rooms were spectacularly clean too with properly made beds.

Seems like the guy was a germaphobe or a clean freak or both.

“Both are MINE. Now get your filthy ass out of here and ask for a room change”, the 6 feet tall, handsome hunk demanded.

“Guess yours is the left one then”, I shrugged and dragged my luggage with me before slamming the door shut.

A knock resounded immediately after and I hesitated to open for a while but then the boy’s voice came in.

“Miss, please open the door. I need my things”, he said and I instantly opened the door.

As soon as I let him in, I immediately regretted my decision.

“Oh my fucking God ! What the hell are you doing ?”, I shrieked as I watched him fumble with his pyjamas.

“What do you think am I doing ?”, he asked with an evil smirk.

“Pee on the bed to mark your territory ?”, I counter questioned unsure. Atleast that’s what it looked like to me.

“ …. ”

“ …. ”

“Do you think I am a dog ?”, he asked bemused.

“Yeah and that too a nasty one”, I answered back. “Now please don’t bite me”, I pleaded. “Shoo doggie shoo”, I dramatically said as I waved the back of my hand to get him out of my room.

“You are so stupid”, he huffed and strode towards the room’s wardrobe to get his things.

“Why the hell were you fumbling with your pyjamas if you just had to take away your things ?”, I indignantly demanded.

“Coz I was adjusting the waist band so that I could kneel down to get these”, he angrily answered back while gesturing towards his stuff.

“Oh !”, I sheepishly exclaimed and I bet my cheeks tinted pink like a fool.

“By the way my name is Kai. What is yours ?”, he asked as he scavenged out all his stuff.

“Diaz. Bella Diaz”, I introduced myself.

“And I am Bond. James Bond”, he dramatically said as he imitated my voice.

“You are so rude”, I remarked as I scrunched my face in annoyance.

“You are not exactly delightful yourself, Ma’am”, he taunted back.

“I can already foresee a miserable year with you”, I sighed.

“How about you ask for a room change then ?”, he shrugged.

“I did try that genius”, I scoffed. “The Dean personally told me that all other dorms were filled except for a fucking room here”, I grumbled.

“Go and stay with your parents then or find yourself an apartment nearby”, he suggested.

“Don’t tell me what to do or what not to do but since you are so interested to know then let me tell you that I am here on a scholarship and I intend to make full use of it including free accommodation by the university”, I said and by the time I reached the last part of the sentence, I was literally screaming my lungs out while poking the boy’s chest who stared back at me wide eyed.

“How old are you, Bella ?”, he asked with all seriousness as he raised an eyebrow.

“I am 17 years old but I am going to turn 18 next month”, I replied. “Why do you ask ?”, I questioned while crossing my arms in front of my chest.

“The Dean gave you a room with a teacher ?”, he more of stated than asked in shock. “And how come you are in a university at such a young age ?”, he questioned.

Now it was my turn to stand open mouthed with a stone shocked expression.

“YOU ARE A WHAT ?”, I shrieked as realization dawned me.

“These are faculty quarters”, he answered amused with a smirk.

Ughh. I hate it when he smirks like that.

And on top of it, I am not only going to stay with a male asshole but an asshole who is a teacher too ?

Great !

Just fuck my life.

But then the spacious apartment answers so many questions.

Student dorms are not meant to be so homely.

Sigh !

I will just learn to adjust maybe which I hardly think is possible with this jerk.

“You didn’t answer my previous question”, he pressed. “What are you doing in a university ?”, he quizzed again.

“I skipped a few grades in school and when I was 14 years old I went to college. After that I got a scholarship here and I will be studying a post grad course in Business Studies for 1 year”, I explained.

“Awesome. I will control your grades too then”, he pointed out.

He’s got to be kidding me.

Could my life get any more fucked up with this jerk ?

Nghh.

“How old are you ?”, I asked with a raised eyebrow.

He looked like a gorgeous teenager himself.

