My Professor Is My Alpha Mate

Lila's POV

"Go to our mate!” Val pleaded. “Run to him!"

She was excited to see him, but I couldn't bring myself to do as she requested.

I just stood frozen, staring at Enzo.

"What are you two doing in here?” Enzo asked; there were no emotions displayed on his face and that caused my heart to ache painfully in my chest.

"Sorry, professor. I was just helping her practice while I had a little time,” Brody said, not sensing that there was anything wrong with that.

“I was waiting for you and when you didn’t show up, Brody offered to help me,” I further explained, keeping my eyes locked on his.

"Well, I'm here now,” Enzo said, pulling his eyes away from me to glare at Brody. “You should get to practice; I think your coach was looking for you.”

If looks could kill, his look would have certainly ended Brody's life.

Brody looked alarmed.

“I just have to grab my stuff out of my locker,” Brody said as he sprinted toward the locker room. Enzo was quiet as he walked past me; he had his bag flung over his shoulder and I couldn't help but notice the annoyed, yet tired, look on his face.

He must have had a tough morning.

“Ask him about it,” Val coached.

"How was your morning?” I asked him, watching as he stripped his shirt off and shoved it into the bag, he threw on the ground.

She was his best friend.

She was the one who understood him better than anyone.

I was nothing compared to her.

I should have known that it would never be me. But why wouldn't he just reject me and choose her instead of stringing me along this entire time?

"Connie, you should go,” Enzo said, keeping his tone incredibly low.

I knew he was only asking her to leave because I was here.

I wanted to tell them that I would be the one leaving, but I couldn“t bring myself to actually speak. I looked at Connie who was saying something to him, but I couldn't make out what she was saying. She kept putting her perfectly manicured fingers on his arm and batting her lashes while she spoke. I felt physically ill watching them.

Her face became nothing short of a blur.

My heart was so broken, and this was the kind of pain I had never felt before in my entire life.

Enzo looked at me and it looked like he was trying to say something, but I couldn't hear him. I needed to get out of there. But my legs weren't working; they were so numb I would have fallen over if I even attempted to walk away.

"Val!" I pleaded with my wolf. “Please help me! Get me out of here!”

I could feel the burst of energy from my wolf as she made herself known to both Enzo and Connie. Her violet and blue eyes glowed and her large canines chomped the air as her howl escaped through my throat.

It was enough that Connie had to step back, but Enzo wasn't afraid.

He watched in wonder as I kicked off the ground, shifting into my wolf and sprinting from the arena as fast as Val's legs would go. We burst through the doors and down the halls. We ran through the doors of the building, and I felt a gust of cold hair from outside as we ran through the campus grounds.

Everything in my vision became a blur and we didn't stop until we reached the forest.

I felt safe in the forest and Val knew we'd be able to breathe in the peace of being away from everyone. Nature seemed to give me energy and restore my strength. My powers were in serenity, and I could finally rest.

Once we were in the safe compacity, she allowed me to shift back into my human form, where I lay on the ground.

I pressed my knees to my chest and felt the fresh tears spread across my features.

I heard the cries of Val throughout my mind, and this only made me feel even worse.

However, I didn't have a lot of time to sit with my feelings; soon, my cellphone was ringing, bringing me back to the current moment.

I frowned when I saw that it was Cassidy-Ann calling. I wasn't due at work for another couple of hours, so I wondered why she was calling me right now.

She couldn't have picked a worse time.

“Hello?” I managed to muster into the phone.

“Lila! It's Cassidy-Ann! I need you at the studio right now. It's an emergency!!”