My Professor Is My Alpha Mate
#Chapter 172 – Motherly advice

Enzo's POV

"You think they know that Lila is my mate??" I asked, staring at her in disbelief.

If they did know, they played it off cool. I never suspected that they could know anything. I suddenly felt extremely nervous.

I wondered if Lila knew that they knew.

“Yes,” my mother said, stifling a laugh. “It explains why he appointed you, out of anybody, to keep an eye on her and go on a trip with her across the world. As opposed to a gamma warrior. He knows you have responsibilities to your pack, but he still pulled you away to tend to his daughter. It's quite obvious to an outside eye... but it's even more obvious to a mother.”

I felt stupid; of course, he knew.

“Have you already decided on rejecting her?” My mother then asked with sadness in her tone.

I sighed, but I nodded.

"Yes, but I wanted to wait until after she graduated,” I explained. “Her wolf is still so young that I'm worried if I reject her right now, her wolf will go into permanent hibernation. I didn't want to do that to her, so I figured I'd wait until she’s stronger.”

"And she knows this?” My mother asked, her brows knitting together.

I nodded again.

“I should go,” I said, standing to my feet. “Lila is at the academy, and I'd like to speak with her. I need to tell her how I feel... again.”

"Again?" She asked, raising her brows.

“It's a long story. But it doesn’t matter. She needs to know that I'm not planning on rejecting her and that I want to be with her. She's my everything and she deserves to know just that.”

Tears filled her eyes instantly as she stood to her feet.

“I'm so happy for you,” she breathed. “When will I get to meet her?”

That nervous feeling returned to me; I didn’t want my mom to think I was hiding her from Lila. But I hadn't told Lila that my mother was a Volana. If Lila knew that my mother was a rogue because of what she is, she might think that I had something to do with this. Knowing her, she would want to hunt Paul and his crew and fight them right away and we were far from ready for that battle.

Paul had way more men than I could comprehend, and they all worked under my father for so long. They were powerful. I needed more warriors and wolves on my side and until I could change their minds about Volana's, that wasn't going to happen.

I needed to continue working on my reputation and become a well-respected Alpha before anyone joined my side.

It took years of hard work for Bastien to make Elysium safe for his family. He's been actively working on making other parts of the world safe too, but he was an enemy to my father, which means he's an enemy with my father's followers. It makes it difficult for him to gain the trust needed to make this world completely safe.

I'm not going to stop trying until my mother can safely leave her village without getting attacked. The less Lila knew about my connection to Volana wolves, the better. I wasn't ready for this battle yet and she would run headfirst into it.

“Soon,” was all I said as I hugged my mother. “You'll meet her soon.”

She smiled brightly.

“Go get your mate!” She urged.

Max was on the edge, already getting ready to shift and run to her.

“I love you,” I said to my mom; giving her one last hug before I shifted into my wolf form and ran from her cottage.

I told Max that I needed to grab a few things from the packhouse before heading to Higala and for some reason, he was more adamant about getting to the packhouse than he was about getting to the academy. I would have thought making this pit stop at home would be frustrating for him, but he was extremely eager.

It wasn't until the packhouse came into view that I realized why he wanted to get there so quickly. It was Lila.

She was there.

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