y believed that the only reason he did not go insane in that household was because he had his caring and capable older sister by his side. H

y got into a car and left Rosecliff, they left him behind. He was shoved into situations that he never experience

heal. River met his cousin, Maddison Attwood and soon met Luis Santos as well. In their youth, the three of them were inseparable. Riv

to finally experience school life as he heard a lot of stories from Maddison and Luis. Griffin was confident in River's control o

riffin asked, his vo

o..." Rive

"Don't be, boy! Maddison and Luis will be with you, but of course t

human children

all 'em that. You

'm not

and pressed a finger against River's lips. "We are a

the source, watching Maddison wave happily at them. Luis

ffling River's hair before walking towards a group of adults deep in co

filled with strangers was overstimulating River's mind. A soft hand reached to grab River's. He turned to Luis who gave his

and loud. A group of boys were fooling around at the back, name calling each other obnoxiously. He heard someone

de her. They were close to the door and River remembered how Maddison preferred the seats b

e teacher is really nice," he mentioned. "

of us?" R

Luis leaned in closer to River. "Um, we don't

was just cur

e and no, Mr. Thomas is a n

turned around. A girl with pigtails stood by the door, looking at them as she entere

ie right?"

e" she gestured at River as she stood by his table. She cu

n, River." Mad

offered him a toothy grin.

r back when he noticed her

the new kid!" Suzie w

w kid?" a new

illed the air almost instantly and the more he inhaled the more suffoca

!" Luis asked, urgenc

ing this. He could hear Maddison and Luis call out to him, deep with worry, but his head was a jumbled up mess. He tried to respond to them, to call out for help but

" Luis cried as he ra

as though time stopped. He was drawn to her in a unexplainable way. He wanted to reach out to touch her skin but most

ody to gain his attention. But River couldn't take his eyes off the girl before hi

harshly. His attention snapped towards the person holding his hand. It was Gr

t everything that happened. Griffin took River to the nurse's office and shut the door behind him. He gestured River to lay on the b

. He turned his head only to realize that he w

s Ray

ad a feeling they knew what happened to him back in the cl

nk some water." He said as he offered the bottle to

appened

rse. "Answer this first River,

ntire body was hurt

his first rut yet?"

ibel." Griffin

e only sane conclusion is that whoever emitte

that?" Ri

bout this later, just get som

about

eeling exhausted as though he just spent hours running around. The ache that formed in his throat and stomach wa

Luis and Maddison, there aren't any other werewolf ch

lace!? Luis and Maddison are both betas. The only explana

ower you

earlier I would have been too late to stop River from attacking the girl. I ne

to you! Go talk to Ray, he's her guardian

I'll talk t

the grip he had on the bottle water loosened. A lot of things happened on his first day of school but he coul

ver

his own fair share of questions. Why would she ask him that, he pondered. Does it really matter to her if River liked her or not? Now that he thought a

the greatest mystery that was presented to River and in the end he opt to ru

ecess." River finally spoke as he entered the car. He did not

ng like a complete fool. Of cour