“Don’t you know it is rude to ask your elders their age ?”, he taunted. “I thought you were smart but turns out you are as dumb as a newborn pup”, he teased.

This guy is making even breathing the same air as him impossible.

I swear I am going to make his life hell just like he did for me in the ice cream shop.

Jerk face.

“Thank you for the value education, Grandpa. I only asked out of goodwill so that I could count down your days when you would get a heart attack and die in your own shit”, I sweetly said.

His face immediately fell at that unexpected comeback and I was doing a small victory dance in my head on seeing him fume in fury.

“I am 17 years old too”, he revealed and this time it was my turn to showcase my shock.

I had thought that he had the looks of a teenager but must be in his early 20’s but 17 ?

That was theoretically impossible !

He is not a prof here then ?

“Don’t joke with me !”, I scowled but he only grinned back.

“No, I am speaking the truth. Why would I lie ?”, he asked as he shrugged his shoulders.

“You became a professor at the age of 17 ?”, I questioned in disbelief.

“No Ma’am. I became a professor when I was 16 and I am also going to turn 18 next month”, he disclosed.

“This is so weird”, I muttered under my breath.

“I heard that”, he fake coughed.

“You were meant to”, I snorted and hurried inside the washroom to just get away from this irritating personality.

As soon as I got inside the washroom, things quickly escalated from bad to worse !

“OH MY GOD !!!”, I screamed in horror and immediately after Kai came running inside the bathroom too.

“What happened ? What happened ?”, he asked petrified as he looked around in the spic and span washroom.

“THIS IS A SHARED BATHROOM !?”, I shrieked again horrified.

“Jeez woman. You almost gave me a heart attack when you screamed like that. You should surely get an award for overacting”, he ranted.

“How can you be so calm about this arrangement ?”, I asked in shock.

“When you screamed like that, I was thinking about worse things but now that you mention it, sharing the whole apartment with you is not a great idea either if you ask me”, the impudent man snapped back.

“You should apologize”, I murmured out of nowhere.

“Oh really ? For what ?”, he asked in an amused voice while crossing his arms.

“For starters lets start with you ruining my dress with your Vanilla ice cream in the ice cream shop and then pouring your cola over my head to turn me into a “Cola Ice Cream”, I answered angrily.

“It was YOUR fault that you tripped over me and ruined MY favourite ice cream”, he stubbornly rebuked.

“For a teacher you are quite a shitty role model”, I muttered angrily.

“Are you done ?”, he exasperately asked.

“What ?”, I questioned back in shock.

“I asked ARE YOU FUCKING DONE ? Are you done with your ranting and rambling about me ? Let’s just respect each other’s space for now and make a bathroom schedule as well as a kitchen schedule so that we can carry out our daily activities peacefully and independently from each other. I can see that we are stuck with each other for a full damn year so it would be better if we act civilly towards one another. It is just a matter of 2 fucking semesters”, he finally concluded his monologue.

“Ok”, I assented and went back to my room.

“And yes. Don’t touch my groceries or wine bottles and I won’t touch your stuff. Just stay clear from my room and I steer away from yours. Do not enter my room without knocking and for fuck’s sake keep everything clean in the apartment”, he instructed and I simply nodded back in agreement.

What he said made sense and I was frankly too tired to argue with him right now.

So the best possible thing was to just agree to what he was saying.

I will deal with him later.

Now, I just wanted him out of my room so that I could rest.

I just wanted to sleep and dream of my home.

I missed my home so much.

My real home. Sweet home.

Sigh !

I don’t know when I peeled off my dress and knocked out my shoes, but soon enough I was enveloped in the warmth of the duvet and my mind wandered off to dream land as soon as my head touched the pillow.

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10 years ago ….

Bella’s POV

“Promise me that you will live, princess. Promise me that you will never come back here”, Mom pleaded as I tearfully took her blood stained body in my arms. “We hid your birth well, baby. Don’t worry ….”, however she trailed off when she suddenly gasped for air but it only took her soul away.

