Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 9

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Ava looked around to see if anyone else was around before she Boked at the angry ma

in front of her. Jared’s car was long gone; there would be no one to hear her screams. She should have asked Jared to wait until she was inside. She should have remembered what always happened when she was cornered alone.

Challenging a wolf in unfamiliar territory was a bad idea. She looked down as her brothers had always taught her to do. With her cap on, she couldn’t see him at all. This man was clearly an Alpha; there was no mistaking the aura of danger surrounding him. Her heart hammered in her chest even though slie tried to calm it. Fear always made Alphas crazier, like it was an aphrodisiac.

“Did you hear me?” he growled.

“Yes,” she answered quickly.

The door to her dorm was right behind him, but she knew nothing would prevent a determined werewolf from ripping it off its hinges, even if she managed to escape. She couldn’t run from a wolf.

“Phoenix Academy is no place for humans. Don’t unpack your bags. Leave, or they’ll carry you out of here in a body bag

She knew that. If Mrs. Benton had listened to her, she wouldn’t be in this situation, but she couldn’t just walk out. That would be defying the Council, which would lead to dire consequences for her and her family. She would wait it out. They would see the truth themselves.

“Ion’t-”

“You can,” the man growled, stepping so close to her that she could see his shoes and feel the heat from his body. With how loud her heart was beating now, she could have woken the whole dorm. “You’ll leave, or I swear to the Goddess I won’t be held responsible for what I do to you.”

She swallowed, still looking at his shoes.

“I’m going to try to sort it out,” she whispered.

skin had grown so thick that her pack members

body trembled. She tried to take deeper breaths, but all she got were lungfuls

They’ll smell your fear miles away

over her like a balm. Though she wasn’t looking up at him, she heard his deep breaths, as if he was taking her scent in. Her heart

you know why this place is named after the Phoenix? Because it’s designed to break us, burn us down until there’s nothing left. But you, little human, you’ll never rise from the ashes,” he

that should have ramped up her anxiety. But whatever the reason, it gave her enough of a backbone to take a small step away from him.

in warning so she didn’t

the warning. I’ll stay out of the way

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Chapter 9

her to survive as a human among wolves since she was fourteen after puberty had hit and they’d

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the danger she was in. The man stepped back from her, and she held her breath, anticipating something bad. Her fingers gripped her bag of food tightly as she closed her eyes. Maybe she should have packed a weapon after all, even though they were

this?

at his sides. She had never seen any red–eyed wolves before, but she felt the chill to her bone as if she were standing in the presence of evil. His jaws

mistreated?” he growled.

she searched his face. Was he being serious? Or

“I was fed.”

glowing, and for a second, she forgot he was the psycho who intimidated others for no reason. His eyes were the most striking, beautiful amber colour she had ever seen. This close, she could see his hair was such a rich dark: brown colour with a

are you so fucking