My Professor Is My Alpha Mate

I winced at his words, not wanting to imagine the scene.

“But there’s something else, Lila…” he continued, placing his hands on my shoulders and making me

look at him.

“What is it?” I asked him, my voice coming out unfamiliar.

“He confessed to the other murders too and framed Scott.”

I stepped away from it, too shocked for any sort of contact.

“What?” I breathed.

Becca let out a loud sob..

“He’s been taken to the jail for further questioning. But once we have more information, we are going to

release Scott,” he said, eyeing me carefully.

I glanced at Enzo who was staring at me with a strained look in his eyes. He met my eyes, and I knew

from that one look that there was something Enzo needed to say. But I also knew he didn’t want to say

it in front of anyone else other than me.

“Are you sure it was actually him?” I asked looking back at my father.

“He confessed,” my father answered.

“So did Scott,” I shot back, surprised by the force in my voice. “But he didn’t kill anybody.”

“It would make more sense for a vampire because of the blood loss in the other three victims,” my

father explained. “If Enzo hadn’t walked in when he did… it would have been too late for Rachel.”

I froze.

“She’s alive?” Becca whispered, looking at my father with huge eyes.

My father nodded, but only once and a bit hesitantly.

“She lost a lot of blood; it was a silver dagger and bears are a lot weaker, so she was injured badly.

They are doing what they can to save her,” he explained.

“We have to get to the hospital,” Becca said, her voice coming out a lot stronger.

She was right; we couldn’t just stand around when Rachel was alive and heading to the hospital as we

spoke. She was going to be alone and afraid; we had to go to her.

“Alpha Enzo will take you girls there,” my father assured us. “I need to stay here with Alpha Jonathan

and figure out the next steps.”

“Did Rod explain why he did this?” I asked, peering up at my father.

He shook his head sadly.

“Not yet,” he said, glancing at Enzo over his shoulder briefly before looking at me. “We didn’t really

have–a- chance to talk to him.”

I glanced at the blood on Enzo’s clothing, and I realized quickly what my father meant. Enzo must have

attacked Rod when he saw him standing over Rachel with the dagger. I felt a bit more relieved knowing

my mate wasn’t hurt, but I couldn’t imagine what he must have witnessed.

I was feeling sick to my stomach at the very thought of it.

“We are still going to keep this lockdown going until the end of the week,” Alpha Jonathan said to

Headmaster Prescott who grimly nodded her head.

I could tell she’s been crying too.

“We also need to speak with Eileen Carter, the dorm advisor. The fact that Rachel wasn’t in her room

and wandering around campus is unacceptable and someone needs to be held accountable for that.”

“It’s not Miss Carter’s fault,” I found myself saying quickly. “We all thought Rachel was in her dorm

room. We had no idea she left.”

“It’s your advisor’s job to know these things,” Alpha Jonathan said, narrowing his eyes at me.

“We think she snuck out the window,” Becca chimed in, wiping her face of her tears.

“We will investigate and find out exactly what happened,” Alpha Jonathan said firmly.

I turned to my father and dropped my voice to a whisper for only his ears.

“It wasn’t her fault,” I said to him. “Please make sure everyone knows that.”

I would hate if Eilleen Carter got in trouble for this. I’m not sure what happened and how Rachel

escaped or why she was even in the vampire den in the first place, but I know none of this was Miss

Carter’s fault.

Miss Carter looked so distraught and destroyed when she told us that Rachel got hurt. She loved this

job more than anything and she loved her students. If she could have prevented this, I know she would

have.

“I’m going to do what I can to find answers,” my father said gently. “Go with Alpha Enzo to the hospital.

and be with your friend.”

I nodded, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand as I took hold of Becca’s arm and pulled her along

with me to Enzo’s car across the parking lot.

The hospital always felt so grim whenever I entered the front doors. We were never here for good

reasons; the last time I was here it was because Rachel had tried to kill herself after her boyfriend

almost died in

that fire.

The irony of that situation is they aren’t even together anymore,

We were finally far enough away from the school and away from everyone else that I was finally able to

be comforted by my mate. As we sat in the waiting room, he wrapped his arms around me and allowed

me to

rest against him.

The doctors and nurses explained that Rachel was in surgery, and it would take them a few hours to

work- on her. We’ve been sitting in the waiting room for about an hour and with each passing moment, I

felt even sicker.

“How much longer do you think it’s going to take?” Becca asked, peering over at me and Enzo from her

seat.

There weren’t many in the waiting room and I was glad about that; we needed peace.

“Hopefully not much longer,” I said, sighing as leaned my head into the side of Enzo’s body.

“I’m going to make a phone call,” she said, standing to her feet. “I should update Brody.”

I nodded in agreement and watched as Becca made her way outside.

I looked up at Enzo who still had a troubled look in his eyes.

“What happened?” I asked, sitting up in the chair. “How did this happen?”

He met my eyes and my heart squeezed painfully in my chest.

“He had the same look as Scott did when he confessed to the murders,” Enzo said, grimly.

I wasn’t prepared to hear that, and it felt like the wind knocked out of me.

“You mean…” I tried to say, but my words fell short as he nodded.

“I don’t think Rod killed anyone… I don’t think he was himself.”

“So… whatever happened to Scott…” I began. “Is happening to Roderick.”