“Can’t be more complicated than my situation with Sarah,”
he chuckled.
This was it. I had to tell Brody the truth. He felt comfortable enough to tell me the truth; I needed to repay the favor.
“It’s Alpha Enzo…”
The clatter of his fork falling to his plate startled me and I met his alarmed eyes.
“Professor Enzo?!”
He gasped. “Like… your former combat and shifting professor? Alpha of the Calypso pack? The son of the wolf who divided our entire nation and tried to kill your family—”
“Yes, Brody,”
I said in a sharp whisper. “Keep it down…”
“Sorry… I’m just in shock.”
“I know… I was too…”
I said, feeling my face warming. “But yes. He’s my mate… and he’s also nothing like his father. He’s actually trying to undo everything his father did to this nation. There are a lot of people who don’t know about Enzo. I was guilty of misjudging him as well and I won’t make that mistake again.”
“So, this entire time… all last year—”
“Nothing happened until this summer. He went with me as my bodyguard to Monstro and we bonded…”
I told him. “He was going to reject me after graduation once my wolf was stronger. But things changed and he ended up marking me…”
“Wow…”
Brody breathed. “So, I guess you really do know complicated.”
I stared at him for a moment and then we both burst out laughing.
“Why us?”
he laughed, shaking his head.
“The moon goddess has a funny sense of humor,”
I laughed in return. But then I got serious for a moment. “Nobody can know about this, Brody.”
He reached his hand out and touched mine.
“I promise, nobody will.”
…
The next evening, I packed a weekend bag and drove to the Calypso pack. I didn’t have classes tomorrow, so I was planning on spending the next few days with Enzo. Except for when I have to do the bake sale with Dee in the afternoon.
Once I got to the packhouse, I greeted Ethan who was passing by.
“Enzo isn’t back yet, but he’ll be here soon. You can put your things in his room and meet Dee in the kitchen. She’s been waiting for you.”
I thanked him before heading upstairs and towards Enzo’s bedroom. I put my things beside his bed and was about to leave the room when something caught my eye.
I paused for a moment, staring at the light purple handkerchief that occupied his nightstand. Narrowing my eyes at it, I went closer toward it. It almost looked like something was wrapped in it by the way it was tied together.
I lifted it and decided that something was definitely inside of it.
I managed to get it untied and what fell out and into the palm of my hand was the most gorgeous ring I had ever seen in my entire life. I gasped at the pure beauty that lay in my hands.
“My goddess, Lila,”
Val spoke after being quiet for most of the day. “It’s a wedding ring!”
Lila’s POV
I quickly tied the ring back in the light purple fabric and put it back on his nightstand. My heart was racing rapidly.
Enzo knew that I didn’t want to get married until after I graduated so why did he have a wedding ring in his room? Val was instantly perked up at the sight of the ring and she was wiggling her long tail in my mind’s eye.
It was her first sign of life in the last couple of days. She’s been so tired lately; I’ve hardly heard from her which I found unusual. She was cooing at the fact that our mate wanted to marry us.
Ignoring her I left the room and made my way downstairs and into the kitchen. Dee was in the kitchen setting up baking supplies and she smiled kindly at me.
“Oh, hi Lila. Did you just get here? How was the drive?”
“Yeah, I got here a little while ago. It was fine. Have you seen Enzo around?”
“Last I heard there were some rogue sightings in the Northern region of our borders, and he went to check it out.”
I frowned at her.
“Rogue sightings? Anyone in Paul’s crew?”
I asked, narrowing my eyes at her.
She shrugged.
“I’m not entirely sure. He wouldn’t tell me. But he said he wouldn’t be long,”
she assured me. “Don’t worry; I’m sure he’ll be home soon. Have you eaten anything for lunch? I can whip you up something.”
“Oh, no it’s okay, Dee,”
I said, giving her a smile. “I’m not very hungry right now and plus, I’m going out to eat with Enzo later. I should save my appetite.”
Truth be told, I wasn’t feeling too well. My body was feeling a little weaker than usual and I honestly just wanted to crawl into bed and fall asleep.
“Are you okay sweetie?”
Dee asked, eyeing me carefully. “You seem tired? Did you eat anything at all today?”
I thought about it for a moment; usually, I would try to eat something small for breakfast. However, these last couple of mornings I haven’t eaten much of anything other than that nasty protein shake that Professor Xander gave me.
It didn’t sting my throat anymore, but it filled me up for most of the day and kind of made me feel gross. But I wasn’t going to tell Dee that I was skipping meals.
“I ate something small this morning,”
I told her.
“Well, maybe you should have something else,”
she said as she went toward her fridge. She opened the fridge and pulled out the reddest apple I had ever seen. “Freshly grown,”
she said with a twinkle in her eyes.
She handed me the apple and I smiled my thanks to her. I sat at the counter, nibbling slowly on the apple while she ran around the kitchen and set up her supplies.
“I got all the things we need to make every food item on the list you gave me,”
she said fondly. “Your school is going to love everything. We will head to the school around 11 a.m. to set everything up.”
“Sounds great.”
I nibbled on most of the apples by the time she finished spreading everything out.
“We will start with cookies. I’ll start making the dough and you can cut them into shapes. We will need a lot of them,”
she said, tossing me an apron.
“I can start making brownie mix while you do that,”
I said, grabbing a bowl.
“Good idea.”
We spent the next several hours creating a bunch of food and making a complete mess out of the kitchen. We listened to music, danced, laughed, and had a great time during the entire process. I almost forgot about the wedding ring I found in Enzo’s room.
That is until Enzo walked through the kitchen door.
Upon seeing him, my heart skipped a beat; if possible, he got even more attractive. He had sweat and dirt on his features and he looked breathless. Whatever happened with those rogues must have taken a lot out of him. But his short sleeve and loose-fitted warriors t-shirt left no mystery of his incredible abs and arms.
“Enzo…”
I breathed, rushing toward him.