Chapter 410
“Judy, Nan!”
I heard a familiar voice saying from across the student lounge and when I looked, my eyes grew wide.
“Holy shit, she’s actually here,” Nan breathed, her eyes fixed on Sammy who was walking towards us with a bright smile on her lips.
“Sammy?” I asked once she finally approached.
“It’s so good to see you both,” Sammy said, sitting in the seat across from me. “I Hope I’m not interrupting.”
“Not at all,” I told her. “We are just surprised to see you are all. I didn’t think you’d actually be here.”
She nodded.
“I needed to get away from my pack and my boyfriend. Gavin was kind enough to set me up here. I’m really excited to start this semester with you guys.”
“When do you graduate?” Nan asked.
“Two more years,” Sammy explained.
“Too bad we didn’t know you soon,” Nan said with a small frown. “We are graduating this year.”
“That’s huge,” Sammy said with a bright smile. “Let me guess, you’re in the Gamma Force major?” She asked me.
I nodded.
“What gave that away?” I chuckled.
She laughed too and then turned to Nan.
“What about you? You don’t strike me as a gamma,” she said pointedly.
“I’m a chef,” Nan said, nibbling her lower lip. “At least aspiring to be.”
“Nan is a great cook,” I said, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and pulling her closer to me. “She’s in the culinary program and on her way to graduating top of her class. Don’t let her sell you short.”
Sammy smiled thoughtfully at that.
I noticed more eyes wandering in our direction and I tried my best to ignore them. Sammy on the other hand was glancing around with a frown before leaning into the table to speak to us.
“Everyone is staring at you,” she whispered. “Is it like this all the time?”
“Only recently,” Nan told her, just as quietly. “Since she won the Gamma competition, it’s all anyone can talk about.”
“It’s still all over the news,” Sammy agreed. “So, I don’t blame them for talking. Not often a woman takes home the title and becomes a part of the Elite. It’s a rarity and you happened to be that rarity.”
I felt my cheeks getting warmer by the second and I nibbled on my lower lip.
“What am I supposed to do? I can’t have them staring at me all the time. Will it
ever wear off?” I asked, staring between the two of them.
“I’m sure it will,” Nan said gently. “Try not to worry about it too much.”
I nodded and took a deep breath.
For the rest of the day, I tried to keep my head as low as I could. I could still feel eyes on me and hear the whispers that went on around me, but I tried my best to ignore them. By the time classes concluded for the evening, I was utterly exhausted. I thought about calling Gavin and telling him that I didn’t want to tutor Matt today, but I thought against it. I didn’t want to do that to Matt; he was expecting me around now anyway and Beta Taylor was probably already waiting for me to take me to Gavin’s Villa.
Before I left my final class of the day, my professor stopped me.
“Judy, can I speak with you for a moment?” She said, a small smile playing on her lips.
“Is everything okay, Professor Rivers?” I asked when I reached her desk.
“Yes; firstly, I wanted to congratulate you for winning the competition. That was a huge accomplishment,” she said thoughtfully.
“Thank you,” I said, feeling a bit awkward.
“And secondly, we are going to be getting a new student at some point this week He’s in your major and he’s going to need to be caught up. I was hoping you’d be able to tutor him and help him out a bit. You’d get paid of course,” she told me.
I nodded without hesitation; I could use the money, and I enjoyed tutoring.
“Sure, I would love to. When does he arrive?” I asked.
“Tomorrow,” she replied. “He’s transferring from a different school.”
“Okay,” I told her. “I’d be happy to help.”
She smiled.
“Thanks, Judy, I knew I could count on you.”
With that being said, I left and went straight toward the front of the campus. Taylor’s car was already
parked out front when I arrived.
opened the back door and paused when I saw Sammy seated in the car with her bag pressed against her chest.
“What are you doing here?” I asked getting into the car.
“Alpha Gavin said I can stay in the mansion with you,” she told me, raising her brows. “if that’s okay. I don’t really have another place lined up right now and he figured that’d be the easiest solution.
“That’s completely fine,” I told her. “I’m happy to have you.”
She beamed at me my words.
“Also, he got me a job,” she told me. “So, I can earn my keep in his pack while I’m here.”
“A job?” I asked, confused. “What type of job?”
She broke out into a wide grin.
“You are looking at your new handmaiden.
Reality set in almost right away; Gavin hired a new maid to replace Harper.