Page 42 of Thrust into the Light
The little bubbles pop up to let me know she is writing. Well, in Farlens' case, she is saying what she wants to say.
Farlen: No, I want to see you before I go to sleep. Once I know you aren’t sad again, I will go to sleep.
A few of my students have started walking into the class, so far no one is all over each other, so maybe I will be lucky and not have any match groups in here. And because I swear the Gods hate me, a small female, who is maybe just a bit taller than Farlen with bright blue hair and facial piercings, walks into theroom. The men that walked in before her all sit up straighter in their chairs and look at her. She rolls her eyes at them and walks to a seat in the middle of the room. I look at my attendance sheet. Only one female is listed. Her name is Faith. Well, this one doesn’t seem like all she wants is the attention of every male in her immediate vicinity. Maybe Farlen would be up for having a female friend around her age? My last three students walk in together, laughing and pushing each other in a brotherly way. They see Faith sitting in the middle of the room and they start to walk towards her.
“No, fuck no, go find somewhere else to sit. Just because I have a vagina doesn’t mean I am going to spread my legs and let you fuck me. That’s it, nice and slowly back away. Good, now I’m going to say this once, no. Can’t any of you men see how much I am freaking out? I met the smallest person I have ever seen before and she seemed so Gods damn innocent and she was hurt, and they said her heart stopped beating, and I haven’t been able to find out if she is okay! So no, until one of you can find out where she is and if she is okay, I will not suck one of your cocks. First one who can tell me where she is so I can talk to her. I will suck your cock, cup your balls, and swallow every drop you want to put in my mouth. Until then, NO.”
Midway through her rant, I send Connor a message.
Me: Does Farlen know someone named Faith?
Connor: Yeah, she was in her first physical class, but Faith got transferred out to the night physical class so she could be more functional.
“Farlen is fine Faith. And no, you will not even attempt to suck my cock because that is going to hurt her. After class, talk to me.”
The guys all in the class seem to deflate. Sorry boys to take away a free blow job from you, but none of you are getting near Farlen. Faith glares at me the entire class. There’s too much animosity in the air to really get anyone to focus and try to find their magic. I try to walk them through breathing exercises, but it seems like everyone is holding their breath. As the boys leave the room and amble around in the hallway, Faith walks down tomy desk.
“How do I know you’re telling the truth?” Good, at least one female in this place doesn’t just trust everything someone says to them. I describe Farlen to her. She is nodding at the end of it, and her eyes look like they are swimming in tears.
“Did you mean it when you said she’s okay?”
“Abso-fucking-lutley. I am her second match, and she has met two others since then. We are still missing three more, but she is coming more out of her shell and is talking a lot more. She isn’t wearing her sunglasses anymore.”
Faith falls down on the ground and starts to cry. It feels so wrong for me to touch another female, but she seems relieved to hear the good news about her. I pat her on the back. It’s the most I can do or I’m going to puke on her.
“Can you give her my number? I haven’t been able to find anyone who knows who she is. I looked all around the night student’s area and no one seems to know who she was.”
“Sure, write it down. She’s not a night student though, so that would be why you couldn’t find her. She’s a shifter.”
“Alright, I’m even more confused here. Please tell her to message me as soon as she can?” I nod to her. She leaves the room and I do one last, make sure no one left anything in here, and head to my girl.
When I walk in the door, Connor, Xander, and Vashu are sitting around the table. As I shut the door they all go “shhhhhhh”. I look at them, confused. Farlen isn’t out here. Connor points to the couch near the door. Farlen is curled up in a ball, still in her day clothes. At least they got her something besides the blood-soaked clothes. I raise my eyebrow at them. Connor grabs his phone and sends me a message.
Connor: She refused to go to her room until you were home. She started growling at everyone and had Xander and Vashu submitting and showing her their necks. I tried music and offered her bacon. Nothing worked.
It’s so hard to contain the laugh. I bite my fist to stop it from coming out. All three of them roll their eyes at me. I bend downand pick her up. Her eyes are still closed and she nuzzles into my chest. “Mmmm Rhi, you’re here.” I kiss her hair and take her to her room. “I’m here gorgeous and not sad at all. I met your friend Faith, she was worried about you, she gave me her number so I could give it to you, I’m going to put it next to your phone so you can text her tomorrow okay, now why don’t you go back to sleep?”
She’s already asleep again before I finish laying her down. I check the clock on my phone on the way out of her room. At least, my first class tomorrow doesn’t start until 10, so I have some time to kill tonight. Connor has a plate of food out for me. Vashu and Xander look like they are about to jump on top of my steak. I pick it up and lick it. Vashu looks like he’s going to be sick and Xander just shrugs his shoulders. Fucking wolves.
I eat a few bites and everyone just watches me. Not the greatest feeling in the world, though I am tempted to eat slower just to piss them off more, but I would like to get some good sleep tonight.
“Alright, before we tell you a fucking thing more about Farlen, you need to tell us, are you planning on accepting the match?”
Both have looks of outrage on their faces. Vashu just says “Mine.” Which I guess is par for the course for most shifters when they meet their match, and he’s a dragon. They tend to be a little protective of shit they view as theirs.
Xander places his elbows on his table and folds together his hands like a fucking old school villain. All he is missing is a mustache, so he can twirl it around his fingers. “I’m not going anywhere. I already love her, and she makes people piss their pants when they are around her. Everyone is terrified of her, and she seems to have no clue about it. When she threw Payne during shifter class, I already knew that was it for me.”
I look over at Connor. He was supposed to be listening to their thoughts to see if they were being truthful. He nods his head at me. That’s the only sign I need.
“If either of you two lose your shit and wake her up from what I’m going to tell you, I will tell her to tell her beast youthreatened to hit Connor, and we will see who is left standing when that is over.” Both of them audibly swallow. Good, so they are afraid of her beast.
“I am not going to spare you the gory details of this. I didn’t want them spared for me when Connor told me. If you need a minute to go outside and knock some trees down, do it. We will continue when you’re back.” So I tell them everything we know about Farlen, even the things she doesn’t understand about herself yet. When I get to her rape, Vashu loses it, and almost shifts in the house. I hear him shift outside and he flies away. Hopefully that will cool him down. Xander is just whimpering, looking down the hallway to her door.
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Xander
Now that I know more about my scary lady’s life, she doesn’t seem so scary. Well, to me anyway. I still hope she scares the shit out of all the pussies on campus because their fear is so delicious. I don’t understand how this could have happened to her, though. Females, even human females, are supposed to be protected. I don’t even fuck with them with my magic. She talks and acts like my youngling sister and now I get it. I have to try to calm my wolf down, thinking that something like this could happen to Felicity. Mom would fucking rip the world in two if someone tried to hurt her. Why didn’t anyone do the same for Farlen?
