Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
I found myself asking, glad that my voice didn’t come out as nervous as I felt. “She’s returning to town in a couple of weeks,”
he answered. “She wanted me to be the first to know.”
My heart fell into my stomach; my fears were becoming a reality. “I see…”
I said slowly. “So, things with Tyler aren’t going good?”
I asked, afraid to know the answer and the reasoning. He looked at me, furrowing his brows. “No, actually things are going great with them. They are returning here together,”
he answered. I felt my entire body relaxing at his words and I looked at him with wide eyes. “Wait really?”
I asked, trying and failing to keep that smile off my face. “Yes,”
he said, meeting my eyes. “They are planning their wedding and want to get married here.”
“Oh, my goddess!”
I gasped. “That’s incredible news!”
“That’s what I said,”
he said in return. “She asked me to be part of the wedding party. I think she wants me to either be a groomsman on his side or a bridesmaid.”
He shook his head at the thought as I started to giggle. “A bridesmaid?”
I laughed. “She doesn’t have many friends and neither does he,”
he explained. “I don’t know what they are planning, but I guess we will see.”
“I’m so happy for them,”
I said smiling. “Me too,”
he said in return, meeting my eyes and holding them for a long while. Before any more words could be exchanged the waiter was bringing the food. There was so much food I couldn’t even wrap my head around all the assortments. Three different waiters kept bringing us platter after platter and my mouth nearly dropped open. It all smelled and looked so delicious my mouth was watering. “We are never going to be able to finish all of this,”
I laughed. “Sure, we can,”
he teased, grabbing his fork. “Dig in.”
Once we finished eating, Enzo paid the bill and then we left the restaurant. I assumed we were going to take a walk to digest all the food we ate, but as soon as we stepped outside, I saw a giant white stallion attached to a pearly white carriage. I stared at it with my mouth hanging open. Enzo grinned at me. “How about a sunset ride around the city?”
He asked, walking toward the carriage doors. “You rented a horse and carriage?”
I gawked. He laughed and opened the door to the carriage, motioning for me to get in. Seats were made of this soft leather that I nearly melted in when I sat down. There was a minibar as well with a couple of wine glasses, waiting to be filled. Enzo sat beside me and took my hand in his. The horseman set up the attachable tables in front of us and poured a couple of glasses of wine for us. “Enjoy the ride,”
he said, tipping his hat to us as we got into the front and took hold of the reins of the horse. He shut the little window that separated us to give us some privacy. “This is incredible, Enzo,”
I breathed, staring up at him. “Only the best for you, my love,”
he said, bending down to press his lips against mine. As soon as our lips made contact, my heart nearly jumped out of my chest. I felt a light electrifying sensation coursing through my body, making me shiver and melt into him. He wrapped his arms around me and deepened the kiss. His tongue explored my mouth curiously, twirling around my tongue and conquering my mouth as his own. I knew for certain that I belonged to him, and he belonged to me. regardless of our stresses in life, I knew as long as we were together, everything was going to be okay, and I was more than fine with that. I couldn’t help but smile at him as he continued to kiss me. He soon pulled apart and kissed the tip of my nose gently. “I love you,”
he breathed. “I love you too,”
I breathed in return. I heard his phone ringing in his pocket just as he was about to kiss me again, causing us both to groan miserably at the interruption. He glanced at the caller ID, and I saw his lips turn downward into a worried frown. “Yes?”
He paused for a moment, furrowing his brows together. “Wait, slow down. I can’t understand you. What are you talking about?”
My heart started to pound quickly against my chest. Something must have been seriously wrong. “What? Are you sure?”
He paused again to hear the response; did I hear a female voice on the other end? “Okay, I’ll be there soon.”
He hung up the phone and knocked on the window to get the horseman’s attention. The window suddenly opened. “We need to get back to my car, right now,”
Enzo ordered. “Yes sir,”
he said without hesitation. “What’s going on?”
I asked worriedly. “It’s Hazel,”
he answered, meeting my eyes. “We need to get to the hospital.”
