The Alpha's Mysterious Mate ( The Fate Series Book 1)

Chapter 66: Nicolas 

Serena's POV:

Once the summer had finally come to an end, it was time for me to go to college.I had been looking forward to experiencing campus life for a long time.Thankfully, my university was not so far from the Red Maple Pack.

On weekdays, I would stay at my dorm and then come home to Peter on the weekends.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I invested in having my own dorm room.

It was more expensive, but the privacy would be worth it.

But on the first day of classes, I soon realized that avoiding trouble wasn't going to be as easy as I thought.

It turned out that Camille was going to be one of my classmates.

I remembered how Camille and her family took advantage of Peter's company crisis.

They were trying to force Peter into marrying Camille in exchange for money.

Ever since then, my impression of her had changed negatively.

Especially when I heard Camille’s thoughts that day.

Although on the outside, she pretended to stop her father, she was obviously part of the scheme.

I could tell that she was determined to win over Peter.

lt was fine with me before that Camille liked Peter.

But now Peter and I were mates and already married, yet Camille still tried to win him back.

It seemed that she would be unrelenting, but I was no ordinary woman to go up against.

No Luna would ever allow any other she-wolf to steal her Alpha.

Camille and I exchanged cold glances.

Obviously, she also knew that she could no longer be friendly with me.

She acted indifferent, and neither of us had the intention to speak to one another.

I picked a random seat and sat down.

After a while, a boy entered and sat in the empty seat next to me.

He politely smiled at me as a greeting.

In a single glance, I could tell that he was a vampire.

He looked about eighteen or nineteen years old.

His skin was very pale.

He had deep-set eyes, which looked a little different from the other vampires that I knew.

He had quite a magnificent face.

His bone structure was clearly defined.

His features looked absolutely regal, reminding me of the carved marble statues of Greek gods.

Although, unlike a statue, his eyes were bright and lively.

I caught a glimpse of his smile and knew that he could charm any girl around here.

Ever since he entered the classroom, all the eyes of the girls had been glued onto him.

One or two of them even switched their seats to get a closer look at him.

However, he seemed to ignore them.

When he noticed that I was staring at him, he introduced himself with a smile, "Hi, I'm Nicolas."

"I'm Serena."

"Yes, I know.You're the Luna of the Red Maple Pack, right?" he said matter-of-factly.

"How...did you know?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You saved a lot of young vampires at the underground lair in New York.I was one of them." I reached back into my memory, recalling that day.

At that time, I was too concerned with Peter that I didn't really pay much attention to the other people that I had released.

But now that I thought about it, I did remember that there was a boy that might have looked like Nicolas.

Although, they all looked dirty then.

Nicolas would not have looked the way he did now, so of course, I wouldn't recognize him immediately.

"I know that vampires and werewolves don't really get along, but thank you, Luna.You released even us vampires that day."

There was a sincerity in his voice.

"Well, I...I'm glad you're fine now.You're welcome."

I didn't think too much about who I released.All that mattered to me was that I could not leave anyone down there.

It was too dangerous.

Even though the vampires didn't necessarily ally themselves with us for that rescue operation, I was sure that they considered it a great gesture.

Hopefully, they wouldn't cause us trouble anymore in the future.

"What about I invite you to dinner tonight?" Nicolas enthusiastically asked.

His voice was loud enough for the other girls to hear.Immediately, they looked at me with envy and hatred.

I smiled, but a tinge of bitterness washed over my heart.

It was only the first day of school, and already I managed to earn a negative impression on the girls of this class.

All because the most handsome boy in class sat next to me and asked me out.

"Sure, I guess..."

As I replied, I couldn't help but read the minds of the other girls, just to make sure that no one would try to play tricks on me later. Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

By this time, I had almost fully mastered my mind reading powers.

I knew how to command it to start and stop.

That way, I didn't have to hear everyone's thoughts all the time.

As I expected, the girls were thinking horrible things about me.

Some cursed me and called me a slut.

Others observed my clothing style, trying to judge my family background.

The rest were thinking about how to dress up to outshine me next time...

Fortunately, no one was thinking of doing anything bad to me yet.

I quickly glanced at Camille to read her mind.

Now that my mind reading skill was better, I had no problem hearing her thoughts clearly.

She was planning to take a picture of me and Nicolas having dinner together so that she could send it to Peter to create conflict.

After a while, she decided to drop the plan because this similar trick of hers hadn't worked the last time.I then began to piece together this new information.

It was Camille who had sent me that photo of her and Peter at the airport.

It turned out that this bitch had been plotting against me longer than I thought.

Camille was such a deceiving woman.

From the outside, she looked like an angelic, elegant lady from a rich family.

But on the inside, she was actually a scheming fox, ready to stab me behind my back.

I decided that it was best to tell this to Peter and warn him to stay as far away from her as possible.

Pity that only I could read her mind.

If only the pack had known about her true colors.

I continued to listen for a while longer before I stopped reading other people's thoughts.

All of a sudden, I realized that I couldn't hear what Nicolas was thinking.

I tried harder and focused only on Nicolas, but I still couldn't hear anything.

Was my power failing me? Or did it only not work on Nicolas? I tried to control Nicolas’ hand, hoping that I could lift it up from his desk, but even that power didn't work on him.

Then, I remembered that my uncle did mention before that there were a few vampires who could shield themselves against the power of other vampires.

I supposed Nicolas might have that power.

Being able to shield oneself from powers of another would make Nicolas quite difficult to deal with.

My mind reading powers helped me see the true intentions of others.

Now here was Nicolas, a mysterious book I couldn't seem to read.

Not being able to read his mind somehow made me uneasy.

Even though he seemed friendly and harmless, I knew I still had to remain vigilant around him.

It was then that I realized I shouldn't always be so reliant on my mind reading powers.

Not when people with special abilities like Nicolas existed.