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Ava Chapter 194
Everything was so fucked up.Zeke drove Ava home, but he could see by the shell-shocked look on her face that she didn’t even know what was going on. He was still confused. When he’d felt himself fading, he’d thought for sure he was dying, and they were all screwed. And then he’d woken up to realise they were.Ava had been ready to give up at the mere thought that her father would be used against her. And now he was.That bastard had made his declaration, and then they’d all filed into the waiting car and had driven off to the guest houses. He’d had to hold Ava back from following. She looked so lost and broken. He could feel the sense of loss even though her father was still alive and well.And he would stay that way as long as they played ball. Shit.Surely, they had enough information now? It was time to do this, whether they were ready or not.The guards hadn’t stopped them from getting into his car, and the ones outside his house didn’t bat an eyelid when they parked up. Maybe
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The woods were scary, but she had to be brave. It was long past her bedtime, so it was dark. She had been fast asleep in the back of the car when she woke up to the loud bang. Then she saw them. The monsters.The monsters standing over her father’s body.She did what her father had taught her to do in this situation. She quietly slipped out of the car and started running.“Hey! Someone’s seen us!”It didn’t take long for the loud footsteps to follow her through the trees. The darkness and shadows cast by the full moon looked like predators ready to pounce on her, but she couldn’t close her eyes to make them go away. She had to survive. She tried to stay quiet as her dad had taught her. Step lightly. Change direction. Try not to leave too many tracks. But their long strides were fast and quickly catching up to her little ones. The forest was eerily quiet. All she could hear was her thundering heartbeat, harsh breaths, and the monsters behind her. It was like everything in the forest a
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Ava tried to suppress the dread filling her as she sat in the back of the taxi, but she knew she was failing miserably. The taxi driver was some sort of supernatural, so he could probably sense everything. She knew that not because she had suddenly developed any enhanced senses overnight but because they were the only ones allowed to ferry the new students from the airport. Phoenix Academy was in some super-secret location that humans were not allowed to enter. She almost snorted at that. If that was true, they should never have insisted on her attendance. She should have been allowed to go to a regular college like any other nineteen-year-old human who’d survive the torture of high school. But no, she had to attend this place with all sorts of supernatural species who could kill her without a second thought if it wasn’t for the fact that it was forbidden.There were several branches of this academy all over the world to accommodate all of them, and she still didn’t know which one sh
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Zeke Michelson buttoned up his shirt and tried to tune out Claire’s voice in the background. He didn’t give a shit about whatever she was complaining about. They had only been here a few hours, so only the Moon Goddess knew how she had found so much to complain about in the first place.He put his tie on and straightened it before he ran a hand through his still-damp hair.“Are you even listening to me, Zeke?” Claire whined.“No,” he answered as he turned to pick his blazer up. He held her gaze, daring her to complain about that. But Claire lowered her eyes and kept her mouth shut. Her blonde hair fell over her face as she sat naked on her bed. For a moment, he considered rejoining her because the woman knew how to use her body to please him. But she was already too clingy; he didn’t want to give her any more ideas.He left her room without a word, ignoring the shocked looks he got from the female residents of this dorm. But none of them would dare to report him. He was the future Al
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When it was her turn, Ava finally lifted her head and looked towards the indicated room. She took a deep breath before grabbing the handle of her case and wheeling it behind her.A woman was seated behind a large desk when she let herself in. She didn’t even look up when Ava closed the door and left the bags just inside. The woman was typing something on her computer, and Ava took the opportunity to study her.Because she looked a little older than most supernaturals, Ava couldn’t tell what she was or if she was supernatural at all. She didn’t have the pale skin the vampires did, so she ruled that out. She dressed elegantly, and her greying hair was in a professional bun on top of her head. The name badge on the desk said, ‘Mrs. Benton, Student Welfare Coordinator.’Ava stood nervously in front of the desk, unsure if she was to just sit or be polite and wait for an invitation. With nothing in her hands now, she could only wring them together while waiting for Mrs. Benton’s attention.
