I Kissed My Professor And He Liked It

Ella’s POV Another sleepless night had passed as | lay awake in the dark and cold cell. | kept my hand on my stomach, protectively. | had twins in my belly, and | needed to do what I could to protect them.

| wasn’t going to go down without a fight.

It wasn’t just my life and the life of my pups at stake now, it was also Sarah's life. Her father was planning on turning her into a Volana wolf, usingas a sacrifice to make that happen. But what he doesn’t know is that she will be forfeiting her free will over to Jazzy.

Sarah is going to beca vessel for Jazzy to use.

An alternate weapon.

I didn’t have long before this ritual took place. It was tonight, the night of the red full moon. I didn’t know what was going to happen during this ritual, but | feared the worst.

Val was still within me, and she'd been speaking to me, trying to keepcalm, even though she was powerless.

But | was just glad to have her with me.

“Our mate will come...” she continues to whisper. “He will save us.” “He needs to find us first,” | murmured in return.

“Our mate will always find us,” she replied.

| heard the nearby doors opening and footsteps approaching. | sat up, keeping myself against the furthest corner of the cell, not wanting to be seen, but also knowing that it was unavoidable.

Jazzy cinto view with a couple of unfamiliar rogues by her side. There was also a man standing beside Jazzy who didn’t givea rogue vibe; he also didn’t givea witch vibe.

He had a much darker aura and a chill coursed through my body as | looked into his dark eyes.

A smirk appeared on his thin lips as he assessed me. He stepped closer to the cell door.

“Well, isn't she a beauty,” he breathed, staring around my body like | was a piece of meat, and he was ravenous.

“You haven't seen anything yet,” Jazzy said, stepping beside him. She glared at me, and her expression darkened. “Shift,” she ordered me.

My heart fell into my stomach; | wasn’t going to give them what they wanted.

“No...” | said, keeping my eyes locked on hers.

She didn’t like that answer because her aura only darkened.

“I said, shift,” she repeated, this tin a much lower and more threatening tone.

“I'm getting a bad feeling...” Val murmured. “Let’s just shift.” “We aren't going to give in to their demands,” | told her in return.

Jazzy clenched her fists when | didn’t do what she wanted, and | saw electrical bolts bouncing around her fingertips.

“She’s going to electrocute us!” Val gasped. “Our pups!!” Jazzy reached her hand out to touch the metal bar; she was going to turn this entire cage into a microwave if | didn’t shift.

I quickly stood up and allowed Val to take full control, shifting into my wolf form. Jazzy smiled and dropped her hands, allowing the electricity to cease.

“Wow!” The man beside her breathed.

The rogues took an unsteady step away.

“I gave her a drug, so she has no abilities, but she still has her wolf,” she explained, pleased. “She can’t escape from this cage. She isn’t strong enough. Ctonight... we will have a new vessel and the most powerful weapon to ever exist.” “We should get started on the dark curse,” the man said, glancing at her. “We won't have long before they cfor her.” Jazzy nodded, agreeing, before turning her back onand walking away. The rogues followed her, but the man stayed a little longer. He stared atfor a long while, assessing every detail of my wolf with an expression | found difficult to read.

“You're quite lovely,” he breathed. “It's a shyou won't live past tonight.” With those chilling words left in the air, he turned and followed the others out of the room.

| staggered backward, shifting back into my human form, and falling against the wall. Without my abilities, shifting took a lot out of me.

| was exhausted and | felt disgusted and used.

Tears filled my eyes as | slid to the ground, pressing my knees to my chest, and burying my face in my lap.

As silence fell around me, | allowed myself to cry.

Coltons POV “We are wasting time. We need to be searching for our mate,” Max groaned as we made our way to my mother’s village.

| agreed with him, but | also agreed that we needed to think rationally. We were a step closer to finding Ella. If we kept our heads clear, we would be able to be in the sarea as her when this war breaks out.

Bastien had gone back to Higala to collect the others, leaving Xander, Selene, andto head to my mother’s village.

| recognized the hazy shield that surrounded the village as soon as we approached. It was a shield that only | and those with Volana blood could see. Nobody else was allowed within this shield, except those who were invited by Hazel, the one who placed the shield.

“I will be back,” Selene said to us as she stepped through the shield and disappeared before our eyes.

| was unphased, Xander looked amazed by this.

