Christina pov

Instead of going to my office after breakfast I followed the kids back to the classroom.

"Would you read to us, Christina?" Miss Grimwood asked me.

"Yes please read to us!" Tannis squealed with big puppy dog eyes.

"Well of course" I replied as Lucy brought me my old fairytale book.

"Tell us about the tiny girl again " Tannis pleaded.

"Okay "

I missed times like this. Just being able to read to the kids reminds me there's hope. Hope is comforting to think about but it doesn't protect my kind. As I was reading I had the feeling that someone was watching me but I continued with the story anyway. I finished it and handed my book back to Lucy. I left the book with Lucy who would read it to the kids every night. I turned and left. Before I went to my office I decided I had time to hit the gym.

As I walked down the hall I heard footsteps behind me. On instinct, I turned ready to defend myself and found Him waiting with an irritating smirk on his face. I was still angry with him. How could I not be? Because of him, Spectra had ended up hurt in the infirmary. Yes it was partly my fault and I felt guilty about even sending her out there but our allies needed to be updated. I was just so frustrated seeing Him standing there. I turned and continued walking but he fell into step beside me.

"Did I scare you?" He asked.

"I live in a country that wants to end my kind figure the rest out"

"Why don't you run away?"

"Runaway and abandon my kind? I refuse to lie down like a dead dog and watch my friends, my family be killed " I snapped.

He seemed a bit surprised by my actions but continued his line of questioning anyway.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"The gym why do you care?" I asked as we entered the large gym area.

"Just asking "

Oh, I saw what he was doing. I'd seen this game one too many times he was trying to get information out of me. Most likely my name but I wasn't sure what to expect from a former monster hunter. Of course, he wasn't stupid. He'd probably already figured out that I was in charge. What did he think he was going to accomplish? Did he think that if he got sensitive information from me that he could go running back to his team of monster hunters? That they'd accept him and pat him on the back? He's got a lot to learn. I'd seen how their foul twisted minds think. It wasn't pretty by any means.

I'm sure they think they're doing the world a favor but in reality, they're pawns in a sick game that won't end until every last monster is dead.

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Shaggy pov.

After I'd finished helping Thorn I'd decided to explore. This place was huge. I'd heard the sound of voices and followed them back to the classroom area. I pushed open the door just enough to see inside. She was reading fairy tales to the kids. I didn't think she was that type of person. She came off as a cold and distant person. It made me wonder what exactly she'd gone through. I decided to try and pry some information out of her. As we walked to the gym I started to realize that I wasn't getting anywhere with her.

"Are you just going to follow me all day?" She asked.

"Well, I don't have anything better to do" I replied as she walked to a nearby punching bag.

"Well then find something to do," she said before beating the punching bag like her life depended on it.

"You know that'd be a lot more fun with a partner " I suggested.

She stopped assaulting the punching bag and looked at me with a bored oppression.

"You?" She asked.

"Well it seems I'm the only other one here"

"You're not going to fall off a roof again are you?" She asked as we got into fighting positions.

So she did have a sense of humor.

"Is there an invisible drop I don't know about?" I retorted.

"There might be" She replied as she swung at me.

I dodged her easily and went to strike only for her to jump back at lightning speed. We stayed like that before I finally managed to grab her by the arm and swing her onto her back before pinning her down.

"I win" I declared while helping her up.

"I suppose you did," she said with a small smile.

I'd actually never seen her smile. It was a pleasant sight. Something told me she used to smile a lot.

"Now if you'll excuse me I've got work to do, " She said before walking past me and leaving.

"Is that all you ever do?" I asked following her.

"Well you don't protect monsters by being lazy "

"You need to loosen up"

"Why so I'll let my guard down so you can expose us?" She asked spinning to face me.

"No, you just need to loosen up" I replied.

"Nice try," she said before going into her office.

She obviously had trust issues. Not that I could blame her. As I walked back to my room I thought about how little I knew about her. I didn't even know her name. She was a complete mystery to me. I found that I wanted to unravel this mystery piece by piece. This place confused me. It went against everything I'd been told and yet I was intrigued by it. Even the monsters that lived here were nice to me. They were all a little distant but that was expected. I was a monster hunter or I guess ex-monster hunter. It was weird but sometimes I forget that I was a werewolf until I saw my reflection.

I opened the door to my room. I found a book on my bed with a note attached to it.

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Shaggy I know you're bored so here's a book to keep you occupied

-Thorn

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A book on werewolves. Thorn and her humor. Nonetheless, I sat down and begun to read it anyway. This book was factual leading me to wonder where she'd gotten it from. As I was reading I came across an interesting passage. It said something about werewolves having fated matches. Interesting but I wasn't sure how accurate it was so I shrugged it off. I finished the book in an hour. I placed the book on the nightstand. I yawned and laid down.

"Shaggy where are you?" A voice called.

I turned trying to locate the voice. I began to walk through the empty halls with the only sound being my own footsteps. As I turned the corner I found her waiting. She looked different. She was wearing a red dress with her leather jacket. The scars on her face were almost nonexistent and she was smiling. She stood up and walked over to me.

"What took you so long?" She asked before kissing my cheek.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Oh, Shaggy don't tell me you forget about our date" she laughed.

"Date?"

"Yes silly our date"

"But don't you have work to do?"

"It's Saturday Shaggy"

"And?"

"We don't have work on Saturday remember?"

"We?"

"Are you alright Shaggy?" She asked feeling my forehead with concern.

"I don't know "