Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
Val said, almost hoarsely. “It doesn’t feel right. I’m able to speak to you…maybe even shift. But I wouldn’t be strong or fast. I also don’t think I can use my abilities… I’m useless.”
“You aren’t useless,”
I told her my wolf firmly.
“It’s definitely a different type of wolfsbane…”
she continued. “Or—”
“Dark magic,”
I finished for her.
“Dark magic,”
she repeated, confirming.
I didn’t understand why they’d want my wolf to still be active… but powerless.
“I just got an alert that your blood work is in,”
Hannah said, turning away. “I’ll be back.”
She was only gone for a moment; I hadn’t seen her take out a phone or anything, so I wondered how they alerted her so quickly.
She returned moments later with some documents in her hands. She was staring at them curiously and then she frowned deeply.
“That’s something I certainly wasn’t expecting. However, it makes a lot more sense,”
she said, glancing at me like she was studying something before looking back at the documents. “I was curious about that… oh well, I’ll have to speak to Jazzy about this right away. It shouldn’t be an issue… just might need to tread carefully going forward,”
she said, shaking her head as she placed the documents down.
What was she talking about?
What made more sense?
“I’ll get the rogue guards to bring you back to the cell now. I’m done.”
Rogue guards?
They were using rogues?
I felt disgusted knowing rogues had their hands all over me. I squirmed uncomfortably but I wanted to know what her earlier statement meant.
“What weren’t you expecting?”
I asked. “What makes more sense? Is something wrong with me?”
She looked at me curiously, almost surprised looking.“Oh, you don’t know?”
She asked, raising her brows.“Know what?”
I asked, aggravation clear in my voice.
“You’re pregnant,”
she answered simply. “With twins.”
Enzo’s POV
Selene grabbed my arm and pulled me up the stairs of the dungeon, leaving Xander behind to rot in his cell.
Good riddance, I thought my myself.
He was a crazy man, and we shouldn’t have been humoring him for as long as we had been. He’s been talking out of his ass since the day he showed up. Max was growing restless knowing we should be out there searching for our mate. The fact that we couldn’t feel her through our mate bond was driving the both of us insane.
“Where are we going?”
I asked, annoyed but trying not to sound annoyed.
“Outside,”
she said almost too eagerly.
Once we were on the back patio, Selene stared up at the sky and took a deep breath. I followed her gaze and saw the hazy outline of the shield that was still very much present. It was meant to protect against dark magic, but darkness could still get inside. Selene was certain that we would be warned if darkness was here though.
I wasn’t as certain. That was the one thing I did agree with Xander about, I didn’t want to take the chance either.
“Aura!!”
She yelled to the sky, surprising me. “We need your help! Please come to me!”
“What are you doing?”
I hissed, snapping her a wary look.
She looked at me and narrowed her eyes.
“We need the guardian’s help,”
she said simply.
“And you think screaming for her is going to help?”
I asked, furrowing my brows together. “We had to have an entire elemental ritual last time we summoned her.”
“Yes, but she left her children behind. She would need to come to get them eventually anyway. Especially now that Lila is gone…I doubt they can feed off Lila’s magic with her not being here.”
I wanted to protest but she looked up at the sky and began screaming again.
“Child of Aura! Please come to me! I know you can hear me. I can see you at the top of the shield! Come to me!”
Selene paused and then added, “Please!”
I stared at the shield and frowned when I saw that the orb was gone. I blinked a few times and looked around confused. I nearly jumped backward when I saw a young girl standing in front of us. She had childlike features and she glowed brightly. She had long brown hair that practically floated around her head like it was a windy day, and she wore a white dress with flowers all over it.
She also had a birthmark on her upper cheek that was in the shape of a star, which I found odd.
She bowed to Selene and when she lifted her head, her bright blue eyes sparkled.
“Hello, Luna, mother of Lila. How may I assist you?”
“Can you tell your mother, the guardian, that we need her?”
Selene asked. “It’s important.”
The young girl frowned.
“Mother is protecting the earth from the wrath of darkness,”
she breathed. “She cannot be disturbed.”
“She will need to come collect you because my daughter, your energy source, isn’t here anymore. You will need to return with her to the earth. All we ask is a moment of her time while she comes for you.”
The girl’s frown deepened, and she took a deep breath.
“Lila is still on this earth… she is alive,”
she breathed. “But you are correct… her energy isn’t as strong. Something is blocking her powers…”
“Can you tell us where she is?”
I was quick to ask.
The girl looked at me and proceeded to shake her head.
“She is being held by darkness. It will not let me see in,”
she answered.
“Is darkness in this pack right now?”
Selene asked.
“No,”
she answered. “It is not as of now. But that doesn’t mean it can’t get in.”