Stray: A Shifter Academy Romance (Cats of Felidae Academy Book 1) by River Ramsey

Author:River Ramsey [Ramsey, River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Ella

After her confrontation with Axel in the hallway, the rest of the day was pleasantly mundane. Ella wasn’t sure if the other students were not quite as cruel as she’d feared, or if they simply didn’t know what to do with her, but either way, they left her alone.

For the most part.

She wasn’t used to the stares, but it was something she knew she was going to have to get used to, considering she bore the obvious sign of her moonmark everywhere she went.

She still wasn’t even sure what it meant to be Empress. What would be expected of her beyond her time at the Academy, or during it. Getting into fights with the school’s most prestigious student definitely wasn’t on the list, but maybe that would be the end of it.

If she stood any chance at a normal life at the Academy, she knew it depended upon distancing herself from Axel as much as possible, not only for her own sanity, but because she didn’t want to give Marissa and her minions any more reason to think she was involved with him.

One day, she would have to choose a mate, and the idea that she would deny Axel would have once been unfathomable, but now that she’d done it, she felt...freer.

And a little bit terrified, but mostly she just felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

When the time came for her last class, Ella checked her schedule to make sure she had the right room. The room looked standard enough from the outside, but as soon as she opened the door, she knew she had to be in the wrong place.

This wasn’t a classroom, it was a five-star restaurant, by the looks of the immaculately set tables scattered around the room. There were candles lit on too many surfaces to count, and soft, ambient music played from some unseen source.

There were a few other students gathered sparsely around the tables, and they all ceased conversing when Ella entered the room.

“Sorry,” she mumbled, more as a reflex than a conscious thought. “I think I have the wrong class. This isn’t Etiquette, right?”

The two girls at the table looked at each other, and the brown-haired boy next to them snorted a laugh. “You’re in the right place.”

“Well, that’s a matter of debate,” the girl to his right said with a malicious little sneer. Her friend giggled.

Ella sighed, taking a seat at the furthest empty table. So much for making friends.

At least Axel hadn’t come to any of the classes they had scheduled together. Ella couldn’t help but feel a familiar twinge of guilt, even though she knew it was his fault.

He was the one who’d behaved like a complete ass in front of everyone, and whether he went to class or not was none of her concern.

Maybe if she told herself that enough times, she’d stop worrying.

The room began to fill up quickly, and Ella’s table remained notably empty as the others reached full capacity. The other

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