The Alpha's Witch

the country, my job was to make sure these young witches and wizards knew every spell in the book and when to use them. "When you come across an enemy unexpectedly, you should no

raised with their wooden weapons. "We will first practice some simple spells like disarming and freezing. However, if you choose to do the freezing spell, please don't freeze each other. The hospital wasn't pleased with how many of you got frostbite last time," I said amusedly, eyeing the two sheepish witches who had been the unfortunate ice cubes last time. "Begin!" I backed away to give them some room only to run into Meredith, who was panting heavily. "Mer? What are you doing here?" I frowned, patting her back as she started coughing. When she was done with her coughing fit, she straightened and shook her red locks away from her face, "I need to talk to you. Like now-now." I turned to Anton, my assistant, "Do you think you could supervise for a while?" He nodded, "Of course, Ms. Jaslynn." Before I could thank him, Meredith grabbed my hand and dragged me into the Coven building. She was practically running down the hallway, and I pulled my hand out of her grasp so I could keep up the pace by her side. When we were finally in my office, I locked the door and leaned against it with an eyebrow raised, "You know, I'm always ready to hang out, but what is it that couldn't wait till after my training session?" She rolled her eyes and plopped on the loveseat next to my desk, "You got a call from the Minister." My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. "You mean the Minister himself called? Or his assistant?" "He called. Believe me, I made myself look like a total idiot with all the stuttering I did. " I bit my lip nervously, "What did he say?" "He wanted to tell you that he's moving the annual meeting to tomorrow because there are 'some matters that needed to be attended to right away.'" She said, making quotations around the last bit. My stomach churned from anxiety. If he pushed the meeting to tomorrow, there must be an emergency of some sort or something that came up unexpect