Chapter 88 – Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel

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“It’s our home…” my mother said stepping forward. “We’ve lived here for a long time after I left Blaise with my baby boy, Enzo. We created a home here and met others just like us. Others were hiding because of their fear of what Blaise might do. Now that he’s gone… his men have gone wild and are harming any Volanas they get a whiff of.”

“We knew his men were still out there, hunting for our kind,” Selene said, stepping toward my mother. “But we had no idea that other Volanas have been in hiding because of it. We didn’t know things were this bad. We hardly ever see Blaise’s men.”

“That’s because they won’t go to Elysium,” I explained. “They have a fear of you and Bastien because you were able to defeat my father with ease. So, they refuse to go anywhere near you. However, they’ve been watching me for a long time now. Waiting for me to fuck up; they use my mother as a punching bag because they know they can get to me that way. I won’t stand for something like that again.”

“You’re wanting to protect them? The Volana wolves?” Selene asked, curiosity piquing her tone.

I nodded once.

“Yes,” I answered. “That’s my goal in life. To climb my way to the top so I can protect all Volana wolves. I want to protect those like my mother and—”

My voice trailed off. I was about to say “Layla” but stopped myself quickly.

Both Selene and Bastien looked at one another questionably before looking back at me.

“Layla,” Bastien said, raising his brows. “So, you can protect those like Layla?”

I wasn’t sure what to say in response. Anything said could out the fact that I’m mated to Layla. I didn’t want anyone to know that face, so I just cleared my throat.

“I’ve lived in the shadows of my father for a long time. I’ve seen the shit he’s done and those he’s done wrong. I’m not going to let anything or anyone else cause harm to my mother and her clan. I need to make sure this world is safe again even if it means my death.”

Bastien looked at me for a long while before a grin appeared on his face.

“I’m pleased to finally know you a little better, Enzo,” Bastien said, clapping me on the back.

I was surprised by his reaction.

“I’m going to start healing,” Selene said, walking with my mother toward the more seriously injured.

“She’s good at the healing thing,” Bastien explained. “That’s why I brought her here. But we should talk more about that trip to Monstro.”

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Layla’s POV

“I really want those puff cakes with the little marshmallows,” Rachel wined as she sprawled out on my bed.

“We don’t have any; I’d have to go the store to get them,” I told her shaking my head. “I also don’t have my car, so, I’d have to walk.”

“Please, Layla,” Rachel pleaded. “I need something to get my mind off all this shit and those puff cakes are the only thing I can think of right now. I can walk with you. There’s a 24-hour mart in town if I remembered correctly.”

I sighed and agreed to go with her to the mart to get the puff cakes.

It was dark, but thankfully the rays of the moon lit up the streets so we could navigate through the vacant town of Elysium. It was one of the smaller towns, but it had a 24-hour store so that was our best bet on getting puff cakes.

I wasn’t surprised that the store was completely empty. Only the cashier was behind the counter. I gave them a small greeting as we walked through the aisles.

“Found them!” Rachel cooed happily.

She grabbed a couple of boxes before taking them to the cashier.

Once we paid, we were back on the streets and headed toward the Nova Packhouse. It was only a 15-minute walk, but because I was so tired, the walk felt like it lasted forever.

“These are going to hit the spot,” Rachel breathed as she wiggled the grocery bag excitedly.

“Let’s just get back before my parents wake up and see we are missing,” I told her.

“Aren’t we adults? Do we need their permission to leave the packhouse?”

“Considering we are hiding you from the hospital, I think it’s better if we don’t leave the packhouse. But here we are,” I said, giving her a side-eyed look.

“Somebody help me!!” A woman’s voice in the distance yelled. “Please!! Help me!!”

Layla’s POV

The woman sounded frantic like she was in danger. I could tell she was crying, and my first instinct was to get rid of Rachel.

“Go back to the packhouse,” I said quickly. “Wake my parents and tell them somebody is in trouble.”

