Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
After a pause, Enzo nodded and stepped away. I knew he was mindlinking my father to tell him about the change of plans.
Once he was done, he looked back at me.
“So, who do you think this enemy is?”
Enzo asked and I could see the worry in his eyes.
I thought about it for a moment. I knew darkness was still lurking around and we were in danger. Darkness was the reason Scott was sent to jail; Celeste had said that darkness was inside the school even though the barrier was protecting Higala.
Darkness killed those guards and Merida.
Could darkness be the thing that Xander was trying to warn us against?
“Lila, are you okay?”
Enzo asked worriedly.
I realized I had been standing in front of him silently, thinking to myself instead of answering his question.
“Yes,”
I said to him, biting my bottom lip. “I think so at least…”
Before he could say anything in return, the door of the kitchen opened, and Alpha Emmet walked into the front room with Dee walking behind him. They seemed to be in the middle of a conversation.
“Thank you for breakfast, Madam Deanna,”
he said, bowing his head slightly at her. “This pack is lucky to have a house mother like you.”
She laughed and swatted his arm playfully.
“Oh please, call me Dee. Everyone does,”
she said in return. “You are quite a gentleman, Alpha. I truly appreciate a kind soul.”
“You’ve certainly made my day a bit more bearable,”
he told her.
Her eyes softened as she placed a hand on his upper arm.
“I know your son didn’t do anything wrong,”
she breathed. “And soon, so will everyone else.”
Emmet looked drained; I could tell he hadn’t slept at all. It was strange seeing this side of him; while I was dating Scott, Alpha Emmet was always on him about everything. Scott was certain that his father never loved him and only cared about power and money. He had the same mentality as Alpha Jonathan; it was always about what others could do for him and growing his businesses.
He wanted Scott to be prepared to take over as Alpha and was extra hard on him; Scott barely ever had a moment of peace and I always felt bad for him.
But it was clear that Alpha Emmet truly did care for Scott, and he was incredibly worried about his son. I refused to believe he was upset because of his reputation being ruined. I wasn’t getting that sense from him and I’m usually good at reading people that I’ve known for a while.
“I need to get back to the police station,”
Emmet said, running his fingers through his hair. “I need to contact more lawyers and figure out how to get my son out of jail.”
“Alpha Bastien is going to be going to the school to do some digging and figure out which students have abilities,”
Enzo explained to him. “We should be able to narrow it down by the end of the day.”
I knew it wasn’t going to be that simple; I had a feeling that darkness had something to do with this. But I didn’t want to give Alpha Emmet anything more to be afraid of.
“I’ll go there and help too. But I need to see if they’ll let me speak with my son,”
Emmet said, rubbing his temple miserably.
“I’ll make a phone call to Alpha Jonathan. He’s in charge of that jail so I’m sure he can make an exception,”
Enzo said, patting him on the back.
“Not likely; he’s the reason I’m not allowed to see him. He gave orders to keep me out,”
Emmet said, rolling his eyes.
“I’ll talk to him and see what I can do,”
Enzo assured him.
“Thanks,”
Alpha Emmet said in return.
“We can take Lila back to campus and then we will head over to the jail,”
Enzo said, glancing over his shoulder at me.
I nodded to him as I went upstairs to grab the little belongings that I had with me. When I got back downstairs, Dee was waiting for me in the front room with a little Tupperware of baked goods.
“Here, Lila. Take these back with you. They are for you and your friends,”
she said kindly.
“Thanks, Dee,”
I said, hugging her.
Enzo and Emmet were waiting outside for me when I emerged from the packhouse. Once we were all together, we piled into Enzo’s car, I sat in the backseat, and then we drove away.
……
I said quick goodbyes to Enzo and Emmet, trying to make my goodbye with Enzo to be professional because Alpha Emmet didn’t know that Enzo was my mate. Once I waved goodbye I headed into the dormitory.
It was about midafternoon when I arrived, so I was glad I didn’t have to sneak into the dorm room undetected.
I was surprised that both Rachel and Becca weren’t in the dorm room when I arrived. Usually at least one of them was around, but in this case, neither was there.
I didn’t think too much about it though; they were probably in the student lounge. I was going to join them there afterward once I finished putting my things in my room and freshening up. But once I got in my room; I froze when I saw a little white on my bed.
On the front of the envelope had my name written on it; it wasn’t handwriting that I recognized.
Furrowing my brows together I wondered, “Who could this be from?”
Enzo’s POV
It was a long drive back to the jail; most of the drive was silent which was to be expected. Alpha Emmet was upset about his son being falsely accused of something he didn’t do.
Murder.
The problem was that Scott confessed to the crime. But it’s come to our realization that he was given false memories from someone else at this school.
Alpha Bastien mindlinked me a few minutes ago to tell me that he was heading to the school in a few minutes to find out what students have abilities other than Sarah and who could have committed that horrific crime and framed Scott for it.
I was going to go to the school with Emmet later to help him with that investigation, but for right now, Scott really needed to see his son. I couldn’t blame him; if I had a son, I would stop at nothing to see him if he was put in this position.
“Keep an eye on Emmet. I’m worried he will do something stupid if given the chance,”
Bastien said through our mindlink.
I glanced over at Emmet who was staring out the window; there was a void in his eyes, and he looked drained. It was obvious that he hadn’t slept a wink last night; not that I could blame him. But Alpha Bastien was right; under his mental capacity, he wasn’t in the right frame of mind to be making any decisions and he needed to be monitored closely.
“I will,”
I assured him. “We won’t be long. I don’t want Lila at that school alone for long.”
“Gamma Alex is still there,”
Bastien reminded me, making me roll my eyes and clutch the steering wheel tightly.
“I don’t trust him,”
I said in return, trying not to make any sounds of distress and alerting Alpha Emmet that I was mindlinking.
“He’s good at his job,”
Bastien assured me. “He might be an asshole, but he follows orders, and he won’t let us down. He will keep her safe until you get there.”
I said nothing more as I disconnected the mindlink. I really couldn’t stand Alex and I knew Lila couldn’t either. He couldn’t be trusted, even if he was good at his job.
As soon as I parked the car in the front parking lot of the station, Emmet was quickly getting out of the car and rushing toward the front door. I quickly followed after him, trying to get him to slow down.