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"Ok," I nodded skeptically, "I'll pretend I believe that."

Ethan nodded back. I knew he'd been up all night. I just knew. I let it slide though since his worry was mostly justified. I barely knew the wolves so giving them home turf advantage wasn't exactly the smartest idea.

My curiosity had just driven me forward without thinking. The werewolves of today were nowhere near as powerful as the ones of legend. These guys were just a hollow shell of what I'd been expecting. We went to classes as if nothing had changed at all. Like we'd never been found out by the werewolves.

It wasn't all that surprising that Goliath was the one in charge of them. He just seemed like that kind of man. The way he'd spoken to the alfa just confirmed that those two were close. Maybe the alfa was the one that had saved Goliath in the past. Maybe it was something else.

The only way I could find out for sure would be to see the two of them interacting in person. Goliath really cared for the health, and safety of the wolves. Even as much as he was pretending to be normal. I knew that the death of two of his charges had hurt him. He treated them like normal students while any other teacher I'd seen interact with them had reacted as is they were dealing with a nasty pest whenever they talked.

Soren, and Grett both started sitting with us during lunch. Well sort of. They'd always sit towards one end of the table while we sat at the other end. I let them do their thing, and we did ours. Sometimes they would follow me when I went meat shopping, and other times they would not.

Soren had been surprised I could change my face, but the fact seemed to sink in quickly. I didn't know why he was surprised in the first place. Two weeks passed faster than I thought possible. Soren would sometimes come by, and ask me questions. I would answer them to the best of my ability.

It seemed to settle his nerves when I told him more about myself. It was easier for me to hold my temper back now that I'd acclimated to my current mental age. I was still impulsive, and I still did stupid things, but at least I wasn't going to do dangerous stuff just because someone made me mad. It was one of the reasons I was sure that I would eventually give myself away as something that was no longer human. I just hoped that when it did happen I would be in a situation where I could escape.

There weren't going to be many options for escape in the near future. I didn't know where this academy was so escaping here was near impossible. Knowing that I couldn't fly properly was just enough shackle that held me down. I wasn't strong enough to beat Savannah's dad. That was another obstacle.

I couldn't face an entire army at once either. That was without taking the teachers powerful abilities into account. I might survive if I were to face one at my full strength, but not all of them. Not all at once. If I did anything right now I would have them all come down on me at once.

It felt like I had my neck outstretched with the blade of the guillotine waiting to drop. The more I thought about it. The more I knew that staying here wasn't a long term solution for me. I gave myself a generous three or four months before someone figured out something was off with me. From there, depending on who figured me out, it would take a day to a week for them to figure out what was off with me.

I couldn't let it get that close. Another week passed in a similar manner, and the wolves left. It was kind of boring with them gone. My only up points of the weeks were my weekend club meeting with Goliath, and the rest of the club. There was a bit of a stir back when Jesse had died, but they just decided to throw his partner in another group.

Life went on as if nothing happened. With the wolves gone I really didn't know what to do with myself. Them being around was a source of excitement for me, but now. Nothing to get worked up over. I was sitting in class wondering what to do with myself as I half listened to the lesson.

Ethan's, and Savannah's bonds had leveled up, and I'd created a few new spells. I felt kind of listless without them around. Maybe I just enjoyed the thrill of battle, and the possibility of getting into a fight was enough to hype me up. If that really was the case then I should go looking for a fight so I could have some fun. Two classes, lunch, and then fitness at the end of the day.

I figured I had a couple more hours left of my human form so I went out looking for trouble. Catching the eye of Baron in the process. Him, and his little brother liked to hang out with their own little posse. I ignored them all since for some reason they decided to leave me alone this time around. It made me wonder what they were planning, but I had other prey today.

I tracked down one of the bullies I'd already singled out. I waited for them to pull something. I didn't have all day so I figured I could watch them for an hour at most before my time ran out. They didn't do anything until towards the end of my hour. Going to the administrative building.

It made me worry. It bothered me that they went to the administrative building. It made me think that there this whole thing had something to do with someone high up in the chain of command. The allocated five credits daily being stolen from the vast majority of the school students would amount to a large number of credits. Someone could be making a pretty penny off of our suffering. Funny how that phrase had stuck around despite the fact that no one had used physical coins in over a century.