Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“Obviously,”
she muttered, folding her arms across her chest and giving me a pointed look. “Or else I probably wouldn’t be going.”
“Probably not,”
I said, only a little teasingly as I turned away and went to my own dorm.
I went into my room and packed my things; not that I really needed much. I had a bunch of clothes at Enzo’s place still. But I could do a little laundry while I was there.
Once I was done, I went to the living room and I was pleased to see that all my friends, including Sarah and Luis, were already there. Alex leaned against the doorframe, staring at me.
“Ready?”
He asked.
I nodded, trying to hide the nervousness on my face.
“Are you going to explain to us the entire story of what happened?”
Kayla asked as we walked out of the dorm and toward the parking lot.
“Yes,”
I answered. “But you all should know that someone is meeting us at the packhouse tonight.”
“Who?”
Brody asked, curiously.
He was walking with both his and Sarah’s bags slung over his large shoulders, and she walked closely beside him.
I glanced behind my shoulder at the rest of them before answering.
“Scott.”
Third Person POV
Scott lay on the small cot, staring at the ceiling as he’d done for the past few days. There wasn’t much to do in the jail cell; there wasn’t much he could do. Had visited him and he was pleasantly surprised by how concerned and caring he seemed.
According to Alpha Enzo, his father hasn’t left the waiting room and is giving the dispatchers a hard time. That was the first time Scott had cracked a smile in what felt like an eternity.
As he lay on the cot, he thought about all the wrongs he had done in his life and all the people he had hurt. Of course, a lot of the wrongdoing was because of Sarah and the hold she had on his mind. But there were some things she didn’t manipulate; some things that he lied about.
That kiss that broke him and Lila up, wasn’t because Sarah manipulated him into it. He got lost in that moment and couldn’t help himself. He’s always felt an attraction toward Sarah, but he’s always loved Lila. There was never a question about it.
But kissing Sarah was something he had to do to get it out of his system. He told Lila it was because of Sarah’s manipulation, but that was a lie.
He just hoped that Lila would visit him someday so he could tell her the entire truth.
Not that it matters anymore; she found her mate; but his conscience is unclean, and he doesn’t want to get locked up forever until she knows the truth.
He’s surprised that Lila’s father is actually willing to investigate these murders a little bit more. Remembering the events that had happened, Scott was so sure that he was the one who killed those people.
That poor girl Merida was so frightened, and she cried while she begged for her life. But all Scott remembered was wanting her blood and needing to taste her pure beating heart. Though, he had no idea why.
It wasn’t until Alpha Enzo visited him and made him really think about the situation that he started to recognize that he had the same empty feeling he had when Sarah manipulated his mind. Once he came to terms with that fact, his mind began to clear, and he realized it wasn’t him that killed those people.
They were memories that were placed in his mind.
He just wished he knew who had done that to him.
His first thought was Sarah, but Alpha Enzo was positive that it wasn’t her. Actually, it was Lila that was positive and Alpha Enzo was just relaying the message.
Scott shook his mind clear as he sat up on the cot; why couldn’t he remember a face that stood in front of him and manipulated him?
He was so lost in his mind that the sound of the little window on his door opening startled him. He saw an officer peering through the window.
“Your father is here to visit again,”
the officer muttered.
“Okay,”
Scott managed to say, quickly recovering himself.
He hated that his father had to see him like this.
A second later, the door was opened, and his father rushed into the small cell. He had an expression on his face that Scott couldn’t read, but it was making him nervous.
“You are going to be released by the end of today!”
His father said the expression that Scott couldn’t read was happiness.
Scott stood to his feet, not sure what his father was talking about. He must have gone mad or something.
“What?”
Scott asked, mimicking his thoughts.
“They found the real killer; he tried to kill again, and he was caught. He admitted to the whole thing. Including framing you.”
“Who was it?”
An unease filled Scott’s stomach and filled his throat like a nasty bile.
“One of the vampire professors, Roderick I think his name was,”
his father said, shaking his head to remember the details.
Scott’s heart fell into his stomach as he stared at his father in disbelief. He knew Rod well; the two often spoke sports. Scott was one of the few that Rod actually cooperated with when he wasn’t hiding in the vampire den with the others.
He was the vampire dorm advisor and the bloodlust professor; one of the youngest professors at this school. He was also a hybrid, half werewolf, half vampire. It made him mysterious, and girls loved him.
Scott always found himself to be a little jealous of Rod, but he liked the guy just the same. It was difficult not to like him.
He never took him as a killer though, no. He couldn’t have been the killer.
He wondered if the same thing happened to Rod; did someone manipulate his mind as well?
But why?
“Alpha Bastien and Alpha Jonathan are trying to find out more information and investigate a bit further. But they said you should be released by the end of the night,”
his father continued. “You are getting out of here, son!”
Scott wanted to be happy about the news, but he wasn’t.
He couldn’t stop thinking about Rod; he found it to be unreal. That is until the officer who remained at the door chimed in.
“He’s telling the truth. I spoke to Alpha Jonathan myself.”
Scott snapped a look at the officer who had his arms folded across his chest.
“I guess it’s your lucky day,”
he continued, narrowing his eyes at Scott as if he didn’t believe Scott to be innocent.
Scott swallowed a lump in his throat and forced a smile to please his father.
“That’s wonderful news,”
he said.
His father patted him on the back before turning to the officer.
“Can we uncuff him now?”
His father asked.
“He still hasn’t been officially released yet,”
the officer said, pressing his lips firmly together.
“But he will be and he’s going to need his wolf to be strong,”
his father argued. “Let his wolf breathe.”
It would be nice to speak to Allister, his wolf, again.