Axel pov Ugh, why was he so intolerable? I sat in class groaning, the students around me shifting slightly away as if they were scared I would bite them. I couldn’t stop myself from dwelling on Emmett. He was the smartest in school, he always was. Sure I wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t the smartest, maybe that was something that mattered to Colette. He was handsome, which was to be expected. I knew what people said: that Julien, Colt, Emmett, and I were the most attractive males in the school. Emmett had his chin-length wavy light red hair and warm honey-colored eyes. He was always well put together, a very serious and studious type of person who seemed much older than his age. Maybe that was Colette’s type. I groaned, standing up when the bell rang and walking into the hallway with the rest