Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
When I told Lila that Xander was sent by Alpha Drake, she was going to lose her mind.
The thought of Lila made my stomach tighten. I was so worried about her. I just hoped she knew that I was coming and that I wasn’t going to let anything happen to her.
Max raised his head in agreement with my inner thoughts.
We were coming for our mate even if it meant our death.
Not before long, Selene was returning with Hazel by her side. Hazel looked a little nervous to be outside her barrier, but her smile widened when she saw me.
“Hello, Enzo,”
she said, nodding her head at me. But then her eyes flashed to Xander, and she frowned.
“Hazel, this is our friend, Xander,”
I explained. “He’s on our side and helping us find Lila. Would you be able to let him into the village?”
She thought about it for a moment with her brows creased as she took in his body.
“Your tattoo…”
she breathed.
He tensed at the mention of his tattoo and seeing this she nodded quickly.
We couldn’t speak about this outside of the barrier or darkness could hear it. Xander was trying desperately to keep his pack secret, not wanting to put their lives in jeopardy.
I couldn’t blame him for that.“You may enter,”
she said, motioning with her hand for him to step into the shield.
We walked through the shield and entered my mother’s village.
“We are safe from darkness in here. I would know if it were to enter,”
Hazel said as we walked down the pathway and toward the village center. “From your tattoo, you are from the Ero’s pack.”
“Yes, I am,”
Xander confirmed.
“You must know my dear friend, Eloise.”
Xander froze.
“You know Eloise?”
He asked, furrowing his brows together.
She glanced at him, giving him a small smile.
“I do,”
she answered. “She has been a friend of mine for a long time. One of the greatest prophets I know.”
“She is the reason I am here,”
Xander informed her. “She had a vision about this future of this world.”
“And she saw darkness?”
Hazel asked.
Xander nodded.
“She saw a dark curse being placed on this world, making everybody powerless. She also saw the downfall of the nation.”
“Hazel, she saw a Lila dying,”
I told her, continuing Xander’s story. “A vessel is born after Lila’s death.”
Hazel froze and her eyes grew large.
“The strongest Volana in the world will either be the uprise or the downfall of the nation,”
Hazel breathed, reciting the first part of the prophet.
“That’s what Eloise said as well,”
Xander said, shaking his head.
“You’re saying that if this vessel is created, it will be the strongest Volana, born from darkness?”
Hazel asked as she continued to walk toward the village center.
“Yes,”
Xander answered. “If Lila dies, this vessel will be born. She cannot die.”
“Where is Lila now?”
Hazel asked, glancing between me and Selene.
We hadn’t had a chance to update her on anything since Lila was taken.
“That’s actually why we are here, Hazel,”
Selene said gently. “We think Jazzy might have something to do with this and as of right now, Lile was taken…”
Hazel gasped, stopping in her tracks.
“Enzo?”
I heard my name being called from across the street. I looked over and saw my mother rushing toward me. “Enzo, what’s wrong?”
“Mom,”
I said, allowing her to throw herself into my arms and hug me tightly. “Lila is missing.”
“What?!”
She asked, stepping away from me and looking at the rest of us. “What do you mean she’s missing?”
“We think Jazzy has something to do with it,”
Selene explained again.
“Let’s go to my home,”
Hazel said, motioning for the small house with purple rims and matching purple window shingles, in the distance. “We can talk there.”
We nodded and together we went to Hazels’ house. Sitting around her kitchen table, Hazel made us each a cup of tea before joining us at the table.
We spent time catching my mother up on the prophet and why Xander was sent to Lila.
“So, that leaves us to now,”
Selene said, glancing at Hazel. “Is there a way we can find out where Jazzy is?”
Hazel thought about it for a moment and then she stood to her feet.
“I’m a lot like my sister in many ways,”
she said thoughtfully. “We are both very strong witches. We are also connected by blood. We share the same blood, and that blood will always be connected.”
“So, you think with your blood, you’ll be able to find her?”
Selene asked.
“That’s exactly what I think,”
Hazel said with a head nod. “There’s a tracking spell that I could use. I’ll just need a couple drops of my blood, and I should be able to find exactly where Jazzy is.”
“And if we find Jazzy…”
Xander began.
“Then we find Lila,”