For dinner, Jasmine and I sat at a high-top table at the Lunar Chamber, a college restaurant about a block from campus. Jasmine sipped on a lemonade, eyeing a couple alcoholic drinks our waiter brought another group of students. She nudged me. "You think if I flirt with him, he'd bring us some?"

I arched a brow, annoyance bubbling inside me. "I thought you were set on flirting with Professor Lee?"

Don't get me wrong, I was all for her flirting with whoever she wanted, but I was still pissed off at her that she switched into Lee's class to flirt with him. He had told me that I was his and would forever be his, but... sometimes people lied to get what they wanted. My parents had made sure I knew that.

Though I didn't think he would lie to me, too—he seemed genuine—I didn't like the thought of my roommate being all over him. If I was his, that meant that he was mine, and I wouldn't let anyone else touch him. I hadn't ever been in a relationship like this before, had never had someone pay this much attention to me; I wasn't going to give that up.

Jasmine snorted. "Not anymore."

Sitting up taller, I glanced at her. "What do you mean?"

"Ugh." Jasmine wrinkled her nose. "I'm not interested in him. I realized that he's too old for me. Next year, he'll be wobbling around with a cane."

My lips curled into a smile, and I couldn't help but giggle at the thought of Callum Lee with a cane. He was way too ripped, walked around with way too much confidence, and looked way too sexy for that to be him next year.

Jasmine took a sip of her lemonade. "Professor Lee is all yours, Bria."

"Uhm, what about me?" Levi said, scooting onto the third stool. "Who gets me?"

Jasmine choked on her drink and held a hand to her chest. "I know you did not just say that."

Levi wiggled his eyebrows at her. "You know I did, babe."

Jasmine kicked him in the shin underneath the table with the tip of her high heel. He grunted and tensed, raising his brows and looking down at the table. "Damn, I deserved that." After a moment of recovery, Levi looked over at me. "What are you ladies up to?"

"Jasmine wanted to—"

Curling her arm around my shoulders, Jasmine pulled me closer. "Talking about how Bria wants to ride Professor Lee."

My eyes widened, cheeks flushing. I smacked Jasmine in the shoulder and glared at her, not wanting the entire world to find out that I liked him, especially like that. I hadn't told Jasmine what happened between us, but didn't want any rumors flying around campus.

"Same, though," Levi said, sitting back and grabbing a beer from the waiter.

Lips curling into a wider smile, I laughed and grabbed a fry from my plate. "I don't know if Professor Lee likes you back, Levi," I teased. "He kept glaring at you all class yesterday. I was scared that he'd rip your throat out."

Levi chuckled tensely and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, rip out my throat..."

Jasmine bumped her shoulder into mine. "Maybe you can make your move on him during the Full Moon party next Friday."

"The Full Moon party will be the perfect time," Levi said, stealing a fry from my plate and nodding to Jasmine with a sly smirk on his face. "He won't be able to resist her then and turn into a wild animal."

Again, Jasmine kicked Levi in the shin. I furrowed my brows at the intense and silent exchange between the two. Levi seemed like the type of guy to spill a bit too much information, which could definitely be useful at some point... maybe.

"What's a Full Moon party?"

"During the first full moon of the school year, the university throws a party for new freshmen to celebrate." Levi leaned back and glanced around the room. "Last year, the party was a rager."

The waiter came over with the checks, and I handed him a few dollars, then I slid off the chair and walked with Jasmine and Levi toward the exit. People waved to Jasmine and Levi as we walked by, slapping them on the back like they had known them for years.

Jasmine looped her arm around mine and pushed through the doors, stepping into the crisp fall night. I inched closer to her, freezing at the wind which she seemed to be fine with even in a tank top and some shorts.

"You have to go," Jasmine said. "It's so fun."

"You've been before?" I asked.

"My friends and I used to sneak into the party while we were still in high school."

"You live around here?"

"We both do," Levi said, shoving his hands into his jean pockets. "Many of the students that go here come from around the forest that surrounds the university. That's why we know the majority of them."

"Oh," I said, brows furrowed. "I didn't think that there were that many communities around here. The school seems pretty secluded."

Levi and Jasmine shared another tense glance, then Jasmine cleared her throat. "It is," she said. "We live a bit south, about forty-five minutes from here."

Suddenly, howls erupted through the forest. I tensed and found myself stopping and gazing into the dark woods, my heart pounding in my chest. Another howl sounded, then another. It sounded like... like a pack of wolves.

Jasmine tugged on my wrist a bit harder and dragged me toward our dorm with Levi in tow. "Let's get back inside. It's getting late, and don't you have to be up early for Professor Lee's class? You don't want to miss too many classes, or else he'll deduct some points."

I chewed on the inside of my lip. "Are there wolves around here?"

Both Levi and Jasmine stayed quiet. Levi finally nodded and opened the front dorm door for me. "Yeah, some. I've seen them around here for a few years now, but usually they're not dangerous."

A loud yowl sounded through the dark forest. "Not dangerous?" I whispered. That sounded like one of them was in pain and lots of it, like one attacked the other, or worse... one attacked a student.

Jasmine pulled me into the stuffy building and waved Levi off. "See you tomorrow."

After a couple moments, Levi rounded the building's corner and disappeared into the night, heading right for the noise. I swallowed hard and watched him run off. Something wasn't right, and I wanted to find out what it was.