Homraz couldn’t be more pissed. As if his day hadn’t been terrible enough, the three moons decided to tear it to shreds.

Why the fuck was that alpha from that morning was right here? At his school? As an afterthought, he noticed that she didn’t reek anymore. His eyes traveled to her neck.

Thank Gods!

“Do- Do you two know each other?” winced Adit. The air was getting quite tense.

The two turned to them immediately yelling, “No!”

“Damn! Sorry for asking!” Adit backpedaled.

Homraz shot the alpha a look. She shot one back.

“So he speaks,” she drawled. Her tone sounded somewhat teasing. Did she not notice the face he was trying to make to puke that morning?!

“Not to you,” Homraz pointedly countered.

“Funny, because you could at least do that much for someone who -oh I don’t know -pulled you from in front of a truck.”

“I would have been fine!”

“Yeah, fine powdered,” she snorted.

“I didn’t need help! Not from you!”

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean!”

“Someone like you!” Homraz punctuated with a sharp jab of his finger in the center of the alpha’s chest. “An arse who thinks the world revolves around them!”

The whole hall went quiet. The outburst had drawn a small crowd, whereas Kulah and Adit had drawn back by now. It wasn’t looking too good.

“What?”

The alpha looked confused. Like she didn't know what the Palikos Homraz was talking about.

Homraz didn't have time for this.

“I don’t even know you! And you think I owe you something?”

“No, I just don’t see the point in you being such a jerk! I didn’t do anything wrong,” the alpha’s tone lost some of its anger. It was almost like she was trying to defuse him?

He didn’t have time to shoot off another answer.

“I demand to know what the Palikos is going on!”

A hush sliced through the crowd. Any students with their phones out quickly stashed them back in their pockets.

Mrs. Phambili stormed her way through the crowd, marching her way right up to the two.

Quick as a cat, the dean sharply pinched both orcs’ ears between her stern fingers.

“In my many years as dean of this establishment,” she snapped. “I have never had to deal with such a public disturbance. There are other students here in case you haven’t noticed! So if you're quite done with your disruptive display, you’ll be accompanying me to my office!”

And with that, the dean stormed off, with two very cowed orcs in tow.

If Homraz had thought his day was bad, he knew it was gonna get a whole lot worse.