Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

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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 button 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.

“Have a seat, please,” the woman said finally.

Ava gladly did as she was told. She was so tired from the trip and hiding her real emotions that sitting was welcome.

Mrs. Benton didn’t have a smile on her face as she pushed some paperwork in front of her.

“Name” Mrs. Benton asked

“Ava Ava Morgan.”

A folder appeared in front of the older woman, making Ava almost jump out of her seat. Mrs. Benton stopped in the middle of opening the folder and raised her brow at her in question. She tried to calm her heartbeat as she gave an overly bright

smile

This wasn’t the first time she had seen magic being used. Even as remote as her pack was, there had been a witch or two that had passed through that she could remember. And since she’d had no social life, she had read pretty much all the books she could get her hands on about the other species. But seeing something conjured out of thin air? That was new. She realised she would see many new things here and had to get used to it, no matter how short her stay would be.

“Sorry,” she whispered.

Mrs. Benton kept her gaze on her a moment longer, and then she continued to flip through the file.

“Phone and any other electronics, Mrs. Benton said, holding out her hand

took them. She didn’t know what to think as she placed her phone on the woman’s palm. And then, as the file had appeared, the phone just disappeared. Cone. She

be at the front desk in your donn. Permitted electronics on your desk. There is a shopping centre not too

from how

she started.

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the woman answered in a bored tone without

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loud she was being, so she dropped it to a bare whisper. “But I’m human. I’m sure

Mrs. Benton cut in. “Find your

tomorrow.”

that would indicate I’ll ever shift at all,” she continued urgently.

fingers poised over her keyboard, and her eyes glowed as she looked at her again. Ava shrank back into her chair at the transformation from a harmless–looking woman to

Mrs Benton

grabbed the paperwork she had been given. She didn’t even try to hide how fast her heart was beating, keeping her eyes on the ground as she rushed

in tow

home as soon as possible. She had even been prepared to accept her

mistakes could still be made?

her case down the

fountain.

the edge and looked numbly at the water as she contemplated her future. Was she really expected to live among them? To train with them as if they were of equal strength The boy’s words from earlier played back in her mind. Was this a prank? Did she piss off someone that bad that they thought this was the perfect way to pay her back? She quickly dismissed that thought. No one in her pack had

know how long she had sat there, but she took deep

was okay. Mrs. Benton didn’t listen to her, but someone was bound to take this matter up with whoever ran this place once she started

a moment to look around properly. The old building in front of her did look like a minefield of history, but so did the others she could see to the side of it. Maybe she could learn a little bit more about the place before they kicked her

there was the giant water feature in the middle of the fountain, a spherical shape with water sprouting from the top and cascading down the sides. When she looked closely, there seemed to be some symbols on it, and if she wasn’t

she finally looked down at the paperwork and pulled out her dorm information and a