Chapter 33

Zeke sat perfectly still on a sofa in his lounge, staring at the wall. His head was in turmoil.

For the first time in his academic career, he lied to the dean and said he had an emergency call with his father. As future leaders, this was the only valid reason to miss out on their education. Pack business was serious business and could affect even the relationships and allies in the academy, and the academy valued its principles too much to allow that to happen.

He had almost killed her today. Claire. He’d seen her leaving the dining hall and partially shifted to go after her, but Ava’s scent from the dining hall had pulled him out of it. It was only Shadow’s fixation with his mate that had saved his ex–girlfriend.

Even though it hadn’t happened, he could see clearly in Shadow’s mind how that scene would have looked. Blood. Limbs. Screams. Because Shadow kept playing those images in his head. Claire was at death’s door, and she didn’t even know it.

And then he had gone to see Ava, only to see her sitting so close to that…

Breathe. He needed to breathe.

Clearing his mind again, he focused on the wall. He ignored Shadow and the images he kept filling his mind about how he would kill that one–the one he would not name.

He focused on the intricate designs on

When he heard the car driving up his driveway, his concentration slipped a little. Instead of the lines on the designs, he saw Claire’s head. Instead of the colours, he saw Jared’s blood. A growl left his lips and he clenched his fists, drawing blood with his claws as he shoved Shadow back to the recesses of his mind. Then he started all over again.

wallpaper, following every line, cataloguing every colour, and counting the differences.

“I didn’t know we had an urgent Pack meeting. Myles said as he entered the lounge,

Derek snorted as he entered behind him. They hadn’t spoken to him since he almost snapped Derek’s neck.

Zeke concentrated on counting. He had known they would be excused, too, and he had known there would be questions

“Why are we here, Zeke Derek asked.

He looked away from the wall in front of him to look at his pack mates. He could tell by the way they stepped back that they were looking into Shadow’s eyes. Blood red, murderous eyes.

“Because Shadow wants to kill everyone,” he whispered, “and I don’t know how to stop h

him

on their

It took him back to the first time he had

go home!”

to be stuck in a car and

won’t let

the Academy wants is

Even

go, Shadow’s not leaving this

the scene from the morning back to his mind, and then the scene from the weekend when Jared had had his filthy hands all over her. He looked back at the wall and desperately tried to

it something

can’t be fixed. It’s something that will be very

his party, and the next day, we had to leave the assembly to calm Shadow down,”

of Jared’s name. He remained

Shadow need? What will make him calm

He needed Ava. He needed to mark her. He needed to mate with her and make her his. He wanted

give him what

his way forward and growled in his

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“Stop it,” he whispered.

had forgotten how vulnerable it made him. To have something so strong locked up in his body, controlling how he thought and

Zeke. And you will enjoy every second

changed his torture methods. He changed the images in his

Ava’s lips.

pressed up

heat of her

Her scent.

for her washed through his body as everything hardened for

which torture was

“Stop it,” he repeated.

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