“What about you?” Rachel asked.

The woman’s voice grew louder and this time she was screaming as she cried. I could hear the muffled sounds of nearby men as well and my heart sank further into my stomach.

“Just go,” I ordered. “There’s not enough time. I need to help her!”

I turned away just as Rachel started yelling something behind me, but I ran so fast that her voice became distorted until I couldn’t hear it at all.

I wasn’t worried about getting into a fight. But I worried about who I was getting into a fight with.

in the distance, I saw a woman running down the street. Her features were stained in tears and sweat as she continued to run. Her red fiery hair was practically illuminating in the moonlight, and I could feel how frightened she was.

She was running quickly and glancing behind her periodically.

That’s when I saw a few men chasing her down. They were large and they were all in their human forms but telling from their dark eyes and their strange auras, I knew they were wolves.

I also knew they were dangerous. I got a chill down my spine from looking at them and I wasn’t sure where that came from.

I shook the fear out of my body and ran toward them. At that point, the woman saw me and I saw a flood of relief across her face as she ran toward me.

“Please help me!” She cried. “They are trying to hurt me!!”

“She’s not even a Volana wolf,” I heard one of the men growling. “That bitch promised there’d be tons of them here.”

They were looking for Volana’s?

Nobody ever hunts for us in Elysium. They wouldn’t dare cross my father.

The woman continued to cry and to plead for them to stop chasing her. I managed to get to her just in time and step in front of her, blocking her view from the men’s.

“Get out of our way girly. This beef has nothing to do with—”

His voice trailed off as he took in a whiff of the air. His already dark eyes darkened even more, and a glimmer of a smile appeared on his narrow features. Then, he narrowed his eyes at me, and his aura darkened even more.

“I can smell Volana’s blood on you,” he breathed, hungrily. “She was right…”

“Who was right?’ I asked, narrowing my eyes at him. “Who sent you here?”

“Doesn’t matter,” he sneered. “What matters is she promised us a Volana, and now it seems we got one.”

“This girl isn’t a Volana.”

“No… but you are,” he said with a widening grin.

I took a step away from him, I was getting an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. I knew a fight was going to happen.

“You smell even better than I thought you would,” another chuckled. “Must be all the magic.”

His chuckle was dark though, and it made my skin crawl.

“Go,” I ordered the woman who remained behind me. “Leave this place quickly.”

She was hesitant for a moment, but soon she ran away. The men just laughed as they neared me.

“Why don’t you be a good little wolf and come with us,” the leader of the group said with a large grin.

I kicked off the ground and did a backflip away from them. They looked surprised at first, but then I shifted into my wolf form and lunged toward them. I used the moves that Enzo had taught me in class.

However, those moves were made for one-on-one combat, not a group thing. Some of them shifted into their own wolves so they could keep up with me. I felt a sharp blow to my leg that sent me to the ground as one of the bit into my flesh.

I yelped loudly, kicking him in the face and snapping my own canines in his direction.

Soon, a dark grey wolf came out of nowhere and roared loudly.  I recognized him right away, but I just couldn’t believe he was here right now.

“Brody?” I asked in a mindlink. “How are you here right now?”

“I saw you in distress from across the street and came as fast as I could,” he explained. “My grandmother lives in Elysium, so I was visiting her. I was heading to the store…”

His words were interrupted as a wolf tackled him. He went to the ground, and I screamed out for him out loud.

“Awe, is that your little boyfriend?” One of the men said in a fit of laughter. “He’s no match for us sweetheart, so you might as well give up and come with us.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you,” I growled in return.

On that note, I lunged at them again, biting at them, but missing by only a hair. They were much bigger than me, which wouldn’t have been a problem if there weren’t more of them than there were of us.

“Layla!!” I heard Brody yelling in the distance. “Watch out!”

Just as I turned my head to see what was going on behind me, I felt a sharp pain in my neck. I gasped once I realized it was a needle.

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