“MOMMMM ….”, I screamed while I cried out loud as I watched my beautiful mom breathe her last breath in my arms.

“Listen - to - the - Queen, baby”, my dying father and the Lycan King mumbled through broken sentences. “We love you, princess but you need to get out of here. Your mother and I will watch over you from heaven”, he gently said.

“Dad ! Please don’t leave me alone”, I desperately pleaded as I watched the agonizing silvery poison gnash inside him.

“Shush child”, he softly cooed. “Now listen to me and listen well. You are the last lycan left now. The Dark Overlord doesn’t know that yet. I want you to continue your lycan training and open up your own business to survive in the human world. I am sure you will find your mate when you turn 18 years old. Take this vial and keep it safe with you. Give it to your mate and turn him into one of us”, he paused to take a breath as he struggled to speak any further.

“But Dad ….”, I tearfully protested.

“Baby, I know we never imagined this would happen but you are my true Lycan Princess and I want you to behave like one right now. Keep your powers well hidden and protect the human world from the Dark Overlord’s evil powers. He will conquer it once he is done defeating all other supernatural powers. Run away, Bella. Run away. Live for us …. ”, he somehow forced out as many words as he could and trailed off mid sentence as his soul decided to leave his body at that very moment.

I watched his body go limp in his own pool of royal blood and staring ahead I saw the bodies of all pack members lying in a similar state.

“You all can make a pack of your own in heaven now”, I chuckled through the tears as I watched the ghastly scene that lay in front of me.

I will not let you down, Mom and Dad.

I will live for you all.

I promise to avenge your deaths.

I, Bella Diaz, the Princess of the pure blood Lycans take the pure blood oath that I will not let our lineage die. I will train so hard that I will make the Dark Overlord pay for his crimes, triple the times the hurt he caused you all !

I swear I will make him pay for the price of your lives ! And that is my promise.

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10 years ago in the same Royal Palace on the same day ….

Kai’s POV

“Run away, son. Run away and never come back. This is NOT a request as your father but an ORDER as your Lycan Beta”, my father commanded desperately as life ebbed out of him and he struggled to keep himself upright to instruct me further.

“But Dad I don’t want to leave you all”, I cried as I tried to desperately claw away the Wolfsbane flowing in him.

“No one knows about your birth, Kai. After your mother’s death, I tried to keep you shielded from everyone but now you are our only hope to avenge us and continue our lineage”, my powerful Dad painfully choked out the words somehow.

“Dad, I will not let you die and I will definitely not leave you alone”, I said in a shaky voice as my hands trembled while trying to claw out the silvery poison out of him.

“No Kai. Forget this place for good and use these suppressants while living in the human world. Do not breed with anyone till you find your true mate when you turn 18. Promise me you will not do anything rash. Now go away before the Dark Overlord comes back”, he pushed me roughly through the thin veil that he had just created and closed the portal immediately.

“Noooooooooooo”, I screamed with outstretched hands but it was too late and I was already in a different world that was known as the Human World.

My Dad. My pack. My home.

I lost them all in one night !

I will not let your sacrifice go in vain, Dad.

I will surely avenge my pack’s gory death.

“I, Kai Grayson, Beta of the pure blood Lycans take the pure blood oath that I will not let our lineage die. I will train so hard that I will make the Dark Overlord pay for his crimes triple the times the hurt he caused you all !”

I looked at the suppressants in my hand and choked a sob when I remembered my dying father.

This was his last wish so be it.

I forced myself to drink the ghastly suppressants before I blacked out in the middle of nowhere and slumped into a deep, deep dark slumber.

I might be the last lycan left but I swear I will fulfill your last wish, Dad.

I am coming for you Zhehong.

I am coming for you.

I swear to make you suffer so bad.

