Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
Ray’s eyes flickered to me.
“I’m sorry,”
he said breathlessly.
I nodded at him; I knew he was just upset because his daughter was in the hospital. But then again, he abused her for years when she was only a child. I doubted that he cared this much about her now.
I still wasn’t sure what he wanted from her, but I knew it couldn’t have been good.
Enzo lowered him to the ground and released his hold on his shirt. I stepped beside Enzo so I could get a better look at Ray and meet his eyes.
“You are welcome to stay with us until she’s out of surgery,”
I told him gently. “I’m sure she would like to see you once she’s out.”
He looked hesitant, but he nodded.
“Who did this to her?”
He asked, adjusting his shirt.
“They didn’t tell you anything?”
Enzo asked, raising his brows.
“No,”
Ray muttered, taking a seat in one of the empty chairs. “They just told me that she was stabbed and to get to the hospital.”
Enzo sat down in a chair as well; I was too wound up to sit with them, so I remained standing.
“It was the vampire dorm advisor, Roderick,”
Enzo explained.
Ray narrowed his eyes.
“What? Why would he stab my little girl?”
Ray asked, his voice breaking slightly.
Enzo glanced up at me but I kept my eyes locked on Raymond. I really didn’t trust him, and Val’s reaction toward him made me trust him even less.
“We aren’t sure,”
Enzo said, glancing back at him. “But you’ve been spending a lot of time with her lately. Has she ever mentioned anything about a vampire?”
“No,”
Ray said, shaking his head quickly. “She’s never mentioned even knowing a vampire. I knew they went to this school, but I thought they kept to themselves.”
“Usually, yes,”
Enzo answered, nodding his head slowly. “But she was outside the dormitory for a reason. I doubt Roderick lured her there.”
“She never mentioned anything,”
Ray said, staring down at his hands. “Was the wound bad?”
“Bad enough where she needs surgery,”
I muttered.
Ray was silent, but he nodded once. His face was filled with remorse and it was incredibly grim.
“Who called you?”
I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.
“Your father,”
he said, glaring at me.
Val growled at his forceful voice, and I had to take a deep breath to calm her. Before any more words were exchanged, I heard footsteps coming from nearby, turning our attention to the doctor who appeared before us.
“I’m looking for the parent or family member of Rachel Cornelia,”
the doctor said, staring between all of us.
“I’m her father,”
Raymond was quick to say, standing to his feet.
“But we are all her family,”
I said firmly, glaring at Ray and then back at the doctor. “Plus, my father is the head of the Alpha Committee. Anything you need to say, you can speak freely.”
The doctor looked hesitant for a moment; he glanced at Raymon as if asking permission, which pissed Val and me off.
After a brief moment, Ray finally nodded at the doctor and he seemed to have relaxed.
“Okay; well, Rachel is out of surgery, and she did very well,”
he said, a light smile on his lips. “She’s still sleeping, and it will take her a little bit to recover. But her vitals are good, and we think she’s going to make a full recovery.”
I felt like I could finally breathe, I nearly fell over but thankfully, Enzo caught me.
“Thank you, doctor,”
Raymond said, shaking his hand firmly. “Can we see her?”
“For right now, I’ll allow only one visitor. She’s in the recovery chamber and we try to minimize visitors in that unit,”
the doctor said to him.
Ray looked like he was about to step toward the doctor, but then he paused and looked at Enzo and then at me.
I gave him a small nod.
“Go ahead,”
I said, motioning for him to follow the doctor.
He gave me a grateful smile before leaving with the doctor to see Rachel.
Not before long, Becca returned to the waiting room. She looked as if she’d been crying as she shoved her phone into her arm bag. She wiped her face with the back of her sleeve before joining us.
“She’s going to be okay,”
I said quickly before she reached us.
She paused and looked at me through her tear-filled eyes.
“What?!”
She gasped. “She’s out of surgery?”
“Yes,”
I said, giving her a bright smile. “The doctor just came and told us. She’s going to be okay!”
“Oh, my goddess!”
Becca breathed as she rushed toward me, wrapping her arms around me. We both laughed through our tears as Enzo watched.
“Can we go see her?”
Becca asked, pulling away from me and wiping away her tears.
“They are only letting one visitor in at a time,”
Enzo explained before I could say anything. “Right now, her father is going to see her.”
“Oh, right. I saw him marching inside. He didn’t look happy,”
she said, looking at me.
“He’s not,”