Lila’s POV
Hazel was in her hospital bed when we arrived at the Calypso Pack Hospital. It only took us about 25 minutes to get there from the city. We wasted no time. She was looking for a lot better than when I last saw her. Hazel’s wounds were healing nicely, and she didn’t look as thin and wasted away. She was still hooked up to a couple of different machines; one was monitoring her heart rate and the other was pumping her with a liquid fluid. The heart monitor had a steady rhythm, which was definitely a good sign. As we entered the hospital, her assigned doctor was the first to greet us. “She will be able to return home in the morning, Alpha. She’s going to need plenty of rest and to keep up her hydration. But she’s looking good,”
he said, glancing at Hazel with a fond smile. “Thank you for caring for her, Doctor,”
Enzo said in return. “You look exhausted,”
I pointed out, sitting by her bedside. She gave me a faint smile. “I was given some medication yesterday that kept me asleep all evening last night and day today,”
she said. “I haven’t been sleeping much because I’ve been so worried about the village, and they thought it would help me. I don’t think they anticipated I’d be asleep this long.”
“You mentioned on the phone that you can feel Jazzy’s magic,”
Enzo said, stepping toward her. My eyes widened at his words. “What?”
I gasped. “It’s true… I can feel her dark magic at play. But it’s more than that,”
she said, her eyes darkening. “I can feel darkness.”
“Darkness?”
I asked, furrowing my brows together. “I’ve only felt this once before,”
she explained. “A long time ago. Jazzy has conjured it before.”
“She conjured darkness?”
Enzo asked. “How is that possible?”
“It takes a very dark heart and a sacrifice to do it,”
Hazel explained; her expression was grave. “I don’t know what she could want with darkness though. The first time it was only to cause mayhem to let out the anger she felt when our parents died.”
“Mayhem…”
I breathed; it wasn’t a question. I grabbed Enzo’s arm as the thoughts of the mayhem at school yesterday surfaced in my mind. “Enzo, could it have something to do with what happened at the election yesterday? “What happened?”
Hazel asked us quickly, looking between us. “We were having an election for President of the student committee, and during this election everybody who has magic became powerless,”
he explained; her face turned mortified as he explained the events that unfolded last night. I thought, for a moment, that she was going to jump out of bed and run from the room. I had never seen anyone look quite as terrified as Hazel felt and it made my stomach twist into a tight and unsettling knot. “That sounds like the mayhem she would cause, yes….”
She said, shaking her head with a worried expression. “He has returned to our lands; but for what reason, I am unsure.”
“He?”
Enzo asked, furrowing his brows together. “Darkness is a person?”
“It takes the form of a man; though, it can take many different forms. He goes by the name Zagreus. He’s a dark demon that if given a sacrifice will do her bidding.”
“Darkness acts as her slave?”
Enzo asked. “She can control it?”
“Nobody can truly control darkness; but if they have a common goal, he will work with her and do as she please. Just as long as she does what he pleases as well.”
“A sacrifice?”
I asked, finding it difficult to use my voice. “In order for him to form fully, he needs a sacrifice. He feeds off the blood and beating heart of purity. But that one sacrifice won’t be enough to keep him around. She will need to sacrifice again soon if she wishes to keep him even longer. Like a payment for his deeds.”
“Why would they make students at the school powerless?”
Enzo asked, shaking his head. “It’s not making sense.”
Hazel was quiet for a moment as she thought about how to answer that, but then her eyes widened. She didn’t have to say anything for me to understand where her head had gone. This time, it was me who answered. “Darkness enjoys mayhem; so, if it caused mayhem at your school, then that pleases him. However, I fear it’s more than that. Jazzy wouldn’t conjure him again unless she truly needed something from him.”
“Could it have been a test?”
I asked, looking up at Enzo. Enzo looked at me with a worried frown. “A test? Like she was trying to see if the spell would work?”
“Yes,”
I answered. “But what could she be planning that requires everyone to lose their magic and abilities?”
We were quiet for a moment as that question weighed in the air. “How did she even align herself with darkness in the first place?”
Enzo asked and I could see he was growing angry. “How did she discover this Zagreus?”