Chapter 7 – Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel

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“I appreciate the opportunity,” I say to him, and in a way, I meant that. I could prove myself to him and to others. I could practice my skills and better myself. “Honestly, maybe it won’t be that bad,” I smirked.

Bastien laughed, clapping me on the back.

“You might even have fun,” he told me with a grin. “I couldn’t think of a better Alpha for the job. I can already tell; you’re going to do great things. I’m glad to finally have you on the committee. Enjoy your weekend. The student council will be expecting you at the academy on Monday, bright and early!”

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I took Bastien’s words to heart; he believed that I could do great things in my future. Just as my mother believed. I didn’t want to let either of them down. But still, there was a part of me that worried if I was going to do any better than my father.

My mother was right; as soon as I became the Alpha of the Calypso Pack, I started hearing rumors about my father. Things I never heard before; things I don’t even think my mother knew.

Like the fact that my father died because of his love for a Volana wolf. I never even heard of a Volana wolf before and there was a part of me that didn’t believe they existed. As far as I knew, it was only a myth. But I’ve heard the story from different sources.

My father had fallen in love with a Volana and because of that, he lost his life. It was love that made the most powerful shifter in the universe weak. I wasn’t sure if it was because Volanas were the most powerful type of wolves in the world, or because of love itself. But either way, I swore to never allow what happened to my father to happen to me.

Which meant I vowed to never fall in love.

It complicated things when I stepped into the house of Alpha Bastien, on the night of his daughter, Layla’s, 18(th) birthday, and my wolf was in awe of her beauty.

His husky whisper made my entire body freeze and my skin crawl.

“I can feel her… our mate…”

Shit.

Layla’s POV

I wasn’t feeling good.

I don’t know if it was something I ate; perhaps I had too much cake. Or maybe it was too much to drink. I only had a couple of glasses of wine at most.

But I was suddenly feeling lightheaded. I was also feeling a wave of heat crossing my features. My heartbeat was heavy, and I needed to sit down before I completely passed out.

“Layla bean, why don’t I take you to your room so you can lie down,” my mother suggested, sitting beside me on the couch. I was faced with a few concerned eyes as I tried to maintain my breathing.

“I’m okay,” I tell her.

I would hate to leave my own party early. My parent’s worked so hard to make this evening perfect and I didn’t want to disappoint them.

“You are burning up, you might have a fever.”

“I don’t want to be rude,” I say, looking up at her. “Some Alpha’s traveled far to be here.”

“Your health is my only concern right now.”

I knew there was no arguing with her; though, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to make it to bed on my own. I was feeling extremely dizzy. As soon as I stood up, I nearly fell over again. I stared at the wine glass on the table; I only took a few sips of it before I started getting sick.

I was completely fine earlier; I wondered what was wrong all of a sudden.

My mother wrapped an arm around me to keep me steady. We walked through the mound of guests who were watching me with the same concerned expressions as my mother. As we walked toward the stairs of the packhouse, my eyes found Enzo’s from across the room.

He was watching me as well, even though another Alpha was speaking to him. It didn’t seem as if Enzo was paying him any attention. His eyes darkened as he took in my face. I managed to look away as my mother guided me up the stairs.

As we reached my room, my mother tucked me into bed, adjusting my pillow.

“I’m going to call a doctor,” she insisted. “You are burning up.”

I must have fallen asleep at some point because when I woke up, there was a man standing over me. I recognized him as our pack doctor. There was a cool cloth over my head, soothing my burning features.

I felt a small sting in my arm as I moved, and I realized there was an IV in my arm with some liquid oozing into my body.

“Oh good, you’re awake,” he said. “You’ve been asleep all night.”

“All night?” I gasped. “But the party—”

“I’m afraid the party’s over. But you don’t need to worry, your family took care of everything.”

I felt a wave of disappointment; I couldn’t believe I missed the rest of my 18(th) birthday. I didn’t even get my wolf yet.

“What happened to me?” I asked, staring up at the doctor.

“You’ve been poisoned by wolfbane,” the doctor told me; my heart plummeted into the pit of my stomach.

I was poisoned? Who would do such a thing?

“I don’t understand…” I said hoarsely. “I was poisoned?”

“I’m afraid so,” he said, eyeing me carefully. “Was there anybody unusual at your party? Somebody, you didn’t know?”

I shook my head, trying to recall the events of last night.

“No, I knew everybody there. They were all my friends and family…” I said to him.

Before the doctor could ask any more questions, there was a knock on my door. Brianna poked her head in. I wasn’t expecting to see her here this morning and I was relieved that she was.

The doctor left us alone to catch up.

“Were you really poisoned?” She asked, crawling into bed beside me.

“I guess so,” I tell her. “I just remember taking some sips of wine and then feeling sick. I don’t remember much after that.”

“Your mom took you to bed and then called the doctor,” Brianna told me. “I thought I saw Scott lurking around with some blonde girl too. I almost approached him and asked him what he was doing with that hussy.”

“Wait… Scott was here?” I asked, raising my brows.

The blonde girl must have been Sarah. What were they even doing here?

I hadn’t told anyone, including Brianna, that Scott and I broke up.

“Yes; like I said, with a blonde chick,” she said with an eye roll. “I know he’s your boyfriend, but I don’t trust him… I think he’s up to no good honestly.”

“We actually broke up,” I told her; her eyes widened in shock.

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