The New Alpha

Chapter 15

I feel my face smushed up against something soft, a thumping pounds against my scull and I groan quietly and try to lift my heavy head. My body begins to register pain and I hold my movements-my back burning. With the burning there's a cooling and wet sensations covering my back. I open my eyes and look around, careful not to move too much. My shirt and bra is gone, a gown with a open back now covers me.

I prop up on my elbows and groan, I'm in Fays back room, on a doctor office plastic bed. For a minute I think I'm alone but I turn my head and see Maddox slumped down in a chair. His hand holds his tilted head while his elbow is propped on the arm rest. His usual intense and hard face is calm and soft with sleep. Even in my painful state I can't help but stare and feel calm looking at him. His mouth is hung open slightly and his head is slowly slipping from his hand.

I smile and look away, I turn my head to see gauze covering my back, a clear cream coating the burns. I wince at the sight and thank god for my fast healing and the cream to prevent scars.

I hear ruckus on the other side of the door and a moment later Fay comes in "good you're awake" she says with a kind smile

Maddox stirs awake and looks between us, he suddenly stands and within a stride he's standing over me "are you ok? Any pain? Do you need anything?" Has asks looking over me

I smile a little weakly and shake my head "my back hurts....can I sit up?" I ask and Maddox looks to Fay, she nods

I push off on my arms and Maddox holds me while I twist and sit up "so how are you feeling?" She asks going behind me and lightly touching my back

"alright, it still burns....how long do you thing it will take me to heal?" I ask her, her still looking over my back, peeling off some of the gauze

"Well it looks like it's healing well but I would say at least two days two...they were pretty bad" she says honestly coming back into view

"How long have I been out?" I ask them and Maddox instantly frowns

"Ten hours" he says and my eyes widen. There's a moment of silence but then Maddox's looks up at me "what happened?" His voice is broken and his golden eyes melt away, his soul showing through, begging me.

A flashback of everything that happened replays in my head and I look away as my heart beats out of control...how could Scar have done this? Does she really hate me this much? I still feel the heat of the fire. The look in her eyes. The drop of the lighter. The erupting of the flames. The explosion.

After I don't talk for a moment Maddox speaks up "they put out the fire... your room was covered in a flammable liquid. They tried to find anything that we could salvage but everything was pretty much burned. Only your room was damaged...the rest of the house is fine" He tells me, never moving his eyes away from me

"Oh alright" I frown, it's not like I really cared about anything in my room but the thought of now having nothing settles a pain in my chest

Another silence "Everly-" he says my name calmly and it makes me shiver, he's the only person who can say my full name in a way I love "please, I need to know what happened-" he looks away like he's in pain himself "who did this" his voice cracks

My eyes widen and Fay looks in between us like we both have five heads, obviously confused with whatever our relationship is. I look down into my hands and Scars angry blue eyes crosses behind my closed eyelids. They both wait for me to answer, both completely silent...holding there breaths "it....it was Scar"