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Zeke looked at the offerings set out for the buffet with disappointment. Though all of it was quality food, as was expected at this academy, considering the amount of money most of them had to pay to be here, none of it smelled as amazing as whatever had been prepared earlier.“Have you changed your mind?” Derek asked as he loaded a plate full of food.Sighing, he picked up a plate and put something on it without paying much attention to what it was. He seemed to have lost his appetite without the delicious offering he had been looking forward to. When he picked up a bottle of water as well, he looked over at his usual table and saw Myles already sitting there with a group of girls—Claire’s group of friends. The three girls went everywhere together and always forced their company on them, as if Claire was trying to pair up her friends with his, too. They turned up at every single place they went—like magic. The girls never ate in the cafeteria, so he could only guess that somebody ha
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Ava woke up with a start and looked around the dark room. She felt disoriented until she remembered the nightmare that had become her life.There was a lamp on the table next to her bed, so she felt her way in the dark and put it on. When she looked around, she realised she was still alone. It looked like her dorm mates hadn’t arrived yet, which was weird. She was sure they said everyone needed to be on the premises by three in the afternoon, and it was long past that now. There were three other beds in this room, each with a side table on one side and a desk and chair on the other. On her desk was a laptop and what looked like a tablet. Those had to be the electronics she had been told about by Mrs Benton. Then, separating each space were big wardrobes. On the other end was the kitchen area, which didn’t look like much at all. Just a counter with a microwave on it, a small fridge under it, and a small sink to the side. There was a small table and two chairs in front of it. She woul
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Zeke shifted in the woods behind Jared’s house and snarled with frustration. What he wanted... What he needed was on that dick’s property. The scent was so strong here that Shadow was going crazy trying to cross the boundary.He usually had a tighter grip on his wolf than this, so it occurred to him for a second that maybe he needed to worry. It had taken years of work to get that unstable beast under control.But that scent... He was with Shadow on this. They had to find it.So he jogged back to his house and entered through the back doors. Myles and Derek were in the lounge with a group of girls who were definitely not wolves. He ignored their questioning looks when he strode past them naked. He didn’t give a shit that his junk was swinging all over the place in front of strangers. Other wolves wouldn’t have cared, but he felt the girls eyeing him as if he were their next meal. Derek found him as he was putting a shirt on.“Are we going somewhere?” he asked. “Just me.”He didn’t wa
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Everything was so fucked up.Zeke drove Ava home, but he could see by the shell-shocked look on her face that she didn’t even know what was going on. He was still confused. When he’d felt himself fading, he’d thought for sure he was dying, and they were all screwed. And then he’d woken up to realise they were.Ava had been ready to give up at the mere thought that her father would be used against her. And now he was.That bastard had made his declaration, and then they’d all filed into the waiting car and had driven off to the guest houses. He’d had to hold Ava back from following. She looked so lost and broken. He could feel the sense of loss even though her father was still alive and well.And he would stay that way as long as they played ball. Shit.Surely, they had enough information now? It was time to do this, whether they were ready or not.The guards hadn’t stopped them from getting into his car, and the ones outside his house didn’t bat an eyelid when they parked up. Maybe
Ava Chapter 193
Ava stood and looked at her coach as if she would miraculously see the solutions to her problems in his eyes. But the coach stepped aside and kept his head lowered. Though her wolf was calm now, she felt more alert. She could hear the quickened heartbeats of the other students without trying and knew it was her wolf allowing her to, maybe so they could both stay alert. She walked out of the bleachers towards the president of the academy and remembered to keep her head down. To remain unthreatening. “You’re all doing excellent work,” Mr Hansson said to the class, and then he turned to leave.She could feel the relief from everyone in the class. But would it be short-lived? It was nice that her father and Zeke had faith that she wouldn’t buckle under the pressure and give in to this man, but if she came to that point where she had to choose their lives over everyone else... She didn’t know if she deserved their trust. She followed Mr Hansson and sensed the three councillors following
Ava Chapter 192
“Don’t show the nature of your bond. Stay away until he sends for you. That’s how you’ll protect Zeke.”Those words rang loudly in her ears long after Iulia’s magic had released her, and they'd rushed out of the room. She’d fallen to her knees and was hyperventilating. She couldn’t breathe.She used to think these were panic attacks, but now she could feel it, feel that thing trying to claw out of her. It was her wolf reacting to her emotions.They had Zeke, and she still couldn’t feel him, but she was supposed to act as if they were not connected so completely. Her wolf was not having any of it.She took her tie and blazer off to calm herself and negotiate with her wolf. Her wolf nature wouldn’t solve this problem, not yet. They had to stick to the plan. She lay on her back and practised her breathing but felt like her chest was going to rip open. Could she trust what Andrei and Alpha Diego had told them? That their bond would get them killed? But if she did and something terrible
