The Alpha's Forever Mate

CHAPTER: 2

As soon as Violet Davies stepped onto the grounds of Elite Trinity Academy, she realized she had made a huge mistake. It was hard to come back from such a kind of mistake.

It was possibly the late afternoon light, but everything seemed magnificent in a way she was not used to. An unsullied lawn stretched out in front of her, divided by a tree-lined path that led up to a building looking more like some sort of medieval fortress than a school. The lawn was greener than any grass she had seen in her life, even the sky above seemed to be an extra shade of blue. Everything looked too bright, unreal. They had sent her brochures when they had offered her the scholarship, of course, but no glossy pictures could capture the atmosphere that distinctly said, 'Not meant for girls like you.'

There was hardly anyone around, not on the lawn, or the path, or moving around on the school steps. She had been practically alone on the train as well, which left her wondering if she had gotten the dates wrong. She had double-checked the paperwork and made sure she had not messed up with time zones or anything, but she hadn't.

Well, she was fairly sure she hadn't. She had been traveling for so long that she had lost all sense of time. Elite was so exclusive that nobody knew the actual location. The brochure mentioned, 'it is for the safety of our students and the peace of mind of their families.' Which made sense, considering the type of people who send their kids to a school like this, but also made it difficult to get to. She had been meandering back and forth all over the place until she was not even sure she was on the same planet anymore.

There had been an option in the brochure to get a direct flight, but they had probably made a typing mistake with the price because her family could have had a fairly decent dinner every night for a year.

But even the direct flights had only gone as far as a train station 'to an undisclosed location,' from which a train then traveled underground to the school, so it did not explain why nobody was around. Violet hovered by the entrance to the train platform, tightening her grip on her battered old suitcase and willing herself not to just turn around and run all the way home, back to her family.

"Um, are you alright?" A rosy-cheeked girl with dark hair appeared from between the trees. Her big blue eyes were filled with concern as she looked thoughtfully into Violet's face. She was cute and sweet looking, and Violet felt like a tall, plain Jane, redhead, with freckles and thick glasses in comparison.

"You are Violet Davies, right?" the girl asked.

Before Violet could answer, she grabbed her suitcase, took her by the arm, and started leading her up the path to school.

"I figured you must be, Violet," the girl said. "My roommate was listed as Violet Davies, so I have been waiting for you, and you are the first person I have seen that I didn't know already, and that was the last train. I almost thought you were not coming!"

The girl grinned at Violet and she could not help but grin back. She was so relieved to meet someone nice right before entering school. She hadn't had much time for friends in the last few years, but Violet was hoping that would change now that she was at boarding school and away from her responsibilities.

"I am glad you came, though! They organize roommates alphabetically here and I am right in the middle-Yana Turner- This has always put me with either Tina Parker, who is nice enough but says creepy things in her sleep, or Zoe Parker, who is just... wow, I am glad you will be my roommate. High school is going to kick the butt of middle school. The campus is also much nicer than the middle schools, and hopefully, the teachers will be, too," Yana Turner told Violet.

The main school was set on a slight peak, so that as they made their way up the path toward it, Violet could see over the school grounds. There were a few smaller buildings close to the main school, arranged in an attractively pleasing way like a cute tiny village, but basically, most of the grounds seemed covered by gardens, right back to where the forest began. The gardens were divided into two concentric circles. The inner circle was covered with roses of all shades, while the outer circle was covered with green grass. As more of the grounds came into view, Violet noticed a small square garden with yellow flowers, and golden trees set back close to the forest. It seemed an odd arrangement, but then she was not an expert in this field.

Yana had stopped chatting, and Violet noticed she was struggling a bit with her bag. Violet shook her head at herself and tried to take it back off her, but Yana just laughed at her.

"I am fine," she said. "But what do you have in here? Bricks? Stones?" Yana asked her.

They were almost at school, so it did not seem the right time to explain to Yana that she was very poor and needed to support her family's income by doing online electronic gadget repairs so that Violet and her family did not starve to death.

"Just some work from home," Violet told Yana. "I can go drop it in our room."

Yana shook her head. "Never mind, the welcome ceremony is about to start. I am surprised the porters did not take it with the rest of your luggage, though."

Violet could only shrug in reply. That was the only luggage she had, and Violet had seen no porters. They must have probably taken one look at her old bag and figured it was not worth it.

They climbed the steps to the main entrance, the imposing stone building dominating over them. Violet stopped in her tracks as they entered the massive entrance, feeling a little dizzy. Everything was marble and mahogany, polished to perfection so that the glare could blind you. A chandelier hung low in the middle, sparkling like diamonds--though Violet had never seen an actual diamond before, so she could not be sure. Two grand staircases curved around the wall on either side, covered in thick red carpet and edged with balustrades of gold. Violet tried to calculate in her head how many dinners all the equipment in that hall could buy for her family, but her brain just kept coming up with a message. This school is absurd-- that was what her brain said.

A/N: To be continued...