Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“Can you keep an eye on him,”
I asked in a low voice; I didn’t have to elaborate further than that. Enzo knew who I was talking about. He nodded once.
“I will,”
he assured me, making me smile, but he could still see the worry in my eyes.
He kissed me again before he turned to Gamma Jake, our driver for the evening.
“Get them there and back safely,”
Enzo ordered.
Jake nodded.
“Of course, Alpha.”
Jake motioned for us to go outside, and we did.
We piled into Jake’s large SUV; I sat in the passenger seat while the others took his backseat. There was enough room for all of us and more.
Most of the ride was quiet besides the soft murmurs of Becca and Luis whispering in one another’s ears. I knew it made Kayla uncomfortable and I felt bad that I couldn’t rescue her in that situation.
It took about 30 minutes to get to Alpha Jonathan’s pack. It was located near the school in Higala.
His packhouse was 10 times bigger than Enzo’s, which didn’t surprise me because Alpha Jonathan was incredibly rich. I had to admit though, it was a beautiful packhouse. It actually looked more like a mansion than anything.
We drove up a long and windy driveway until we reached a parking area just off the garden entry. There were a few other cars, one of which I recognized as my father’s. I was glad that he was already here.
I recognized the car next to him as Ethan’s. I know Ethan wanted to arrive with my father, so he left much earlier. He and my father had a bit of business to take care of beforehand anyway, so I hadn’t seen either of them all morning.
I was more excited to see my mother than anything.
There were also a bunch of cars I didn’t recognize; I know Alpha Jonathan parks his cars in his private garage, but I knew they weren’t his. I imagined they belonged to his other guests.
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous. I worried about how this evening was going to go down and Val was feeling uneasy as well. Whenever my wolf felt uneasy, I felt uneasy.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come inside?”
I asked, peering over at Jake with a frown.
He shook his head.
“It would seem weird if Alpha Enzo’s gamma escorted you into this banquet,”
Jake told me. “Especially when it’s not necessary. There’s plenty of protection here.”
I sighed, but I nodded, understanding.
“What are you going to do?”
“Maybe grab some food up the street and then come back here and hang out. This isn’t my first time being a driver, so I don’t get bored easily,”
he assured me. But when I didn’t move or look away he sighed and gave me a small smile. “No need to worry, Miss Lila. I promise I’ll be fine and here waiting when you return.”
I nodded.
“Okay,”
I said softly, sliding out of the car to join my waiting and obviously nervous friends.
We started to walk toward the building but paused when another car pulled up and parked next to Jake.
I recognized this car but couldn’t figure out where I had seen it.
It wasn’t until I saw Bri’s incredibly pale face that I realized whose car it belonged to.
Alexander stepped out of the car. He was wearing a nice suit and had his shaggy hair neatly combed out of his face. It was nice seeing his face and not seeing his hair covering it. He had a nice face I will admit. But I certainly wasn’t expecting to see it this evening, or else I would have warned Brianna about it.
Her breathing hitched and her entire body tensed as she watched him approach.
As he neared, his face began to grow more wary. His eyes found hers and they never left her gaze.
“Alex…”
I said, stepping in front of Bri. “What are you doing here?”
“Alpha Jonathan invited me,”
he said with a shrug. “He liked the work I did at the school and offered me an invitation. Only an idiot would decline an invitation from Alpha Jonathan.”
He then looked over my shoulder to meet Bri’s eyes once again.
“Hello, Brianna,”
he said, lowering his tone.
He almost seemed sad and timid to see her; it was a reaction I wasn’t expecting from him. But Brianna remained completely frozen.
Even though he rejected her, their mate bond would still be in effect until one or both were claimed by another. Alex has to either get marked or be marked in order for the bond to officially break. Same with Brianna.
However, because neither of them was marked, or marked any others, their mate bond was still fully intact. But the act of rejection was enough to break not only Brianna’s heart but her wolf’s. It was enough to make her wolf not want to speak and hide in the farthest corner of her mind.
Not that I could blame her.
I don’t think I could handle it if Enzo did the same to me.
“We will never have to worry about that,”
Val assured me.
I heard Bri audibly swallow. She didn’t know what to say; she was completely frozen.
“Look, Bri. I’ve been wanting to—”
Before he could finish that sentence, a loud growl came from inside the packhouse, making us all turn to look at what was happening. The growl itself sounded familiar and my heart pounded in my chest, wondering what was happening.
It sounded angry, but also in distress.
Bri’s breathing grew shaky and when I looked at her, she was sniffing the air.
“What’s going on?”
I asked her in a whisper, so only she could hear me.
“I smell something…. Delicious,”
she whispered back, her voice tremoring. “It’s like…. Hot chocolate with those little marshmallows. But not the powdering hot chocolate… homemade hot chocolate.”
“Is it Alex? Because of your mate bond?”
She shook her head, allowing her long auburn hair to fly around her face.
“No… he smells like the earth. Fresh mowed grass and pine,”
she answered. “Nothing like this….”
I couldn’t smell what she was smelling, so I found it odd at first. But then the door of the packhouse slammed open and Ethan rushed outside. I saw his eyes glowing red as he fought to keep control of himself and not release his wolf.
His canines were snapping as he growled again, shaking the earth as he did.
“Oh, goddess…”
Bri whispered, her eyes large and alert.
My father ran out of the packhouse as well, along with Alpha Jonathan.
Neither of them stopped him. I went to step toward Ethan, but one look at my father and I stopped. He gave me a small headshake.
He didn’t look worried, but I was.
Ethan’s eyes darted around the yard until they finally landed on his target.
He stared at Brianna like he was starving, and she was on his menu.
I wanted to jump in front of Bri to block her from him, but I was frozen. When I looked at Brianna, her eyes were huge and round, her mouth was hanging open slightly and her body trembled.
“It’s not possible…”