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Bella’s POV

“WHAT THE FLYING FUCK !!??”, Kai screamed followed with an “OWW ! OWW ! OWW !” as he jumped around the apartment on one foot and finally fell face first in a bowl of cow piss.

“What happened, Sir ?”, I innocently asked as I crouched near him and tried hard to stifle my giggles. “Are you hurt ?”, I feigned kindness.

“You little brat”, he fumed. “YOU stuffed burning coal in my shoes and placed that gallon of shit”, he accused me furiously.

“Those are very weird places to keep your crappy things, Kai and dear me, did you accuse me without evidence ?”, I stated with a shocked face while dramatically putting my hand over my ‘O’ shaped, open mouth.

“Who else ?”, he sarcastically said while blowing his toes. “You terrorizing piece of shit better be careful from now on coz I am gonna fucking ruin your life here”, he threatened.

Haha.

I would love to see him try.

Ofcourse he can’t.

“Tch. Tch. Tch. Don’t make pathetic promises, professor”, I tsked. “Now be a good boy and quickly clean up this mess you made before you get late for class”, I smirked and left him alone glaring at me.

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Bella’s POV

“You do know how to make everyone’s heads turn around, girl”, a well meaning girl chuckled sweetly as she approached me outside the Admin’s office. “Hi ! I am Tyra. You must be new here”, she remarked while putting out her hand for a friendly handshake.

“Hey ! I am Bella. You are right. I am new here and I wanted to get the schedule for the Business Course”, I replied while shaking her hand.

“Let me help you with that”, she self volunteered cheerfully and let me in inside the Admin Office.

The lady behind the desk quickly went through the formalities and various procedures and finally handed out my schedule to me.

Tyra peaked into my schedule and exclaimed, “Oh ! We have the same schedule !! I guess you are stuck with me now, Bella”, Tyra chuckled and I could tell that I already liked her.

I was already feeling like I found a long lost friend in her !

“I really don’t mind. Actually, I guess we are going to have a lot of fun together”, I chuckled back and she smirked at that playfully.

“C’mon then, Bella bear. You will enjoy with the rest of the gang too”, Tyra winked and led me to our classroom.

“Yo mama bear ! Whatcha happening to you, gal ?”, an equally beautiful dainty girl squealed when she noticed Tyra enter the classroom and flung herself on her like an eager dog leaping on his master for a ‘welcome home’ hug.

I rolled my eyes to the side and I noticed three other gorgeous, foxy handsome boys smirking in the background and by their looks I could tell that were definitely chick magnets.

“Easy Freya”, one of the boys laughed as we watched the new girl, Freya take Tyra in a bone crushing hug. “You will surely kill her with your death hugs”, he playfully teased.

“Shut up, Max. I met my best friend after so long”, she huffed.

“Don’t make it your last”, the second boy commented making the others laugh and Freya raise her middle finger at him.

“You are just jealous that you are not my best friend”, she humphed.

“And I am so thankful for that”, he chuckled and got a well deserved smack on his head by both Freya and Tyra.

“Who is this lovely lady with you, mama bear”, the reserved guy and the last boy of the gang spoke while gesturing his eyes towards me.

“This is Bella guys. She is in our Business course class and Bella, this guy who asked about you is Dominic, the jealous guy here is Conor and lastly, this is my boyfriend, Max !”, she introduced.

“Hey !”, both Conor and Freya wailed simultaneously and then looked at each other in surprise before bursting out laughing.

“You go first, babe”, Conor sweetly said and pecked Freya’s lips making her blush.

Guess they are a couple. Cute.

“You didn’t introduce me !”, Freya whined.

“And you called me jealous, monkey face”, Conor scoffed.

“Jesus. Such kids”, Tyra rolled her eyes but then decided to make amends. “This is my best friend since diaper days, Freya and that’s not a jealous guy but an annoying brat who is her boyfriend too”, Tyra introduced and got a deadly glare from Conor in return.

“So what brings you here, Bella ?”, Freya good naturedly asked.

