The Alpha novel Chapter 4

My head was buzzing. There was a throbbing pain. My head felt like it was spinning and I squeezed my eyes shut to try to regain some type of equilibrium. I tried opening my eyes and bright white light invaded my vision.

Wincing, I shut my eyes and waited for them to adjust before I tried to reopen them. I opened and closed them a few times before I was able to see. There was a steady beeping and I titled my head to the side to see where it was coming from. A heart monitor. I was in the hospital. I felt tears come to my eyes.

...Where am I?...

The door opened and a doctor walked in. I felt my heart rate accelerate, and the heart monitor kept beeping and beeping. I quickly sat up and my body fluttered with pain.

“Woah, Woah, Woah!” The doctor chuckled and jogged towards me, flinching away from him I brought my knees up to me, ignoring the discomfort. He came right by the bed and reached out and grabbed my arm, I cowered away from the man.

Men weren’t my favorite due to my past experiences.

“You’re awake! So... the Alpha will come to check on you in about an hour.” He spoke. I looked at the man. He has curly brown hair and tan skin. He has long stubble that has hints of grey in it. He looks older, maybe 40? Mid-forties? His name tag contains three letters. R-E-X. Rex.

He went on talking about my health and I didn’t pay attention at all. I was just staring at the ground, my heartbeat was not slowing down in the slightest way, and the fact that he still had his hand on my arm didn’t help.

“Now- we have you under some medication that I injected you with when you arrived. And it will make your body just a little weaker.” I can’t afford to be weaker. “But that will only benefit me…” he mumbled to me. I snuck a look up at the doctor. His eyes turned dark, and I got a sick feeling in my stomach. The same look Alpha Chris gave me.

...Wait, where is Alpha Chris?...

He dragged his hand down from my arm to rest on my knee and I froze. Maybe I should’ve pushed him off or done something but I was in an unfamiliar place, not remembering past events that well, and I was unfocused.

He pulled down the blanket a little and my heartbeat spiked along with the beeping.

“I’m just going to check the bruising on your knees,” he pulled down the blanket some more until it was at my ankles. He moved his hand to the end of the hospital gown and I flinched.

...How did that get on me?...

“The bruising looked bad,” he added as he pulled it up to my mid-thighs. While he did that something in me fluttered, anticipating something and I was beyond confused by that. I didn’t want this man’s hands on me, why would I anticipate that?

“Now, let me take off this,” I flinched as he reached behind me and I couldn't help as my hand swatted him away. I knew I’d get punished for it but I couldn’t help it.

“N-no!” I whispered and tried to scoot away from him.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to do anything,” he said, slightly growly. He clasped his hand around my thigh and I shivered with disgust.

A thunderous growl tore through the room.

I cowered even more at that sound but my heart tightened, like in a good way. Was this what my subconscious was anticipating? I glanced over at the door and saw a tall man with striking dark blue eyes. He was standing next to a woman with a clipboard and she was looking at me and the man with wide eyes.

Wow, he’s pretty.

'No one would want you, slut. Don’t even think about it.'

“Alpha!” The man spoke, alarmed. “I thought you weren’t coming for a few hours…” He was fumbling over his words, fear and worry were evident and I lifted my head to see what was happening.

The man stalked up to the doctor and grabbed his arm in a stern grip, removing it from my thigh. While he did that, the woman rushed over to the other side and gave a small smile to me and I immediately looked down.

She slowly reached out to the blanket and brought it back up to cover my legs, I flinched even though she was moving at a slow pace like she didn’t want to startle me. And with this man’s presence, the smell of sandalwood reappeared. It seemed familiar.

“You thought wrong,” He growled. “Why are you with a female patient?” he demanded, his cold tone brought unwanted goosebumps on my skin.

...Stop it, Violet! You don’t even know this man!...

“I was doing a check-up,” Rex answered, his voice slightly wavering.

“I thought it was clear after our last incident that you were banned from interacting with any female patient, especially alone,” he growled as he kissed his teeth. His eyes were angry, but it was a pretty color.

...Stop it, Violet!...

'Slut.'

“Mind explaining why you were trying to undress her?” the man demanded and the doctor swallowed. The man didn’t want to wait for his answer, instead, he scoffed and pushed him away. “Get out!” he demanded. He looked over at me when the door closed.

My eyes bulged as I moved my eyesight down. He growled at my action, it caused my heart rate to increase and I flinched. His hand gripped my jaw and forced my face up to his. Sparks erupted at our contact, and surprised- I jumped back, or tried to jump back. His grasp tightened as he growled lowly at my action. I did a quick scan of his face until I saw his eyes.

I couldn’t help the small gasp that came out. His eyes were a deep blue and suddenly- I forgot how to breathe. His eyes were as hard as stone as he studied my face. His eye slits were getting thinner as he inspected my face. His glare was mean, he seemed pissy from moments ago.

...Violet! Stop staring!...

I broke out of my trance and looked down, listening to myself.

...Don’t look an Alpha in their eyes...

He growled at that too and I winced at the sound. I started to feel more insecure about myself. His grip got tighter by each silent passing second, fear started to ignite in me and my eyes got wet, and I couldn’t help it as they slid down. I felt as his eyes wandered down to my body and he pushed my face so he got a better look- I clutched the blanket tighter against me.

He didn’t spend too much time on my body, even though every second felt like an hour, and he moved his gaze back to my face. I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where Alpha Chris is, I don’t know anything and I’m already a mess in front of another man.

He growled again, before tossing my face out of his grasp lightly. He looked at the woman who was reading something on her clipboard, on the other side of the bed.

“You know what to do?” she immediately shook her head.

“Yes, Alpha!”

He nodded and was out of the room before I could grasp what just happened, taking the sandalwood smell with him.