Chapter 242

Lila’s POV “Lila, are you okay?” Rachel asked, peering at me with a frown.

I couldn’t take my eyes off Alex who sat at one of the tables across the dining hall. My face was red with fury. I hadn’t had a chance to confront him after Brianna told me he rejected her. I certainly wasn’t going to let him off the hook with this.

What was he even doing here?

“Lila?” Rachel said again after I didn’t respond to her the first time.

I blinked a couple of times and looked at her.

“Sorry, yes,” I answered. “But can you guys excuse me for a minute? There’s someone I need to speak to.”

Brody slid out of the booth first and then Becca, allowing me to get out. Without another word, I marched over to Alex’s table not even caring that my friends were staring at me intently. Alex, who wasn’t very slick and was watching me through his glasses, tensed and put the book on the table.

“Outside,” I said through gritted teeth, not wanting to make a scene. “Now.”

He looked at me for a moment, removing his sunglasses and scanning my face. I was trying hard to keep myself under control. If Val was awake, she’d want me to rip his head off his shoulders or zap him until he was paralyzed. But I didn’t have her or my abilities right now so the most he was going to get was my fists.

Which, right now, was more than enough.

He eventually sighed and stood to his feet. Without a word, he turned and walked out the door. I followed closely behind him and once we were outside, I grabbed his arm firmly making him stop and look at me.

“What the hell do you think you are doing here?” I seethed, feeling anger boiling in the pit of my stomach.

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“I’m here to do my job,” he answered simply. “Per the orders of my superior.”

“My father asked you to come here?” I asked, folding my arms across my chest. “You, out of all his gammas?”

He raised his brows at my statement.

“Yes; I’m one of his best,” he said, narrowing his eyes at me. “Do you have an issue with how I do my job? I think I’ve been doing great as a gamma.”

“You might be great at being a gamma, but you are shitty at being a man,” I seethed. “You hurt my best friend and—”

“Is that what this is about?” Alex asked and I could hear in his voice that he was stifling a laugh. “Some petty teenage drama?”

“This isn’t just teenage drama, Alex, and you know it,” I said, pretty taken aback by his cruel words.

How could he be so heartless? It’s obvious he never cared for Brianna.

Poor Brianna was still recovering after being rejected.

“Look, I love Brianna and I probably always will. She was my first mate and that’s a bond that can’t be broken. At least not easily,” Alex said, sounding even smugger by the moment. “But she isn’t as powerful as an Alpha’s daughter. She’s not even a Beta’s daughter. She can’t get me what I want in life and because of that, I had to do what was best for me.”

“What do you even want in life, Alex?” I found myself asking, generously curious.

“I want what every great wolf wants. Power,” he said; then he smirked. “Eileen can give me the power I want. Brianna couldn’t. It’s as simple as that.”

“Bri deserves a lot better than a scumbag like you,” I said through my teeth.

“Maybe so, but I’m still the gamma they put in charge of keeping your spoiled ass safe,” he said in return.

A growl escaped my lips as I spun away on my heels and walked back towards the dining hall.

“You won’t even notice I’m here!” He called from behind me.

“I already did,” I murmured and then I went into the dining hall without another word.

My friends were still sitting at the table eating their food; Brody and Becca slid out of the booth so I could resume my seat and continue eating.

“Everything okay?” Becca asked.

“Yeah,” I said; though, I was biting my lip. “I just had to deal with something.”

We talked for a bit more while we ate and then once we were done, I started toward the arena to see Enzo after his last class. I tried to pay Alex no attention, but I could clearly see him watching me from a distance and it was infuriating.

At least I didn’t have to pretend Enzo wasn’t my mate around him; everybody in both my father’s pack and Enzo’s pack was aware that we were mates. Just as I rounded the corner, and the arena doors came into view, I felt a strong hold on my wrist pulling me into a nearby supply closet, trapping me in the dark atmosphere.

As I was pressed against the wall, my heart was racing so fast I thought it was going to beat out of my chest and my entire face was hot.

I wasn’t afraid though.

Instead, I laughed as my soft lips found the sweet spot on my neck and began to kiss and lick.

“Enzo,” I chuckled as his lips found mine and he kissed me sweetly and yet so hungrily. “What are you doing?” I whispered against his lips.

“Kissing you,” he whispered back.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself closer to him, allowing his scent to fill my every sense and ease all the tensions I had felt from the day. Being with him was so comforting and amazing. I never wanted this feeling to end.

“I can see that,” I said as I smashed my lips against his and deepened our embrace.

His tongue was so soft as it explored my mouth, twirling itself with my tongue. I felt his teeth grazing my bottom lip and conquering it as his own. The growl that emerged from his throat made my face hot and it made me want him even more.

“Should we be doing this right here?” I said between kisses.

He broke his kiss from my lips and started to kiss other areas of my face. He made his way across my cheekbones and to my ear where he nibbled on my lobe and sent a wave of chills to course through my entire body.

“I’m just going to miss you tonight,” he whispered against me, and then my heart fell into my stomach at his words.

I looked up at him, allowing my eyes to adjust to the darkness so I could just make out the longing and lustful look in his eyes. But then there was something else in them as well; I couldn’t quite place what it was.

“I was coming to see you to ask if I can spend the night again,” I admitted with a frown. “It’s okay if not... I just thought—”

“Usually, I would have said yes,” he said softly, kissing me gently on the lips before continuing. “But Alpha Jonathan is staying with me for a bit.”

“What?” I asked, furrowing my brows together and shaking my head as if I were shaking that thought out of my brain. “Define ‘a bit.’”

“I’m not really sure. He said he’s just here until after the election. But I don’t trust him,” Enzo said, meeting my eyes. “So, I’m not sure how long he’s going to be sticking around for;”

“I was talking to Headmaster Prescott earlier when he showed up,” I said, keeping my tone low in case there were any other lurkers besides Alex.

“What did he want?”

“To tell her that he’s building a house for himself on campus,” I told him. “I guess he really is staying for a while.”

Enzo bent down and kissed me again; the kiss was longer and more passionate than it was moments ago. Before, it was filled with hunger and lust, but now it is filled with love and compassion. I wasn’t sure my heart would be able to take it.

But then another thought popped into my mind, and I was the one who broke the kiss first.

“Whose idea was it to have Alex be the gamma that protects me?” I asked, furrowing my brows together.

Both my father and Enzo knew that I didn’t like Alex based on what he had done to Brianna.

“It was a decision we came up with together,” Enzo admitted. “I know you don’t like him, but he’s the best one for the job. Plus, he was the only one not on an assignment. All the other gammas were busy.”

“Out of all the gammas....” I murmured.

He gave me a small smile and wrapped his arms tightly around me.

“I’m sorry,” he breathed against me. “I know everything has been difficult. But it won’t always be like this. In a couple of years, you will graduate from this school and then we will get married. You will become my wife and my Luna, and we will get our happily ever after.”

I smiled up at him.

“Promise?” I asked.

He answered my question with a kiss. I wrapped my arms back around him and deepened the kiss, loving every moment of it.

Then the moment was ruined when the door opened and Alex stood before us, making us jump apart.

“Probably better if you didn’t do this here,” he said, staring between the two of us. “You might get caught by someone other than me