Cyn's POV

pronounced sin

I suppose if I wasn't born a werewolf, I wouldn't believe in their existence. There doesn't seem to be anything magical about this world. Every day has been bland, boring, and blah.

"Hey Cyn, can I walk you to school?" Alex asked me. Alex is my best friend. I'm hoping he turns out to be my mate on my 18th birthday but I'm not sure that will happen.

"Of course!" I answered a little too quickly.

He gave me a wide smile and a pat on the top of my head, ruffling my blonde hair a bit.

"We aren't little kids anymore, stop messing up my hair," I grumbled at him. He simply laughed at me and shrugged.

We walked up to Walker High School, named after Ms. Marilyn Walker, the oldest woman in town. This year she reaches the big 100.

"Looking good, Cyn!" I heard Tucker yell. Ugh, Tucker. He's the resident bad boy of the school and has slept with probably everyone in school. Each week he has a different girlfriend.

"Fuck off Tucker!" I yelled back as I flipped him off. He just laughed in return and continued talking to the stick thin, fake blonde haired Mary, the school queen bitch. Her and Tucker deserve each other.

Everyone in our school was a werewolf, it is one of the few schools in the country that requires wolf blood to enter. I heard this year though that they were going to let in some humans, something about how we needed to learn to get along with others in the real world. I personally didn't care, I just wanted to get good grades so I could get out of bum-fuck, Oregon.

"I'll see you after class Cyn." Alex told me before giving me a kiss on the forehead. I like Alex a lot but I feel that he only sees me like a sister.

"See you later, Alex." I gave him a big hug and then walked into class.

"Girllll, you got it bad!" I heard my best friend Helena call out, then she proceeded to make kissy faces. I scrunched my face up in her direction and then sat down at the desk next to hers.

"Stop it! Everyone will hear!" I hissed at her. She just laughed, "anyone with a brain can tell you are in love with him, he's apparently the only one who didn't get the memo. Don't worry, I'm certain that you two will be mates. You're absolutely perfect for each other, boring, studious and homebodies." She listed off on her fingers. I flicked her forehead and stared at the white board, waiting for the teacher to walk in.

I suddenly heard whispers behind me and I looked up at the door and saw a remarkably handsome boy walk in. He was tall, lean but strong with porcelain skin and blue eyes. His perfectly tousled dirty blonde hair curled slightly above his ears which were pierced. He looked around the room until we made eye contact. His brow slightly raised up and then he walked over to the empty desk next to me.

"Hi, I'm Josh," he said with a slight English accent while putting a hand out to shake mine.

"Um hi, I'm Cyn." I said, grabbing his hand to shake it. He was ice cold. Vampire.

"It's a pleasure, Cyn." He smirked and faced forward right when the teacher walked in.

"Settle down class. I know it's the first day of the new year but as seniors, you already know the drill, homework will be given out anyway." The teacher said. He wrote his name on the whiteboard but I doubt anyone was paying attention. Everyone was busy checking out the vampire.

"How did you end up here, in this school?" Helena whispered to him. He just ignored her and kept looking forward.

She scoffed and sat back in her chair.

"Pay attention everyone." The teacher called out, "we're starting the year off right with a project! Now don't get too comfortable with your friends, partners will be assigned." There was a cacophony of groans in the whole room.

He went through the list, "Helena Maldonado and Aiden Hart."

"Ugh I hate that guy, his breath stinks!" She hissed in my direction. I widened my eyes, urging her loud mouth to quiet down.

"Cynthia Jackson and Joshua Henry." I felt Josh look in my direction before turning back to look forward.

The teacher continued until he finished assigning partners.

"That's it! Now exchange contact info with your partner so you can meet up outside of school to work on the project. Details for the project are listed in your syllabus and you can also go online to the school portal for extra details." The teacher then dismissed us to discuss details in our assigned pairs.

The sounds of squeaking and scratching chairs being moved filled the room. Josh grabbed his chair and sat it next to my desk. Our knees touched under the desk, creating heat from the friction.

"So how long have you been in this boring town, Cyn?" Was the first question he asked.

"My whole life. When did you move here?" I asked, kind of curious.

"Just a few weeks ago. From my understanding, this school just opened up enrollment from all wolves to humans." He said.

"And apparently vampires," I retorted.

He cracked a lazy grin, "and apparently vampires."

I couldn't help but smile back. Maybe he won't be so bad.

The bell rang for the class to end and we all shuffled our chairs back in place. I grabbed my stuff and stood up.