Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 40

Zeke went in the library before sunrise the following Lay. Not that it mattered. He hadn’t slept for Stat, he couldn’t even remember now. The librarian seemed surprised to see him, but she didn’t comment when he walked over to a shelf to start browsing

The library was open twenty–four hours a day to allow students in kerge up with their salies on top of their training schedules. It was the biggest Alructure on campus, with a vast atrium structure and several flours around it. It was usually full of students after training, but at tlöstime, he known it would be empty. Most people were still asleep or resting before the start of another gruelling schedule. Lucky bastards.

The night after Ava had been attacked, he had gour back to wait in the woods behind her room, switching between hoping Claire and her friends. would come back and hoping he could get into Ava’s room to finish what he had started. He’d only gone home iner he had followed Ava to her duties and made sure she had gone in.

waiting to

When Ava had left the dorm, the sum hadn’t even risen yet, and she hadn’t looked behind her a single time. The Jumman knew Claire hurt her, but there hadn’t been an ouner of fear in the air. What the hell was wrong with that girl? Caddin‘ she sense the danger all around her.

Then, when he had been set to follow her back to her or after detention, that stand had been waiting for her. Breakfast together twice in an and now what? They were living together?

Shadow growled in his head, but he put his mental walls back up. Last night he had probably hail the worst night since all this shit started. Ava was testing his limits in a way he had never been tested before. He couldn’t even blame Shadow for its because he was the one who wanted in follow them. He was the one who’d wanted to make sure fand delict touch her. He was the one who’l born on her balonny like a pervert, Sering them together had almost broken hint, and that wasn’t right. He didn’t want Ava like that. He didn’t want the bond..

That shut ended today,

He turned back to walk to the middle of the atrium, to the librarian’s desk and pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, Miss Donovan was a vampire who had been the librarian here probably since the old building had been buih. She knew everything about everything and would know that one of the books on his list had nothing to do wali any of his subjects.

“I need these books and others on those subjects,” he told her.

Donovan didn’t cower. She was probably one of the few people who didn’t reek of fear when he spoke to them. She took the paper from him without a

restricted, but I’ll tell you where the other

it was just his luck that the ones he needed were restricted. He frowned and stuffed the paper in

this about that business that happened during the

nest, but news like this was bound to have travelled. This

this without more bloodshed. My father’s expecting a report this weekend, and I’ve made

Donovan regarded him for a moment. She was perfectly still, so he knew she was using her senses to figure out if he was telling the truth. On any other person, her allure would have been irresistible. He would have had to tell her the truth when she asked. But Shadow was stubborn and didn’t allow anyone

you for trying. You’ll

was left umaid, but he

find a study room. I’ll bring you some of those books. Hut you must be careful with them and

kissed the older woman if he didn’t think Shadow would bite her

face off instead.

said while a breath

staly room to wait. There were several of

buser when the exams were neater, Init so rarly the semester, they were hardly used. Tables and chairs

this? What if it was permanent? He could feel Shadow practically wagging his tail

They looked ancient,

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