Ava Chapter 191
Ava couldn’t concentrate. She could feel that Zeke was upset and angry.Something was different today; it felt like she couldn’t separate his feelings from her own. Like they were... more, somehow. She knew she was the one feeling anxious, but the unjustified anger... That was Zeke. His emotions had her clenching and unclenching her fists instead of paying attention to Dexter. But why was he angry with her? Because she didn’t want to see Jared die? She didn’t want anyone to die! And she wasn’t asking him to befriend Jared, but there must be a way for them to talk this out and put the past behind them. How old were they when this had happened? They would have been still teenagers, and she knew kids didn’t always make the right decisions.Like her, for example, she’d defied her dad several times and ended up in the hospital because she’d been too pigheaded to stop picking fights in the pack. But she had never sold her packmates out because they were just teenagers like her, and they
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Zeke needed a run—something to calm himself.Did his mate really feel sorry for Jared? Did she think his fate would somehow change just because she didn’t approve of it? She hadn’t been there!She hadn’t been the one to come back from a hunt and see so much chaos and destruction. She hadn’t been the one to find her mother murdered in the woods and her father tied up when the breaking of the bond had weakened him.And then to hear Jared whimpering that he was sorry. Sorry wasn’t going to undo anything that his family had done.It didn’t matter whose sin it was; Jared would still pay for it, too.“Do you need a minute, Mr Michelson?”When he heard the professor’s nervousness, he looked up and realised his claws were digging into the desk. Shadow had taken control.“I’m fine.”He had bigger issues to worry about. His anger was likely pointless because they were all going to die. He should have been thinking of the beautiful connection he’d had with Ava’s wolf. That moment when her wolf h
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Ava stopped meditating to open her eyes and look at Zeke. He was feeling restless, probably like how she was. Maybe he could feel it, too. Their time was up.“Why do you hate Jared?” Zeke’s attention came back to her, and he frowned.“We’re here to try to speak to your wolf, not worry about that bastard.”“I think my wolf will make herself known when she wants to,” she said as she stretched her legs out on the lawn and then lay back to look at the night sky.They had come out to the backyard again. The moon was almost full, and the stars twinkled in the sky. If she had been back home, the pack would have been preparing for their monthly pack run on the full moon while she decided on which books she would read while they were gone. Simpler times.“We can’t mess around, Ava.”“I can’t force this. What else am I supposed to do? We’re better off going to train than wasting time on that insane wolf.”Zeke sighed and lay beside her. “You can’t call her that. She’s an extension of you, and
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Ava was aware they couldn’t trust the councillors. Zeke didn’t need to keep telling her that. But what if they were telling the truth?She had been so preoccupied with the lunch meeting that she didn’t mind being forced to sit out the training session again.“For safety reasons,” Coach Henderson murmured before he turned to instruct the rest of the class.So she sat down for hours and mulled over what they had to do. Even though Alpha Diego had almost commanded her the other day, she could still feel Mr Patrick’s magic in her body, so she still had some form of protection. At least, she hoped so. The thoughts she was having were dangerous. Because she knew it wasn’t just Mr Hansson they would have to fight; it was the councillors and the guards, too.“Ava.”She snapped out of her thoughts and saw Douche Dexter standing in front of her, wiping his face. She hadn’t even seen that the session was over. After hours of sitting, she was no closer to a solution.“Hey,” she said warily.“I...
Ava Chapter 187
Ava sat very still next to Zeke in the lounge. Her gaze followed Andrei, who was walking around lifting little trinkets to inspect and putting them back down as if he couldn’t sense how on edge they were. Myles and Derek stood behind them as if they were still officially Zeke’s Beta and Gamma. But they didn’t have to be there. They had nothing to do with any of this.She looked away from Andrei to look at Alpha Diego and saw that he was in some sort of staring match with Zeke. The war of wills was impressive to watch. Zeke said her wolf would never submit to anyone, but she hadn’t thought they could withstand the glare of a wolf that old. Zeke wasn’t backing down, and she knew it was because he was still angry that Alpha Diego had taken her to their house.Samantha and Julie walked in with trays full of sandwiches and salad bowls. The plates and cutlery rattled together as the wolves trembled. She didn’t know who had told them they had come home for lunch, but the two of them had dec
Ava Chapter 186
Ava looked down at the stripes on her brand-new blazer. An Alpha. She had Alpha stripes.Zeke came out of his dressing room, still adjusting his tie. “Looking good, Alpha,” he said with a grin. “This is so weird,” she muttered. She’d become so used to wearing her plain blazer that the added stripes made it look like a different uniform.“Get used to it,” Zeke said, dropping a kiss on her head as he pulled her into him and met her eyes in the mirror.They looked like a power couple. She had never been one of the popular kids while growing up, so being with Zeke felt a little unreal. If only their problems were about jealous girls and deciding what clothes to wear to a party instead of the Council.He was more content today, as she was. Being alone by the lake all night had done them some good, and she felt more hopeful that they could pull this off. It was probably the excess oxytocin in their bodies. She blushed as she looked away from her handsome mate and wished again that they h
