Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 206

eyes scanning the unfamiliar surroundings.

The small public school was a far cry from the isolation of the cabin, but Matthew knew it was time for the children to face the world beyond the woods. Dressed in plain clothes he'd picked up at a secondhand store, Elyra and Dain followed him into the building, their wide Elyra clung to her brother's arm, her silver hair catching the morning sunlight through the windows. Dain stayed close, his fiery orange eyes darting suspiciously toward every noise and movement.

The moment they stepped into the crowded hallway, the whispers began.

"Who's that?"

"Look at her hair! Is it dyed?"

out his eyes

to ignore the murmurs. But it wasn't

called

tightening on Dain's arm. Dain's jaw clenched, and his fiery gaze

that again," Dain growled,

back down. "What are you gonna

stop," Elyra whispered urgently,

had to pull his glare away. The boy and his friends kept laughing, their voices fading as they

to shield them from the cruel reality of their peers, but

Elyra was quiet, her usual glow dimmed. Dain's mood was simmering just below the surface,

told them on the