Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
He kept his eyes locked on mine; unwilling to break the eye contact.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I know in my heart that he didn’t do this to her. He wouldn’t have…”
I said, hating that my tears were no longer hiding behind my eyes, but now spilling across my cheeks.
He opened his mouth to say something but then Scott spoke first.
“Let them take me,”
Scott said through his teeth, making me turn to face him. “I’m a cold-blooded killer and I’ll do it again. I killed that girl, and I killed those gammas too.”
“What gammas?”
I asked, furrowing my brows.
“There were a couple of gamma warriors found dead in the boy’s dormitory,”
Detective Sanchez explained. “Scott confessed to killing them as well.”
“It’s a lie,”
I said, shaking my head. “It has to be.”
“Why would he lie about something like that?”
Headmaster Prescott asked; I could tell from her voice that she was trying to be reasonable.A growl escaped Scott as he struggled to break free from the cuffs that bound him; he was animalistic and unlike himself. Instinctly, Enzo grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him and away from Scott’s reach.
The officers surrounded him, trying to get him to calm down enough to get into the cop car. Detective Sanchez just shook his head while Headmaster Prescott looked remorseful.
Just as the door of the cop car opened, I stepped out of Enzo’s hold.
“Scott, wait,”
I said, rushing toward him. They all froze, and Scott looked at me; he was breathing heavily through his nose like a bull. I stepped close to him and looked deep into his unnaturally dark eyes.
Something was seriously there. He wasn’t himself. He wasn’t there.
I remembered that Sarah had manipulated his mind in the past, but I had never seen him like this before.
The more I looked into his eyes, the more he seemed to have relaxed, and I saw a flash of his normal eye color as if he was fighting against whatever was claiming stake to his mind.
I whispered in a voice that only he could hear, “What has she done to you?”
Lila’s POV
“Enzo, can you take her back to her dorm room?”
Headmaster Prescott asked as we watched the police car take Scott away.
I hadn’t realized I was standing frozen until Enzo took a gentle hold of my arm and pulled me along with him. My legs, at first, didn’t want to move. But then after the second gentle tug, they finally cooperated and went with him toward the dorms.
“Enzo…”
I whispered hoarsely, grabbing his arm with my other hand. I couldn’t even look at him; I was a complete zombie with my eyes filled with tears.
“I know…”
he whispered in return. “We will figure this out.”
I almost paused, but instead, I managed to look up at him. He looked concerned, but there was also a stern determination on his face.
“You believe me.”
It wasn’t a question, though he nodded once without hesitation.
“Of course, I do,”
he answered. “I will always believe you.”
“You don’t think he killed Merida?”
“I don’t think he has it in him,”
Enzo told me. “I think I will always trust your gut intuition as well and if you’re sure he didn’t kill him, then I don’t think he did.”
I felt like breathing out a breath of fresh air. My mate believed me. I wanted to throw myself into his arms and hug him tightly, but we were still out in the open and we couldn’t do that right here.
“Where are we going?”
I asked, noticing that we were heading in the direction of the dorms.
“I’m taking you back to the dorm for tonight,”
he said and though his voice sounded strained, his shoulders were squared. “I think you should rest in your bed and see your roommates. Also, I was thinking you’d want to ask around and do a little digging yourself in the dorms.”
I found myself beaming at him.
“I would,”
I told him. “Thank you.”
He looked down at me and smiled at me.
When we got into the dormitory, Eileen Carter stood in the living quarters with Alexander, and they were talking intensely while glancing out the window at the bright sirens. Both their eyes widened when they saw me walking into the room.
“Lila?”
Eilleen gasped. “I thought you were upstairs. What are you doing?”
“She came running toward the police cars when she saw who was being arrested,”
Enzo explained, shaking his head as if he was so disappointed in me. But I knew the truth.
“How did you get past us? We’ve been in here all night,”
Eileen said, narrowing her eyes at me and folding her arms across her chest.
“The window,”
I lied. “I snuck out the window.”
She pressed her lips firmly together and shook her head at me.
“We will discuss this tomorrow, Lila. Get back to your dorm right now.”
“Yes, mam,”
I said, glancing at Enzo one last time.
He had to stifle a small smile; I could tell. I turned away and rushed toward the stairway.
“Thank you for bringing her back, Professor. I’m sorry for the trouble.”
“We really should look into window security,”
I heard Enzo saying.
I went upstairs and toward my dorm room. My heart was heavy as I thought about Scott; I hated that he was getting in trouble again.
I knew exactly who was to blame for this; again.
Before I could stop myself, I knocked on Sarah’s door. Within a few minutes, the door was opening, and Kay stood before me with wide and worried eyes.
“Lila—”
“Where is she?”
I said, stepping into the room and pushing Kay aside.
I hadn’t meant to push her, but she stumbled slightly and moved out of my way quickly as I rushed into the dorm room. Sarah was curled up on the couch and it seemed she was watching a movie when I entered. She looked up at me with furrowed brows and her lips were pressed together in a line.
“Um… rude,”
she muttered. “How dare you barge in here when we were watching a movie.”
“Cut the act, Sarah,”
I said through my teeth. “I know you did something to him, and you need to reverse it.”