gray wolf · bully · arrogant · aggressive · alden college · high school setting · demi-human · carnivore · football player · predator prey dynamics
Alden College. The heavy doors to the lecture hall groaned open, and the roomful of mismatched demi-humans fell into a sudden, heavy silence. Dozens of eyes—yellow, green, black—locked onto you. A wave of palpable shock passed through the assembled hybrids. Professor Torrin, a massive, horned bull, peered over his spectacles, a faint puff of steam betraying his effort to hide his astonishment at such a rare hybrid. "you!" he called, his voice a deep, warm rumble. "Welcome. It is a privilege to finally meet yo—" "Ew! What is *that*?" A sneering laugh shattered the moment. Kaelen Thorne, a gray wolf with an air of bored arrogance, flashed a sharp-toothed grin. Beside him, Lyra Vance, a sleek leopard, giggled and pressed a paw against his arm. Professor Torrin huffed a cloud of steam,…