CHAPTER 42 - Training Master

Lyra I rushed out of "The Business of Being a Werewolf" class, my head still spinning from the weekend's events. Instead of focusing on the professor's lecture about career options and financial planning, my thoughts were consumed by the mysterious note, the terrifying trap in the woods, and the missed meeting with Ryan. The first two mysteries would take some serious unraveling. But the last one... that I planned to straighten out after my last class. All weekend, I'd agonized over whether to tell Ryan the truth about why I'd stood him up. Secretly, I'd hoped he'd come to me, maybe even visit my dorm room again. But that hadn't happened, and I'd wasted precious time clinging to that foolish hope. Now, it was up to me to seek his forgiveness. In the path, a few she-wolves approached from the opposite direction, their eyes darting away as they whisper behind their hands. One giggled loudly, quickly shushed by the others as they passed. A wave of loneliness washed over me. Things we