We stood there, waiting for Selene to return with Hazel. She had to permit Xander to enter the barrier. Standing beside him felt awkward tobecause this was a guy, | had spent a lot of ttorturing.

It felt unnatural that he was on our side now, but | was grateful that he wasn’t working against us and that he really was looking out for Ella’s best interest. | never could have imagined that he was from the Ero’s pack.

When | told Ella that Xander was sent by Alpha Drake, she was going to lose her mind.

The thought of Ella made my stomach tighten. | was so worried about her. | just hoped she knew that | was coming and that | wasn’t going to let anything happen to her.

Max raised his head in agreement with my inner thoughts.

We were coming for our mate even if it meant our death.

Not before long, Selene was returning with Hazel by her side. Hazel looked a little nervous to be outside her barrier, but her smile widened when she saw me.

“Hello, Colton,” she said, nodding her head at me. But then her eyes flashed to Xander, and she frowned.

“Hazel, this is our friend, Xander,” | explained. “He’s on our side and helping us find Ella. Would you be able to let him into the village?” She thought about it for a moment with her brows creased as she took in his body.

“Your tattoo...” she breathed.

He tensed at the mention of his tattoo and seeing this she nodded quickly.

We couldn't speak about this outside of the barrier or darkness could hear it. Xander was trying desperately to keep his pack secret, not wanting to put their lives in jeopardy.

I couldn't blhim for that.”You may enter,” she said, motioning with her hand for him to step into the shield.

We walked through the shield and entered my mother’s village.

“We are safe from darkness in here. | would know if it were to enter,” Hazel said as we walked down the pathway and toward the village center. “From your tattoo, you are from the Ero’s pack.” “Yes, | am,” Xander confirmed.

“You must know my dear friend, Eloise.” Xander froze.

“You know Eloise?” He asked, furrowing his brows together.

She glanced at him, giving him a small smile.

“I do,” she answered. “She has been a friend of mine for a long time. One of the greatest prophets I know.” “She is the reason | am here,” Xander informed her. “She had a vision about this future of this world.” “And she saw darkness?” Hazel asked.

Xander nodded.

“She saw a dark curse being placed on this world, making everybody powerless. She also saw the downfall of the nation.” “Hazel, she saw a Ella dying,” | told her, continuing Xander’s story. “A vessel is born after Ella’s death.” Hazel froze and her eyes grew large.

“The strongest Volana in the world will either be the uprise or the downfall of the nation,” Hazel breathed, reciting the first part of the prophet.

“That's what Eloise said as well,” Xander said, shaking his head.

“You're saying that if this vessel is created, it will be the strongest Volana, born from darkness?” Hazel asked as she continued to walk toward the village center.

“Yes,” Xander answered. “If Ella dies, this vessel will be born. She cannot die.” “Where is Ella now?” Hazel asked, glancing betweenand Selene.

We hadn't had a chance to update her on anything since Ella was taken.

“That's actually why we are here, Hazel,” Selene said gently. “We think Jazzy might have something to do with this and as of right now, Lile was taken...” Hazel gasped, stopping in her tracks.

“Colton?” | heard my nbeing called from across the street. | looked over and saw my mother rushing toward me. “Colton, what's wrong?” “Mom,” | said, allowing her to throw herself into my arms and hugtightly. “Ella is missing.” “What?!” She asked, stepping away fromand looking at the rest of us. “What do you mean she’s missing?” “We think Jazzy has something to do with it,” Selene explained again.

“Let's go to my home,” Hazel said, motioning for the small house with purple rims and matching purple window shingles, in the distance. “We can talk there.” We nodded and together we went to Hazels’ house. Sitting around her kitchen table, Hazel made us each a cup of tea before joining us at the table.

We spent tcatching my mother up on the prophet and why Xander was sent to Ella.

“So, that leaves us to now,” Selene said, glancing at Hazel. “Is there a way we can find out where Jazzy is?” Hazel thought about it for a moment and then she stood to her feet.

“I'm a lot like my sister in many ways,” she said thoughtfully. “We are both very strong witches. We are also connected by blood. We share the sblood, and that blood will always be connected.” “So, you think with your blood, you'll be able to find her?” Selene asked.

“That's exactly what I think,” Hazel said with a head nod. “There's a tracking spell that | could use. I'll just need a couple drops of my blood, and I should be able to find exactly where Jazzy is.” “And if we find Jazzy...” Xander began.

“Then we find Ella,” | finished.