#Chapter 35: Pride

Rowena The light from my desk lamp was all that illuminated the room as I hunched over my textbooks. Soft music was playing through my headphones, and I hummed to myself as I flipped to the next page. Ever since I was in high school, studying had strangely become a sort of comfort for me. When I couldn’t physically keep up with the other kids who had their wolves, I would instead turn to my studying. It initially started out as a way to try and improve myself and prove them all wrong, but now it was more of a habit than anything else. And truthfully, I already knew everything I needed to know in this chapter of my textbook; I just needed something, anything, to help calm my nerves after what had happened at that party earlier. However, my studying was abruptly brought to an end when I suddenly felt warm hands reach around my head and pull off my headphones. “Studying on a Saturday night?” Eric asked, smirking down at me. I spun around on my chair and grabbed my hea