Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“There will always be one or the other. But as long as we hold the light in our hearts, it can’t hurt us. If it can’t hurt us, it will disperse. We would be too strong for it,”
Kay explained.
“So, we get a bunch of flashlights and wave them around like swords?”
Sarah asked.
“Not exactly,”
Kay said, giving her a pointed look. “We need more light than that.”
“I don’t think it’s literal light we need,”
I breathed, making them all look at me. “If it was that easy, the guardian of the earth would be able to stop them with their light orbs.”
“Her children’s barrier certainly helps; it weakens the darkness, but darkness is a powerful force, and it won’t stay weak for long unless it’s theoretically destroyed,”
Kay explained.
“I thought you said it can’t be destroyed,”
Matt pointed out.
“It can’t, but it can be scared off,”
Kay answered. “Darkness will always exist, just as light will always exist.”
“Wait, you mentioned the orb barrier. Can you see them too?”
I asked, raising my brows.
Nobody else seemed to have noticed or mentioned the barrier; Kay was the first one to point the barrier out.
She smiled and nodded.
“Of course, I’m a forest fairy. We work closely with the guardian of the earth and her children. We have the honor of being protected by my favorite of her children who represents the element water, Celeste.”
“You know Celeste?”
I asked, surprised.
“She’s wonderful, isn’t she?”
Kay said beaming. “Of course, all four of them are wonderful. But I always felt a connection with Celeste.”
“The others represent the other elements?”
Becca asked.
She nodded.
“Gala represents spirit, Trinity, represents fire, Opal represents air, Celeste represents water, and of course the guardian mother represents earth.”
“And only Celeste is here?”
Luis asked. “Where are the others?”
This was a question that I answered.
“They are protecting other parts of the region,”
I said, turning their attention to me. “Me and some others are the ones who summoned them to protect us against darkness. Only one of the orbs can protect a region at a time. Celeste is protecting all Higala.”
“It’s not doing a great job at protecting against darkness,”
Skylar yawned; I had almost forgotten she was here.
She was quiet; she looked pale and exhausted. I knew that meant the sun was rising. Vampires found it difficult to stay awake when the sun was up.
“If darkness is here, then what’s the point of the barrier?”
Skylar continued to ask.
“It keeps out and destroys dark magic,”
Kay explained. “Which is how we got our powers back. It was dark magic that took them away and once the barrier was placed the dark magic was destroyed and our powers were restored. But it can’t destroy darkness; that’s a different kind of magic. However, darkness doesn’t like the barrier, so it’ll weaken.”
She paused for a moment to gather her thoughts.
“If darkness really did take someone’s mind, then it’s strong even within the barrier. Which means it has a tool to strengthen it,”
Kay continued.
“A tool?”
Becca asked, raising her brows.
I rubbed my naked wrist, feeling dizzy.
“A moonstone,”
I whispered.
“Yeah, that would do it,”
Kay said, glancing at me. “Wait, how did you know that? Did Celese say something?”
“She told me the same thing you did,”
I told her. “My moonstone bracelet is missing so I’m assuming whoever darkness took over found my bracelet.”
They were all silently staring at me with shock.
Rachel stood to her feet almost knocking over her chair.
“I forgot, I have to be somewhere,”
she said, grabbing her things and shoving them into her backpack.
“I should get to bed,”
Skylar yawned. “I’m exhausted.”
“Okay; we will meet again soon,”
I told them.
Everyone started to pack their things.
I wanted to ask Rachel where she needed to go in such a hurry, but when I looked back in her direction, I was surprised to see she was already gone. I frowned at the closing doorway and then looked back at Becca’s equally confused face.
She gave me a one-shoulder shrug before turning to Luis to say something to him. He grinned as he packed her things.
I looked at Brody and Sarah who were also talking to one another privately. Then I glanced at Kay who was being hit on by Matt. It made me smile to see all these budding relationships around me, but it made me miss Enzo desperately.
“Enzo…”
I said in a mindlink hoping that he was close enough to hear me.
I was relieved when I heard his voice.
“I just got back to campus; I came to pick you up. We need to get back to my pack. Can you meet me in the parking lot? There’s someone with me that wants to speak with you.”
Lila’s POV
When I got to the parking lot, I saw Enzo’s waiting car. He instantly got out to greet me, but he was acting strange. He didn’t open his arms for me to run into them and as much as I wanted to, I refrained from doing so.
He did say someone was in the car waiting for me and wanting to talk; I assumed it was somebody who shouldn’t know about our relationship. Enzo did, however, give me a small smile and a quick wink which made my heart instantly flutter.
I stifled a smile of my own and went toward the car. He opened the back passenger seat and motioned for me to enter.
“Such a gentlemen,”
I whispered teasingly.
He placed his hand on my lower back as I passed him, and he lowered himself, so he was directly against my ear.
“I’ll show you how gentlemen-like I can be later,”