Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
she continued. “They have wolfsbane here… which means they probably have Starlight as well.”
My entire heart fell deep into my stomach.
“Val, I’m highly allergic to Starlight,”
I reminded her. “I could die.”
“If they get you to the infirmary fast enough, they will save you,”
she told me. “It would take a while for the Starlight to actually kill you.”
“I’m pregnant,”
I said, shaking my head. “I’m not risking the lives of our pups.”
“I can protect them,”
she said quickly. “I can keep the Starlight from affecting them. That little bit of energy I have left, I can use to protect them. But it might put me in hibernation afterward. However, I’ll do it if means keeping them safe.”
“It’s too risky…”
I said in return, still shaking my head. “I can’t—”
“We need to get to the infirmary, Lila,”
she said, cutting off my words. “If we don’t, they will kill us, and that Vessel will be born. This is bigger than just us. The entire world is in jeopardy.”
“But our pups—”
“Will be fine,”
she assured me. “As long as I channel all the energy, I have left into protecting them, no harm will come to them.”
I stared up at the rogue guards who were still engrossed in their conversation and had their backs turned toward me, not realizing I was having a conversation of my own.
“This might be our only way of getting out of this cell,”
Val said slowly. “We have to trust that the doctor here can save us…”
My heart thudded violently, aching in my chest. Fear and worry bubbled in the pit of my stomach.
Taking a deep breath, I nodded. I didn’t know any other plan and Val seemed so sure she could keep our pups safe.
I had to try. I had to trust her.
Without another word to my wolf, I stepped toward the cell door and toward the guards. I slammed my fist against metal bars and yelled as loudly as I could.
“Let me out of here, you assholes, before I kill every one of you!!”
I growled fiercely.
They both looked startled, but it was obvious they were trying hard not to show it.
“Strong words for someone locked in a cage,”
one of them said, folding his arms across his chest and narrowing his eyes at me.
“You seriously think this cage can hold me?”
I scoffed. “I’m the strongest Volana in the world. You can’t be serious.”
“What’s she talking about?”
One of the rogues asked the other. “Jazzy said this cage can hold her. She said she isn’t strong enough to break out.”
“She’s bluffing,”
the other one said, but his voice grew wary. “She can’t escape.”
A bitter smile appeared on my lips.
“Is that really a chance you want to take? I eat rogues like you for breakfast,”
I growled, my voice echoing off the walls of the cage. “Although, you two are a little smaller than you’d like.”
“Shut the hell up or we will use Wolfsbane to shut you up,”
one of the rogues yelled, shakily grabbing the syringe from his back pocket.
I forced out another laugh.
“As if Wolfbane is strong enough to actually sedate me”
I scoffed. “I’ve been faking it.”
“You’re lying!”
He growled.
I stepped closer to him, feeling the little bit of Val’s energy rising throughout my body as I growled fiercely.
Despite her energy rising through me, I knew she was busy protecting our pups.
This was all on me.
“Is that a chance you’d like to take?”
I asked in a low and threatening tone. They both began to tremble wildly. “The only thing that can truly sedate a Volana wolf is Starlight,”
I managed to sputter without breaking eye contact.
“Starlight?”
One of the rogues asked, his tone shaky. He glanced at his partner. “There’s Starlight in the clinic. Get some with the syringe gun.”
The other rogue was too frozen to move; he just stood in place and stared at me with large and terrified eyes.
“Go, now!”
The other rogue ordered.
He finally broke his eyes off me and ran as fast as he could out of the room. The rogue that stayed behind kept his eyes on me.
“Now you’re in for it,”
he hissed. “Probably shouldn’t have told us that information.”
“Probably not,”
I agreed.
I continued to growl and shake the cage, yelling profanities at the rogue left.
I was acting completely feral.
I channeled all the anger that I had inside of me to put on this performance. I should seriously get a reward for my acting skills.
The rogue guard returned moments later, breathless, and shaky as he held the syringe gun in his hands.
“Shoot her before she escapes!!”
The other guard yelled.
The rogue trembled as he attempted to put the syringe into the gun.
“Hurry!”
I heard the syringe click into place and then he pointed the gun at me. I growled even louder, shaking the cage violently and giving it all my strength. I felt Val’s energy caging the inside of my stomach, protecting our pups.
I just hoped that it was enough.
“Trust me…”
Val whispered.
As the Syringe shot through the air and in my direction, allowed myself to relax and close my eyes. I felt the harsh sting of the needle in my neck and the liquids draining into my body and into my veins.
Everything went cold and I soon couldn’t breathe.