Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“It’s gotten worse, Dad…”
she murmured, opening the bottle.
“And who’s fault is that?”
Alpha Jonathan growled at her.
Tears welled in her eyes as she glanced at Brody and then at me; then she looked back at her father.
“Dad…”
“Take your medicine, Sarah,”
he ordered. “Then, we are leaving.”
“Leaving?”
She asked and I could hear the panic in her voice as she looked at Brody. He looked like he was struggling to keep his wolf under control.
“Yes,”
Alpha Jonathan said through his teeth. “We are leaving. If you can’t remember to bring your medication with you, I can’t trust you to care for yourself.”
“Alpha—”
The doctor tried to say, but the piercing look Jonathan gave him shut him up right away.
“Let’s go, Sarah,”
Alpha Jonathan seethed.
She sighed as she took the medication.
“What is going on?”
I found myself asking. “What’s that medication for? What’s wrong with her?”
Alpha Jonathan looked at me, narrowing his eyes, making Enzo tense from beside me and move his hand in front of me protectively.
“Easy Alpha,”
Enzo growled.
Jonathan rolled his eyes.
“It’s to manage her condition,”
Jonathan answered. “Without it, she will die.”
Lila’s POV
I stared at Alpha Jonathan with shock. Everybody in the room was silent and Sarah looked like she was about to cry. She wrapped her arms around her body like she was trying to hold herself together.
I heard a low growl coming from Brody and I knew he was close to shifting. His wolf was not happy.
“What do you mean she will die?”
Brody asked through his teeth.
Alpha Jonathan glanced at him briefly before looking at my father.
“My daughter has been cursed by this bitch of a witch when she was born. Every time she uses her powers, she gets weaker. Soon, it will be the cause of her death,”
Jonathan explained as casually as if he was ordering a meal.
I thought about all those times I saw Sarah in pain and almost passing out. I had no idea it was because of her powers. I looked at her, wanting her to meet my eyes, but she wouldn’t.
How could she not tell me she was dying?
How could she not tell Brody?
“Sarah…”
Brody breathed, his eyes glowing red as his wolf fought to take control.
If Brody lost control and allowed his wolf to take over, I know hell would break loose. I looked up at Enzo who gave me a shared look. He knew exactly what I was thinking and gave me a head nod as he approached Brody.
The closer Enzo got; the angrier Brody became.
“Sarah, tell me the truth,”
Brody growled.
“Why does this nobody wolf care so much about my daughter?”
Jonathan asked, raising his right brow at Brody.
“Because he’s her…”
I began to say but Sarah’s words stopped me.
“Dad, can we just go?”
Sarah said sharply; it was obvious she was holding back tears.
“You can’t just leave, Sarah,”
Brody argued.
He was so fixed on Sarah that he no longer noticed Enzo who was still approaching him cautiously like he was a wild beast. Technically he was.
She finally looked at Brody.
“I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you…”
she whispered. “But it’s true. I don’t have much longer to live. Unless my father can find a cure.”
“I have the best doctors doing what they can,”
Jonathan stated simply. “I’m not going to let her die.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t tell me about this, Alpha,”
my father said, narrowing his eyes at Jonathan. “You’d think the leader of the Alpha committee would know such a detail.”
“This is family business,”
Jonathan replied. “It has nothing to do with you or your committee.”
“A committee that you are a part of.”
“A committee that should be mine,”
Jonathan quipped. “I am far richer and more powerful than any of those fools, especially you.”
My father let out a low laugh and shook his head in disbelief.
“Do you want to eat your words?”
My father asked, stepping closer to him.
I was worried they were about to fight so I ran toward my father, putting myself in between them.
“Fighting is not the answer,”
I argued. “Sarah is dying, and we need to figure out how to save her. This is only stressing her out.”
“Let go of me!!!”
Brody’s words cut through the room, taking our attention away and fixing it on him.
Enzo had his arms strongly around Brody and locked him in an Alpha hold. One of the strongest holds that work on any wolf, even if they aren’t part of his pack. Brody struggled against him, but Enzo managed to get him to the ground.
I could feel Brody’s anger; his wolf struggled to break loose from Brody’s body. A loud growl erupted in the room, shaking both Sarah and me. But my father and Jonathan, as Alpha’s, were unphased.
“Fight it, Brody,”
Enzo ordered shoving him harder into the hardwood floor. “Fight your wolf. Take back control.”