Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
My mother was quiet for a heartbeat.
“Your ex-boyfriend?”
“Yes,”
I answered quickly. “He confessed to killing her.”
“He’s Alpha Emmet’s son, right?”
My mother asked. “In line to be the next Alpha of the Redstone Pack?”
“That’s him,”
I murmured.
“I had no idea he was capable of such a terrible thing,”
my mother dropped her voice to a mere whisper.
“He’s not, Mom,”
I said, shaking my head even though I knew she couldn’t see me. “I don’t know why he confessed but when I looked in his eyes, something was off with him. His eyes were dark and he didn’t look like himself. It was like he didn’t know who I was or know the things he was saying.”
“You mean like his mind was being manipulated?”
She asked.
“Yes; but it wasn’t by Sarah. I already talked to her, and I believe her when she says it wasn’t her,”
I said quickly, making sure she knew that I ruled Sarah out.
“No, that doesn’t sound like Sarah’s magic,”
my mother surprisingly agreed right away. It sounded as if she was lost in thought. “You said his eyes were dark?”
“Yes,”
I answered. “His eyes are usually bright blue, but in this case, they looked almost black. It was strange.”
“That sounds like the work of dark magic,”
my mother said, and I knew without looking at her that her face was scrunched up in confusion.
I frowned.
“How is that possible? The guardian was supposed to protect us from dark magic,”
I said, standing to my feet and making my way to the window.
I looked outside and up at the sky where the light barrier still surrounded the campus.
“It’s still intact,”
I added, still frowning deeply.
“Regular dark magic can’t get inside, but darkness can find a way in. Even the guardian of the earth said that they can’t always keep darkness out of the barrier and that it can only help keep those inside safe. But darkness is a powerful force and unless it’s defeated, it can always get inside.”
“You think it’s darkness? The one that Hazel was sensing. The one Jazzy conjured?”
I asked, my heart beating painfully in my chest.
“I think the only way you can know for sure is by asking the guardian orb.”
“I can just ask the orb? Do you think it’ll talk to me?”
I asked curiously, still staring up at the shining orb on top of the shield.
“The guardian said they are attached to your powers. So, yes, I believe if you ask, they will speak to you.”
I took a deep breath, trying to steady my rapid heartbeat.
“Thanks, mom,”
I said softly. “I’ll give it a try.”
“Lila, promise me you will be careful,”
she said quickly. “I have a feeling something big is approaching and this is only the beginning.”
Her warning left an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach.
“I promise,”
I said, trying to sound more confident than I felt.
I hung up a moment later and threw my phone on my bed. I guess now was a better time than any. I stepped toward my window and opened it. I allowed the cold air into my warm room as I gazed up at the shining orb of light.
Clearing my throat, I said, “Hello orb of light. Can we talk for a minute? I need your assistance?”
I waited a moment, and when nothing happened, I frowned.
Trying again, I spoke a little louder, but not loud enough to alert my roommates.
“Guardian of light? Guardian of the earth? Guardian of the earth’s child? I really need to speak with you. I think darkness has returned and I need to know for sure if you sense it as well—”
Before I finished that sentence, I saw a sparkling dust surround the orb on top of the barrier and then the orb disappeared. However, the barrier remained. I took a step away from my window, startled.
Had I scared it away? Was the barrier going to stay if the orb was no longer there?
I turned toward my bed to grab my phone but froze when I saw that I was no longer alone in my room.
A small, childlike, girl, stood in front of me. Her eyes were glowing sky blue and her silky white hair was long, trailing down her backside and landing just above her tailbone. She wore a pure white dress like she was the flower girl at a wedding or something. The whiteness of her gown and hair brought out her porcelain white skin. I could also see her white aura as clear as day; she was practically glowing in a white essence.
“You have called, and I have come,”
she said, bowing her head slightly at me.
“Y…you’re that orb of light?”
I asked, my voice tremoring slightly.
“My name is Celeste; I am not an orb, nor am I light,”
she corrected. “But I am one-fourth of earth’s magic. I represent the water element.”
“Oh, I get it,”
I breathed. “Each of you represents a specific element. So the other three must represent, air, fire, and—”
“Spirit,”
she finished for me. “While our mother represents earth. Without us… Earth is just a rock.”
“That’s incredible,”
I breathed, staring around her glowing and childlike features. “I didn’t expect you to be so young.”
“We appear in many forms; this is my most favorite,”
she said proudly. Before I could respond to that, her blue eyes seemed to have darkened and turned into a dark ocean blue. “You have called for me for a reason and I am here to answer your question,”
she said, lowering her voice slightly.
“Yes,”
I said, sitting on my bed. “I need to know if I’m going crazy, or if darkness is truly here.”
“I assure you, you are not going crazy,”
she said gravely. “I can sense darkness within the barrier. I can sense darkness is close.”
Lila’s POV
“Where?”
I asked, quickly standing to my feet. “Where is this darkness?”
“I cannot say,”