Chapter 5
Enzo’s POV
12 year earlier
“Enzo…?” My mother woke me up during the night, tears filling her big brown eyes, and dripping
delicately off her long and darkshes.
I groggily woke, to find her standing over me.
“Mom?” I asked, peering at her through the dark of the night. It was cold; we didn’t have much heat in
our small home. We didn’t have much money to afford heat, but my mother never made it seem like we
were poor. “What’s wrong?” I whispered to her, not wanting to wake the others that resided in the
house.
“Your father is dead…” she said softly, her voice quivering.
She was frightened. But of what?
“He’s gone, sweetheart,” she said again.
From what I had heard of my father, he wasn’t a good man. He left my mother pregnant, rejecting her,
and forcing her to live in another pack. She would often refer to him as a monster.
“You are the only living rtive left…” She continued. “His Beta ising to collect you. You must go
with him…”
“What?” I asked, sitting up quickly in bed; she shushed me, wrapping her arms around me. “I know this
is sudden. But you must be the Alpha of Calypso. I never wanted this for you so soon, my baby.”
I had no idea what it meant to run a pack and be an Alpha. I was at a loss for words, and I had to
admit,
I was terrified. It was only yesterday that I was running around with my friends and being a kid. Now
this
time tomorrow, I would be in a whole different pack and acting as a leader.
None of this was making sense to me.
“You’ll being with me, won’t you?” I asked, my words trembling.
She cried harder and shook her head, holding me tighter.
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“I’m afraid I can’t,” she told me hoarsely. “My ce is here. And yours is there. You are going to be an
incredible Alpha, Enzo. Way better than your father ever was. You are going to do amazing things with
your life…”
“I can’t just leave you,” I whispered, tears filling my own eyes. I didn’t often cry, even at a young age.
But
the thought of leaving my mother behind in this hell hole tied my stomach into arge knot.
“I need you to listen to me,” she whispered, taking my face into her hands. “Your father had done a lot
of wrong in his life. He hurt a lot of people. You’ll probably hear a lot about him once you get to
Calypso. He’s the reason wolves like us live like this… because he wanted so much that he took
everything from everyone. But you, my darling Enzo, can restore things and make things better for all
of
us…”
“But how? I’m only 9…” I said, I couldn’t keep the worry out of my tone. “What can I do to help? Why
can’t youe with me?”
“Your father has made it too dangerous. There are those who still wish to do us harm. His followers are
now scrambled, still lurking in the shadows. But you can make things better. You can bring them to
light. You can work hard and be more powerful than your father ever was. You can protect those
who live like us… You can use your powers for good.”
“I promise,” I whispered, hugging my mother tightly. “I won’t let you down. When I get to the top, and I
will get to the top, I wille back for you. I will punish those who did us wrong and I won’t stop until
this kingdom is safe again. I will undo what father did.”
…
“Alpha Enzo? Did you hear me?” The voice of Bastien interrupted my train of thought. I nced around
at the conference table that the other Alphas on themittee were gathered around.
They were discussing the Shifting and Combat course at the Hig Shifting Academy and how the
original professor had died during a rogue attack. Bastien, the head of themittee, was about to
appoint a new professor.
I already knew he was going to appoint me; he would have been stupid not to. I was one of the
strongest and best Alphas for the job. Besides Bastien, I was the toughest and fiercest Alpha to walk
our
lands. But I still had a long way to go before I outranked my estranged father who died when I was 9.
“You need me to take over as the professor,” I said, leaning back in my seat. It wasn’t a question, nor
was it an offer.
Bastien looked at the others who had fallen silent long ago.
“Yes,” Bastien answered. “Would you be willing to do that?”
I didn’t have a choice; I was the youngest Alpha on themittee. And the newest. I was still
technically
on the probationary period, and I couldn’t refuse them if I wanted to climb my way to the top.
However, the thought of teaching annoyed me. It was impossible to teach students to do what I do.
Surely, their amateurbat will get to me.
But just the same, I nodded my head.
“Yes, sir,” I finally said after a long pause.
“The student council will want to speak with you. I’ll let them know to expect you.”
The meeting concluded and I could already hear the others speaking about going to the local pubter
that evening.
“Alpha Enzo, you going to join us for once?” One of the Alphas asked, hitting me on the back of my
shoulder. “Or are you going toe up with someme excuse?”
“Yeah, Enzo. Come on! It’s Friday. Let’s have some fun. You are still young. Live while you can!”
Thest thing I wanted to do was go to the pub with a bunch of drunk Alphas. What I really wanted to
do was return home and read a book and rest for the evening. I was exhausted from training and This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.
meetings all day. I don’t usually have time for myself and when I do, I don’t like spending it with those I
spend all day with.
“I’ll pass,” I say to them as I finish packing my stuff in my briefcase. “Maybe next time.”
I always say, “maybe next time” knowing I don’t mean those words. They don’t argue though; they look
at one another with a frown before leaving the conference room.
“Hey Enzo, wake up,” I hear Bastien behind me, following me out of the door. I slow my pace so he can
catch up. “I really appreciate you taking one for the team. I know teaching isn’t your thing, but I think
this might be good for you.”
“I appreciate the opportunity,” I say to him, and in a way, I meant that. I could prove myself to him and
to others. I could practice my skills and better myself. “Honestly, maybe it won’t be that bad,” I smirked.
Bastienughed, pping me on the back.
“You might even have fun,” he told me with a grin. “I couldn’t think of a better Alpha for the job. I can
already tell; you’re going to do great things. I’m d to finally have you on themittee. Enjoy your
weekend. The student council will be expecting you at the academy on Monday, bright and early!”
…
I took Bastien’s words to heart; he believed that I could do great things in my future. Just as my mother
believed. I didn’t want to let either of them down. But still, there was a part of me that worried if I was
going to do any better than my father.
My mother was right; as soon as I became the Alpha of the Calypso Pack, I started hearing rumors
about my father. Things I never heard before; things I don’t even think my mother knew.
Like the fact that my father died because of his love for a Vna wolf. I never even heard of a Vna
wolf before and there was a part of me that didn’t believe they existed. As far as I knew, it was only a
myth. But I’ve heard the story from different sources.
My father had fallen in love with a Vna and because of that, he lost his life. It was love that made the
most powerful shifter in the universe weak. I wasn’t sure if it was because Vnas were the most
powerful type of wolves in the world, or because of love itself. But either way, I swore to never allow
what happened to my father to happen to me.
Which meant I vowed to never fall in love.
Itplicated things when I stepped into the house of Alpha Bastien, on the night of his daughter,
L’s, 18(th) birthday, and my wolf was in awe of her beauty.
His husky whisper made my entire body freeze and my skin crawl.
“I can feel her… our mate…”
Shit.