Chapter 329: Chapter 329

Enzos POV

Alpha Jonatha’s eyes began to glow red with fury as he glared at Jazzy.

I could feel his anger from where I stood on the other side of the shield. Lila must have dropped that paper on purpose so Jonathan would see that Jazzy had no intention of helping Sarah. She’s using Sarah for her selfish needs to rid the world of Volana wolves and have the strongest weapon ever to exist.

She would be killing Sarah, not helping her.

Jonathan was now fully aware of her true plans, and he was not happy with this.

“What the hell is this, Jazzy?!” He growled, gazing at Jazzy with glowing red eyes.

Jazzy glanced at him as the cauldron grew even hotter and the smoke that emerged from it changed colors. She had finished placing her ingredients in the cauldron and now all she needed was Lila’s blood.

The moon was at the highest point in the sky, which meant the spell was just about done. The tendrils were positioning Lila over the cauldron and my heart weighed heavily in my chest.If I lost her, I would lose my entire world.

She was my mate, my love, the only one I would ever want in life. She was my future wife and Luna, the mother to my future children. She was the light of my life, and I was about to lose her.

If I could just turn back time, I would have kept her home with me. I would have kept her tucked and safe in my arms where I knew no harm could get to her.

I wanted her to know so badly how much I loved her.

I shouldn’t have pushed her away when I first found out she was my mate. I should have kept her close and made her feel loved.

“Jazzy, answer my question!” Jonathan demanded, breaking me out of my thoughts.

The ground shook with each word he spoke.

She glanced at him with no emotion on her face.

“Down mutt,” she hissed at him. “Did you seriously think I’d help you?”

She let out a bitter laugh as the rogues that surrounded them howled in response.

“I’m protecting the world,” Jazzy continued, her voice booming across the forest. “This goes much bigger than your dumb daughter.”

Jazzy turned her back on him and he growled furiously, shifting into his large black wolf with piercing red eyes.

I had never seen Jonathan this angry before and it made me take a step back. I thought he was going for Jazzy, but he turned and glared at the witches who kept the shield intact.

I was surprised that the witches looked nervous.

Jonathan ripped through the throat of one of the witches who held up the shield. Bringing my attention back to him. The other witches screamed in horror for their fallen coven sister and blood splattered everywhere.

“It’s time, my love,” Jazzy shouted to Zagreus who seemed to be controlling the dark tendrils. Now that her witches were in trouble, she sounded more frantic than ever. “Bleed the Volana!”

The shield instantly came down once that witch was taken out and the others grew too distracted to maintain it.

I wasted no time. I allowed Max full control, and we ran the fastest we had ever run in our entire life. We used everything we could to get up to Lila. He jumped up on the cauldron and used trees to gain height. Then he jumped as fast and as hard as he could against the tree, flying through the air just as the tendril reached Lila and was about to puncture her chest.

We jumped between her, and the tendril, blocking the blow from our mate.

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Lila’s POV

When I came through, I was being lifted off the ground and carried. I opened my eyes to see my Xander running with me and taking me away from what sounded like the continuing battle.

“Xander?” I gasped. “What is going on? Where are you taking me?”

“I need to get you out of here and to safety,” he breathed. “My only task is to keep you alive!”

“What happened?” I asked again, trying to wiggle myself out of his arms. “Where’s Enzo?”

When Xander didn’t answer, I low growl escaped my throat.

“Let me go!” I growled, struggling even harder against him.

I felt the power of my wolf surging through me, and electricity poured from my fingers. My father released me quickly before I zapped him.

“You need to stay alive,” Xander seethed.

“I do not run from fights,” I hissed, staring down at my hands that were still producing electricity.

“Our powers are back…” Val said firmly. “Now let’s get to our mate.”

I was relieved to hear her voice but confused as to how we got our powers back.

“If you die, that vessel will be born, and the nation will Fall. His sacrifice would have been for nothing.”

I narrowed my eyes.

Sacrifice?

Was he talking about Enzo?

Oh, my goddess.

Xander knew he had said something wrong when he sighed deeply.

“Lila…” Before he could get another word out, I was already shifting into my wolf form and running as fast as I could in the direction we came.

Thankfully weren’t too far from the fight. When I got there, it was absolutely mayhem. The shield that once covered us was broken and it looked like the darkness that clouded the air was completely gone.

I saw Sarah in the far distance in the far distance; they were both fighting rogues. Her father was a large black beast with piercing red eyes, and he was furious. He must have seen the paper I dropped before I passed out.

Sarah seemed to be using her abilities to get rid of some of the rogues as her father tore through them with his large and sharp canines. I was surprised that Sara still had her abilities despite the dark curse, but the more she used them, the paler she got.