“I uh wanted to pursue Business Studies after finishing college so I joined the one year program”, I truthfully answered.

“And I saw her profile report in the Admin Office and guess what ?”, Tyra squealed in excitement. “She is only 17 years old !” she exclaimed.

“Whoa ! We got a young prodigy in our group !!!”, Dominic responded appreciatively. “Colour me impressed, Bella bear”, he winked.

“Actually I will be 18 years old next month”, I sheepishly said and the rest only grinned at me in return, maybe amused by my embarrassingly red face.

“You are so cute, baby girl”, Freya pinched my cheeks and led me towards the seat right in front of the middle row.

Not that I minded the front row but I was more of a badass back bencher type of girl.

“You guys are gonna sit in the front ?”, I raised my eyebrow questioningly.

“Yeah because you are a nerd and would want to sit here”, Max replied with a shrug.

“Stereotypical”, I hissed and rolled my eyes.

I strode towards the back row and flung my bag in the back seat while the others joined in.

“You keep surprising me, Bella”, Dominic smirked and sat next to me.

“What’s so surprising in sitting at the back ? In fact it is the best seat to eat, sleep and repeat with intervals of throwing stuff on the teach”, I shrugged with an innocent look on my face.

“Hell no. We don’t believe you !”, Conor countered with disbelief lacing his voice.

“You don’t have to believe everything in this world, Mister”, I smart mouthed back.

“Seems like the boys found their match”, Tyra chuckled making Freya give an agreeing giggle too.

“Scoot over guys now. Lemme sit too”, Freya demanded and soon enough the whole gang was spread across two rows.

Suddenly I took a gum out of my mouth and catapulted it across the room so that it stuck straight on the white duster.

Hmm.

Good shot.

And white gum on a white duster. Awesome.

“Oh my God, Bella ! What was that for ?”, Conor asked dumbfounded.

“Diaz”, I simply answered.

“What ?”, he deadpanned.

“Call me Diaz, Conor”, I repeated.

“Oh ok, Diaz. Now what’s with that gum incident ?”, he asked again.

“Oh that ? Watch me do it again”, I smirked and I saw Dominic give an amused side grin from the corner of my eye.

“There you go, Rowler”, I cooed to my rat and flung a piece of cheese in the teacher’s chair.

Rowler will get it when the teacher comes.

He knows the drill.

Today’s class is gonna be so fun.

I really pity the teacher who will be taking our first period now.

“Damn Diaz ! You are a devil in sheep’s skin”, Max remarked while laughing.

“Once the fun dies out, I guess I am gonna sleep after that”, I shrugged.

“You are really something, Diaz”, Dominic mused and shook his head in amusement while chuckling.

“Why has Mr. Grayson not arrived yet ?”, Tyra asked in astonishment. “He has never been late in all these years !”, she added.

“Talk of the devil and here he comes”, Max chuckled and I was surprised by what I saw.

Jesus H. Christ !

So this is Mr. Grayson ?

I thought he was joking even till now.

He is really a prof ?

Oh fuck !

“Mornin class !”, Kai heartily greeted with a bad boy aura around him making the boys of the class snicker in jealousy and the slutty girls to fawn all over him.

It was amusing to watch the calm before the storm and I simply whistled Rowler, my rat to get his act together.

The bitches finally made a frantic beeline away from the gorgeous professor and the squeaking rat.

Their heels squished on the dirty rat poop and a white rat came in their unfortunate sight.

Chaos prevailed for a long time with hilarious acts of girls yelling or fainting on sighting the culprit rat around them and the funniest moment happened when a really heavy girl jumped right into a hopeless Kai’s arms squealing for help making the both of them tumble down the stage.

I could bet my ass that the infuriating prof was suffocating under the girl’s weight over him.

Awww. Poor Kai.

Finally, after a good 20 minutes of chaotic mess, yelling and a thrown away rat, the class finally settled down to silence while Kai absentmindedly dusted the white board only to get the duster get stuck to the board because of the gum.

