Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
he shrugged.
“Lila doesn’t know me,”
she said in return, narrowing her eyes at him. “I would have loved the picnic.”
He beamed at her words.
The waiter returned moments later with their beer and then they both ordered steak for dinner. While they waited for their meals, they talked a little more.
“So, do you only want an Alpha so you can be Luna? What’s the story with that?”
Tyler asked as he took a sip of his beer.
She wasn’t planning on getting too deep in the feels with him, but she decided to tell him the truth.
“It’s actually my father’s wishes,”
she explained. “My pack wasn’t exactly friendly, and Alpha Cole was an awful man who got off on my torment. My father is his beta. I grew up with my pack tormenting me on a daily basis, my father included. I was the weaker of the bunch and much smaller in comparison. They thought of me as weak and useless. However, I believe my father disliked me because I looked a lot like my mother who died when I was a child. I reminded him too much of her so he could hardly stand being around me.”
“I’m sorry you had to go through that,”
Tyler said, shaking his head and knitting his brows together.
“I was banished from the pack at 16 when the Luna’s pendant was taken and found in my things. It wasn’t me who took it, but they didn’t listen to reason and banished me. I went to live with Enzo’s mother in the rogue territory. He was my best friend and I trusted them to care for me. I spent a lot of time working on my strength and combat. Once I was ready and Enzo was officially the Alpha of the Calypso pack, I took the gamma test to become one of his warriors. So, I worked as a gamma warrior at 18 years old.”
“It must have been difficult for you to be away from your true pack. I know a wolf’s ties with their pack never truly go away. It’s almost like a mate bond; the distance will hurt, and the banishment will forever be imprinted in your wolf’s heart.”
She choked back tears at the memory, but she nodded her head once.
“It hurt a lot, yes. But I had Enzo and his pack to help me through. It wasn’t until last year that my father reached out and invited me to return to the pack. Imagine the eagerness my wolf felt when she heard we can go back to our true pack…”
She still appeared uncertain as she glanced at her hands.
“But he gave me one condition…”
“You have to marry an Alpha and become a Luna,”
Tyler finished for her.
She met his eyes and nodded.
“And that’s not what you truly want?”
“I want to return to my pack,”
she answered. “I don’t want to be packless. Yes, I’m able to stay in Enzo’s pack when needed and yes, I travel around with the gammas so much that I’m hardly ever in the area… but not having a place to truly call home…”
Her voice trailed off.
“Enzo thinks I found a new pack… but I’m too proud to tell him the truth.”
“He’s your best friend; you should tell him,”
Tyler said with such sincerity that it made her heartbeat quickly. The only other person who had ever treated her this kind was Enzo.
Tyler glanced over at Enzo and Lila’s table and then back at Connie.
“What’s their story?”
Tyler asked, raising their brows. “I sense it’s a weird one.”
Connie bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing.
“A very weird one and a long one. I shouldn’t speak about them when they are clearly trying to eavesdrop on our conversation.”
Tyler rose his right brow and gave her a cocky grin.
“Then, let’s get out of here.”
Lila’s POV
“Where have they gone off to?”
I asked, staring at the now empty table that Connie and Tyler once occupied.
I looked over at Enzo who looked just as confused.
“I’m not sure,”
Enzo said, glancing back at me.
Enzo got the waiter’s attention and quickly paid the check before we left the restaurant. They couldn’t have gone far; they were only here moments ago.
I was worried though that something might have happened. Did she reject him and then he took off?
My heart ached at the very thought of him being so heartbroken that he had to leave. She promised she wouldn’t do anything until the very end of the evening. We still had so much planned for them.
“I can smell her perfume coming from this direction,”
Enzo said, motioning for me to follow him.
We went in the direction of the waterfront that overlooked the ocean. Not far from the waterfront was the beach and he was right, the scent of her perfume was growing stronger as we neared that area.
They must have gone down to the beach for whatever reason. This wasn’t part of the plan and Connie didn’t seem like the kind of person who even liked the beach. This must have been Tyler’s idea.
Why couldn’t he just stick to the plan?
The sun was setting off on the horizon, causing the ocean water to sparkle and glisten so much. It was beautiful scenery I will admit, and it made my heart feel full. But I knew this wasn’t something Connie would want.
It was hard to walk in the sand wearing the shoes I was wearing and when I nearly fell over, Enzo grabbed my arm to keep me on my feet.
“Maybe it will be better if I take these off,”
I said, reaching toward my shoes to unstrap them.
“Probably a good idea,”
he muttered in agreement.
Once my shoes were off, I could feel the warm sand under the palms of my feet, and it was very comforting to my wolf. She felt at ease and happy being in touch with the earth around us. That always gave her strength and serenity.
I stopped walking when I noticed Enzo had stopped; he was looking off into the distance and saw a couple of people snuggled on the sand with a blanket. As I focused my sights on the familiar back of their heads, I realized it was Connie and Tyler.
“What are they doing?”
I asked, peering up at Enzo with a questionable look.
“Um, snuggling?”
We went closer to them because it was clear that they were talking as well, but they were just out of earshot. Enzo stuck his arm out, stopping me from going any further once he could hear them clearer.
That’s when I started to hear them as well.
“This is much better…”
Connie said softly.
I feel kind of bad for abandoning the date they put together,”
Tyler said in return.
“They did that for them, not for us.”
My heart plummeted into my stomach at her words; had I gone too far in making this date perfect? Were we wrong about the things Connie liked? I looked up at Enzo; he was her best friend. He should have known this about her.
“We should have done this, to begin with,”
Connie said. “This is amazing. Maybe next time we can bring a picnic.”
“Next time?”
Tyler asked, looking at her with wide and adoring eyes. “There’s going to be a next time?”
I saw Connie’s face reddening as she fought the smile that desperately tugged at the corner of her lips.
“I enjoy talking to you. I’ve talked so much about myself that I would like to know more about you. So yes, I would like there to be a next time,”
she admitted, lowering her tone as she peered up at him.
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