Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
I explained.
She nodded with understanding before looking at Brody.
“Of course,”
she said. “I’ll let my maid know.”
On that note, she turned and left the living room. Enzo walked in almost immediately after and his eyes found mine.
“Your father and Alpha Emmet are on their way to the jail to get Scott,”
he announced.
I felt both relieved and nervous by the news; relieved because Scott was finally being released after being faulted for something he didn’t do. But nervous because I wondered what he had to tell us.
“Where is my father?”
Sarah asked, looking up at Enzo.
“He went to speak with Rod and find out more information from him. But Scott was officially proven not guilty,”
he answered.
I jumped to my feet and ran to my mate; I wrapped my arms around him, pleased to have him with me and to have his protection. He returned my embrace, hesitantly at first because we were around people I go to school with. But they already knew Enzo was my mate, so we had nothing to hide here.
“Any word on Rachel?”
Becca asked.
“Not yet,”
Enzo answered her. “I’ll give Raymond a call in a few minutes to see if there’s any update.”
Becca nodded in understanding.
Dee poked her head in the living room.
I’m preparing a meal for when everybody gets here,”
she announced. “So, don’t fill up on cheese and crackers.”
She left again.
“Do you have a bathroom? I need to wash up,”
Sarah asked, jumping to her feet.
“If you go out to the front room, you’ll see a hallway near the stairs. It’s your first door on the right,”
I answered before Enzo could.
She stood and left the room.
“I’ll give Ray a call,”
Enzo said, bending to kiss me gently on the lips.
My wolf was craving his touch; I couldn’t wait to spend time alone with him tonight. He pulled away and left the room a moment later.
A maid, I recognized as Laurie, walked into the living room next.
“Bedrooms have been prepared for everyone,”
she announced. “I’ll take you to them.”
All together, we followed her into the main room, grabbing our suitcases that were left by the front door and we followed her up the spiral staircase until we reached the first floor, which was dedicated to guests.
I knew I was going to be on the top floor with Enzo, so I left my suitcase by the stairs, but I wanted to make sure my friends were well cared for. This would soon be my pack after all so I felt like they were my guests.
I went into the guest room set up for Becca and she looked around in awe.
“It’s beautiful here,”
she breathed.
I nodded in agreement.
“Are you sure you don’t want to room with Luis?”
I asked, wiggling my brows at her. I was only half teasing but her face turned a bright shade of red as she turned around to face me.
“Oh, goddess no,”
she said with wide eyes. “We aren’t ready for that yet.”
I laughed.
“Just checking,”
I said with a shrug.
I went to check on everybody else and they were all equally amazed by their rooms; all except Sarah, who came from a very wealthy family, and her packhouse was a thousand times nicer than this one. But she seemed pleased to be with Brody, so she didn’t complain much.
While everybody was getting settled, I took my things up to Enzo’s room and took it upon myself to call Brianna to update her on everything.
We talked for about 30 minutes, and I knew her mind was rattling with all this information. I also invited her to the banquet on Saturday, because she was my oldest best friend and I needed her with me; especially considering Enzo couldn’t be with me.
Part of me hoped this event would get canceled, but I also knew that Alpha Jonathan didn’t often cancel events once they were set in motion.
“Lila, come downstairs,”
Enzo’s voice rang in my head, and I knew right away something was wrong.
My heart pounded in my chest as I made my way out of the room and down the spiral stairs. Enzo stood in the front room with my father and Alpha Emmet.
Emmet’s eyes were red and puffy; he almost looked as if he wasn’t completely there. His face was pale as if he had seen a ghost and his body trembled slightly. I thought he was going to fall over.
My father also looked strained, but he wasn’t crying. He was looking at Emmet with concern and then his eyes found mine.
“What’s going on?”
I asked, breaking the long silence.
“We went to pick up Scott…”
my father began. “And we found him on the ground… torn to shreds.”
“What?”
I asked, barely audible. Tears instantly filled my eyes and it felt like there wasn’t enough air in the room to breathe.
I took an unsteady step away from them, not wanting to believe what I just heard.
Emmet let out a sob and he had to turn away.
“He’s dead, Lila…”
my father said, his shoulders slumping. “Scott is dead.”
Third Person POV
Scott slammed on the cell door, desperate to make a phone call. He had to call Bastien; needed to speak with Lila and the rest of her friends. They were in serious danger. He remembered everything about the day his mind was manipulated; he remembered who did it.
He knows who killed those people and if he didn’t want them, he worries this same person would kill them too.
It took a bit, but the officer finally came to the window; they had left it open for him this time considering he was scheduled to be released in a few hours.
“What?”
The officer said, narrowing his eyes at Scott.
“I need to make a phone call,”
Scott said desperately. “It’s urgent.”
The officer rolled his eyes.
“You’ll be released soon, who do you need to call so urgently?”