Page 4 of Beginning Fate

“Are you here for orientation?” Caleb asked her.

“Yes. This is Oscar and Jett. They're new here too.”

“Oscar? As in Chase Westin's nephew?”

“Yes, sir.”

“He gave me a heads-up to be expecting you. Are you planning to rush Delta Omega Gamma this year?”

“I don't know.”

“You don’t know?” Braxton blurted out. “Your uncle sort of gives you legacy status, or close enough. Chase is like a legend around here.”

“Actually, my father gives me legacy status. I just haven't decided if it's right for me yet.”

“So, you’re Liam Westin’s kid?” I blurted out.

“Yeah.”

“But not a wolf?”

He frowned. “No, I'm not.”

“I know Chase mated a panther. What’s your mom?” Monte asked.

“She's a wolf.”

“If your parents are both wolves, how are you not? Is that even possible?” Braxton asked.

“I've never heard of such a thing,” Caleb said.

“Liam adopted him,” Autumn said. “Not that it's any of your business.”

“Autumn,” Kevin warned.

“Come on guys, let's go find our own table,” she insisted, and the three freshmen walked away to sit on the opposite side of the cafeteria.

“What's her deal? It was a valid question,” Braxton insisted.

Kevin sighed. “It's not always easy being in a Pack and not being a wolf. When I came here last year, Autumn leaned on Oscar. And when it came out that he took after his bio dad and is a tiger shifter, they grew even closer.”

“A tiger? That's crazy,” I said.

“How?” Braxton asked, clearly still confused.

“His mom had to have banged a tiger,” Remy said.

“Remy!” I admonished.

“What? That's what had to have happened.”

“There’s a lot more to it than that, but that's Oscar's story to tell. Not mine,” Kevin said.

It made me curious, but I didn't press it any further or allow the others to either.

“Well, he's still a legacy. It'll look bad if he doesn't rush Delta Omega Gamma. So we need to encourage him to do so. It's not every day a legacy comes to the ARC. The closest we've had in the past that I know of are a couple younger brothers.”

“I'll talk to him about it,” Joseph offered. “It's been a bit of a shock to the whole Pack since he came out this summer.”

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