Brody was struggling to get to her, yelling for her to stop as he was bombarded with rogues. Sarah ran toward him to help him fight, but I could see how weak she had gotten.

My heart ached for her.

Jazzy was fighting with Hazel, but they looked to be arguing and fighting at the same time. Hazel was still desperately trying to get through to her, but Jazzy wasn’t listening to her. Hazel had placed a shield around herself to protect herself.

She had her abilities back as well?

It was strange because it didn’t seem like Jazzy was using her magic at all.

Did she somehow lose her abilities?

Most of the witches that were helping Jazzy were already dead. I’m sure Alpha Jonathan had something to do with that.

Nobody seemed to have noticed me breaking through the clearing and running toward the battle.

My eyes scanned the area until they landed on him.

Enzo.

He was lying on the ground, and I could tell from a distance that he was covered in blood.

My heart shattered in my chest, and I wasted no time getting to him.

I ran as fast as I could until I was by his side. I shifted back into my human form and stared down at his body.

He had a gaping hole in his stomach.

He was also pale as a ghost, and he wasn’t breathing.

“Oh, my goddess…” I gasped, not realizing I was crying until I spoke, and my voice cracked as a sob escaped my lips. “Enzo!!” I sobbed.

I placed my hands on each side of his face.

“Please… you can’t be dead…” I sobbed, not caring about anything else that was going on around us. “Please…” I cried.

I shook his shoulders trying to get him to open his eyes.

My fingers trembled violently as I felt a pulse around the nape of his neck.

“Lila!!” My mother yelled. “You need to get out of here. It’s not safe.”

Lightning shot out of her claws as she zapped a rogue dead. Shadows emerged from the ground and began to fight around her, shielding her from more rogue attacks. She positioned the shadows to cover me and Enzo, protecting us from onlookers.

She had her abilities back too.

I would have been thrilled if I wasn’t so broken. My entire body felt numb as I kept my eyes on Enzo’s still body.

The curse must have been broken.

But how?

“Enzo… please…” I whimpered. “I need you to be alive… We need you to be alive….”

I grabbed his hand and placed it on my belly. My entire body trembled as more sobs escaped my lips.

In just moments, my entire world had crumbled around me.

In my mind’s eye, I saw my wolf lowering her head and curling up in agony as she mourned the loss of our mate.“I can’t do this without you, Enzo…I’m pregnant with our pups…” I whispered to him through my tears. “You can’t leave us… I love you….”

Nothing was ever going to be okay again.

“Lila, we need to get you out of here! Where’s Xander?” My mother shouted through the noise of the battle.

I couldn’t bring myself to stand. I couldn’t leave Enzo.

I lowered my head as the shadows closed in around us, protecting us from the ongoing battle.

I buried my face in his chest and allowed myself to break. I wrapped my arms around him, sobbing into him and whispering to him about how much I truly loved him.

“Lila…” I heard my name being spoken and a hand on my back, making me tense. The voice was familiar was voice and soft. “We have to—”

Her voice broke off as she gasped, dropping her hand from my back. I knew it was Sarah and I also knew Brody wasn’t far from her. She sounded tired and I knew it was because life was draining from her rapidly after she used her abilities so much this evening.

“Oh, my goddess…” she breathed. “Lila, you need to look at what’s happening.”

I knew she wanted me to get up, but I couldn’t even think about moving from where I was. Not without Enzo.

“Lila, she’s right. It’s Enzo…” Brody’s voice cut through my thoughts, making my eyes shoot open.

I lifted my head a little too quickly. Dizziness washed over me, but not before I saw what they were talking about.

Enzo was glowing!

Actually… his wound was glowing.

Shards of light were pouring into him from the moon. Or maybe his wound was pouring light into the moon. I couldn’t tell, but something was happening.

“His wound is closing…” Sarah breathed, astonished.

My mother had joined us as well, wafting away the shadows that covered us.

I had no idea what was going on, but Sarah was right. His wound was healing.

“Oh, my goddess…” my mother whispered.

The ground began to rumble like an earthquake and the battle around us began to lessen. Not only were most of the rogues and witches dead, but the remaining ones were now distracted by the sudden earthquake and the fact that Enzo was glowing.

But my mother’s eyes were fixed on the horizon and a small smile appeared on her lips. I followed her gaze to see whatever she was looking at.

More wolves were approaching over the horizon line. Rays of moonlight shining down on them and guiding them toward the battle, lighting up their path.

There were dozens of them.

“Are those…?” Brody began to ask.

“Volana wolves…” I finished for him.

Just as the wolf leading Volana pack began to howl, making the others howl in response, Enzo’s eyes flew open.