“Ms. Diaz ! Stand up and get out of the class. RIGHT NOW !!!”, he commanded in his surprisingly frightening voice without even turning back to face me or the class in general !

What the hell !

How does he know ?

Does he have eyes at the back too ?

“Suck it up, Mr. Grayson. I am not gonna do shit for you”, I sang out from behind making the whole class laugh at the prof.

“I am going to repeat myself one last time, Miss. After that I will personally throw you in the dumpster bin in the Dean’s office”, he growled.

“Oh my ! Why would you do that to a new student, Sir ?”, I innocently asked.

“We will hear your crimes in the Dean’s office now. Shall we ?”, he smirked.

“No. I will not be treated unfairly just because I am a new student here”, I protested.

“Very well then”, he calmly responded and gave an evil side smile before he climbed up the stairs to reach the back bench where I sat.

“I warned you before, Ms. Diaz”, he coldly said and before I knew it my feet were walking on their own accord while Kai held onto my hand.

“The fuck ?”, I breathed out lowly when I noticed myself walking without any resistance whatsoever.

“And you get after class detention for using swear words”, he added on my misery.

I hate him so much !

I would happily unplug his life support to charge my phone if he ever was on one.

Ughh.

“How about we make a deal ?”, I suggested out of the blue as we neared the Dean’s office.

“Uh hun. Go on”, he urged.

“I will cook all the meals for you for one whole week if you let me go this time and cancel my detention”, I claimed.

“I want my meals free of your spit or any other poison”, he bargained.

“Deal”, I agreed.

“Deal”, he consented too as we shook hands and headed back to class.

I walked a little behind him and as soon as we turned round the corner, I stepped at the heel of his shoe making him trip but luckily for him he caught the wall in time and balanced himself back on his steady feet.

“Ms. Diaz, what was that for ?”, he glared murderously while seething with rage.

“Oops I am sorry Sir. It happened by mistake”, I sweetly apologized. “I promise not to do it again”, I said while making puppy eyes.

“Don’t act smart in front of me, Bella. I swear if you pull off another prank then I will lock you up in the bathroom of our apartment and leave you tied up in a tub of ice”, he threatened.

What a jerk.

“Ok”, I grumbled and we finally entered the classroom, only to come face to face with the Dean herself !

“Mr. Grayson ! Where have you been in the middle of the class and why is their rat poop all over the teacher’s platform ?”, she demanded in an angry voice.

Kai for some reason looked towards me and then gave me an evil smirk before he made a puppy face and turned towards the Dean with the most innocent look.

Oh no no.

This looks bad. So bad.

I guess I am in trouble because of this devil now.

“A very good morning to you, Ms Sanchez ! I was trying to find you only”, he beamed.

What !?

Noooooo.

He said he won’t rat me out after the deal !!!

“Oh really ? And why is that so ?”, the Dean asked surprised.

“This is Bella Diaz, the new student of the Business course, Ms. Sanchez and ….”, he trailed off and suddenly dropped his voice to a whisper and continued, “she revealed that she wanted to work extra time as your assistant for the next one week that is till the time Macy is on leave. So I decided to bring her to you before you decided to fill the position”, he said while flashing a mischievous grin towards my side.

That’s absolute bullshit !

Just you wait, Kai.

Let my Lycan surface up when I turn 18.

I will make her tear you apart and eat you up limb by limb !!!

“I knew it that you were a very sincere girl, Ms Diaz when I saw you the first time. It is really kind of you to volunteer for the assistant post. You can start from today. Make sure to be in my office after the end of your classes that is at sharp 4 o’clock”, the Dean said and trotted out of the class in her visibly painful 3 inch pencil heels.

“That will be all, Ms Diaz. You can go back to your seat”, Kai smugged and continued the lesson while I devised ways to get back at him for what he had fucking done.

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