My Professor Is My Alpha Mate
#Chapter 216 Killing Paul

Lila's POV

As soon as we neared Starcove, I could feel the power of the witches.

I knew of a witch once when I was only a little girl. She helped my mother when she discovered she was a Volana wolf and taught her how to use her powers and how to control them.

Sadly, she died, and I never really got the chance to know her for myself. But I knew she was very powerful as well. I wonder if she knew this Jazzy person; it seems my father was familiar with her. “There are no gates?” I asked as we continued down a narrow road; in the distance, I saw houses, and beyond that, I wasn't really sure what I saw. It was a large building made of stone and it didn't seem it belonged in such a quiet town. But there was hardly anybody walking around the streets; there was no humming of cars. There didn’t even seem to be that many businesses.

Maybe a few stores but they didn't even look open.

It was a complete ghost town besides this strong sense of power radiating around the brisk air. The temperature had dropped significantly; it was nearing autumn, but here it felt like it was mid to late autumn.

Most of our packs have gates that separate our packs from rogue territory. Though the forests don't usually have gates, we double on our patrol in those areas to keep rogues away. Starcove didn't seem to have any security, which was amazing to me.

“It's a human and witch community,” Enzo explained from beside me. “They don’t need the same security measures as we do. Nobody would dare invade a town full of witches.”

“We are,” I reminded him, my voice grim.

He was quiet for a moment.

“They took something of ours,” he said, just as grimly.

“We need to shift,” my father said from the front.

We all slowed to a stop to look up at my father's large and dark wolf who had turned to face the rest of us. We were all in our wolf forms still; Donovan and Aiden stood on either side of him, and Ethan stood on the other side of Enzo. There were three warriors from each of our packs, the Nova and Calypso pack, that were scattered around us.

My father was first to shift, and he immediately put on the clothes his wolf kept tucked away. The others did the same. I waited for Enzo to shift first and put on his clothes before I hid behind him and did the same thing.

Before I knew what was happening, Paul was shifting into his wolf form and lunging quickly in my direction. My father and the others began to shift as well just as the rogues went to attack them and block them from stopping Paul in whatever he was planning on doing.

By the time Enzo had shifted and lunged toward Paul, it was too late. Paul was fast and moved past him with such a quick speed I hardly saw him until he was only seconds away from diving his teeth into my flesh

With the dagger, I did the only thing I could think of doing at that moment. I faced the blade in Paul's direction and plunged it straight into his chest.

His teeth snapped shut before they actually reached me, and I heard the scream of his pain as he fell to the ground. All the rogues had stopped what they were doing to watch their leader fall “Lila!” Enzo's voice rang through my head as he ran in my direction.

I dropped the blood-soaked dagger on the ground and my entire body trembled as I watched life drain from Paul's eyes.

Enzo was shifting back into his human form, and he ran to me, wrapping me in his arms. I hadn't realized I was crying until he held my face with both his hands and looked into my eyes.

"Were you bitten?” He asked, staring around my face and shoulders.

I shook my head.

"No..." I said, gasping for the breath that had been taken from me. “But I almost was...”

I couldn't believe how close I was to being bitten; I don't know what would have happened if he had managed to get me.

"Storm the Coven House!” My father ordered everybody else.

I realized the other rogues, the ones that survived that is, fled the scene as soon as Paul had died. "Enzo, get her out of here,” my father ordered.

Enzo nodded, but I grabbed his arm, stopping him from shifting.

“No, I want to stay and protect them,” I said, proud that my voice was much stronger than I felt. Enzo narrowed his eyes at me.

“Lila—"

“I'm fine, Enzo,” I said quickly, staring up at him through my tear-filled eyes. “Let me protect my father and our warriors.”

He looked at me for a moment longer and then he gave me a small smile along with a head nod. My father looked between us for a moment, but he didn't argue. He turned away and went to join the others who were already heading towards the Coven house.

I took a deep breath and lifted my hands above my head, I thought of a large and purified shield surrounding my father and the others. I thought of it as protecting them from all dangers.

I kept my eyes closed and my arms raised; I wished I knew what was going on, but Enzo’s presence and protection from beside me kept me feeling calm.

After what felt like an eternity, I heard my father's voice in my head.

"Great job, Lila. Thank you. You can release the shield. We got her in our possession.”

I sighed and lowered my hands; as I opened my eyes, my vision was clouded with unshed tears. "Aiden and Ethan are taking Hazel to the Calypso Pack hospital,” my father continued to speak in my mind. “Jazzy has cuffs on, and we are taking her to the Calypso holding cell. She told the other witches to stand down, so they wouldn't hurt us. All is well for right now.”

I was relieved to hear that; he spoke to Enzo too because he gave me a long and steady smile as he wrapped me in his arms.

All was well.... For right now.

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