My Professor Is My Alpha Mate

Enzo's POV

"Are you sure about this?” Bastien asked once I explained what happened with Sarah. “Why would Lila want to keep this from me?”

“She thinks there's good in Sarah and doesn't think that punishing her will do her any good. For whatever reason, she just wants peace.”

"Yeah, that sounds like something she would say,” Bastien sighed. “Even so, this is still a punishable crime, even if Lila made a speedy recovery. But I'm afraid without proper proof, I won't be able to do anything.”

“Can't you speak to the board?” I asked. “Or maybe I can speak to them—"

"And then what? It'll get dismissed if we go to them without proper proof. Not to mention Sarah's father basically owns that school. If he gets word that his daughter is being accused of a crime, he won't stop fighting us. If we want to proceed in punishing her, we need actual proof of the crime.” "What about pictures?” I asked. “Were there any photos taken at the party?”

“There were some that took pictures yes. We already looked through them and nothing. There was also a photographer there as well. Their photos haven't been developed yet. But they are working on it."

"A photographer?” I asked. “What's the name of the company?”

“Photos by Leah,” Bastien answered. “She's a great photographer. She's working on developing the photos. Hopefully, they will be ready for viewing next week.”

“The photographer could have captured something in the background of her pictures,” Max mimicked my thoughts. “We need to get our hands on the photos.”

"Oh, Enzo. Before I let you go, I've been wanting to ask if you'd be able to bring Lila home on Saturday. Selene wants to have a feast for her to celebrate her wolf's arrival. Of course, you're also invited to the feast if you bring her. I still have her car so she can’t get here on her own.”

“I'll bring her,” I agreed. “But I'll pass on the feast. I appreciate the invite.”

She thinks about it for a moment, but then she nods her head once.

She just got her wolf, but she has yet to shift. Her first shift would be incredibly painful and not something she should do in front of other students.

I turn away from her and go back to the front of the room, standing on my platform so I can oversee my students.

Their shifting was getting faster and stronger each time they practiced. The students attacking their partners would wait a substantial amount of time before performing their attack on their partners who kept their backs turned. As soon as their partners felt an attack was near, they shifted into their wolf forms and counter-attacked.

For the most part, the students shifting were able to counterattack or block the initial attack from their partners.

Most students... accept Becca.

Regardless of how fast she was at shifting and counterattacking, Lila, in her human form, was always a step ahead of her and managed to beat her every time.

They tried it at least a dozen times.

"How are you this good?” Becca asked, breathlessly. She didn't sound annoyed, more inspired than anything.

“I've had good trainers,” Lila chuckled. “You'll get better. I can train with you some more if you'd like the practice.”

“You'd do that?” Becca asked, surprised.

"Of course,” Lila said in return. “I would love to help you. This stuff is important; you should learn to defend yourself the best you can.”

Becca gave her a fond smile just as my phone began ringing.

"What?" I asked into the phone, knowing it was my Beta Ethan, from the Calypso Pack.

"We have a problem,” Ethan said, sounding a bit worried.

“Then deal with it. I'm in class.”

“There have been some home invasions around our pack,” Ethan continued quickly.

"What?" I asked, my tone hardening. “What do you mean by home invasions?”

“I mean there have been a series of break-ins. I'm not sure who's doing it... but there have been reports of thievery as well.”

“Shit,” I mutter, trying to keep my voice down to not alert my students. I met Lila's eyes who were now looking at me with a frown; she knew something was wrong. “I'll be there tomorrow to look into it.”

“Okay,” Ethan said. “I'll let everyone know.”

“Ethan,” I said before he hung up the phone; my eyes never left Lila's as I said this next part. “Set up a guest bedroom... I'm bringing someone with me.”