Page 56 of Wolf Unseen

Wolf shifters didn’t wear suits. Wolf packs like my sperm donor’s owned extensive rural properties. Pack alphas and their families lived in stone lodges and rustic cabins, not penthouse apartments and luxury condos.

“Croc shifters,” Kasia whispered in my ear. “My dad says the crocs have aligned with the wolves. The wolves provide the muscle while the crocs are the brains.” That made sense. Croc shifters had a reputation for being cold-blooded psychopaths. Or so I’d heard. Being raised as a human meant I mostly relied on Felix for shifter info.

I shuddered and averted my gaze as one of the scary dudes in suits turned our way.

“Don’t you think the one on the left is kind of hot, though?” Haley whisper-yelled as the croc stared at her.

“Goddess save us,” Kasia muttered under her breath. “That bobcat has terrible taste in males.”

“Just saying!” Haley pouted and sidled up to me, rubbing her body against mine in a catlike way.

“Glad you could come, bestie,” she purred. “I’ll be your wing-cat tonight. If you spot any dudes you want to bang, just let me know.”

I almost choked on my beer. “Um, I’m not looking to get laid,” I croaked once I’d stopped coughing. “But I do want to pick your brains on something.”

“Oh?” Four sets of cat eyes sharpened.

“What does she look like?” Bree asked once I’d explained why I’d come to Moonfall Academy.

“She’s slim, about five-eight, with long, pale blonde hair and gray eyes. Gorgeous.” Way prettier than me.

Kasia hummed. “And she was at the July and August full moon parties?”

I nodded.

The cats exchanged glances and shook their heads. “I don’t recall any females matching that description,” Raquel said. “And she’s a feline?”

“A snow leopard.”

They all gasped. “Ooh, that’s super rare!”

“I’ve never met a snow leopard shifter before,” Bree exclaimed. “And your dad’s a wolf?”

I grimaced. “Sadly.”

“Your sister’s mom must be a feline then, as two wolves don’t make a feline shifter.”

That was my understanding too, yet Lorna hadn’t known her mother. I wondered whether our father had something to do with that. It seemed likely from what I knew about him.

“Before she disappeared, Lorna had dated shifters from Moonfall Academy. Not long after that, she said she’d fallen for a shifter whose name began with T. It’s why I’m there.”

Kasia frowned in confusion. “Moon Academies are super hard to get into. Like, no shade on you, dude, but you can’t just get a last-minute place.”

Deciding to be honest with them, at least on this, I leaned in and whispered, “Felix hacked the admissions system and created a scholarship place for me, even though I’m a hybrid, not a full-blooded wolf.”

I muttered a silent prayer to the goddess that these females didn’t betray my trust. If one of them repeated what I’d just told them, the MIB would arrest me for fraud, along with Felix.

All four felines sucked in a breath and huddled closer. I braced myself, expecting questions about my hybrid status, but to my surprise, that wasn’t what they were interested in.

“Can this Felix hack anything?” Raquel asked eagerly. “Asking for a friend.”

Kasia slanted an annoyed look her way. “Please tell me you didn’t let your douche ex film you blowing him?”

From Raquel’s blush, she had. “He promised me it was only for us,” she whined. “Then he uploaded the video to OnlyShifters!”

“Dear goddess, save me from stupid females,” Kasia groaned. “I warned you that tiger shifter was a red flag cat!”

Stars, there were some toxic males out there, and I thanked the goddess for being single, even if my wolf was unhappy about that.