Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 44

It had been a strange morning.

Ava had seen people whispering about her every time she had passed them, and no one had shoved or pushed her yet. It felt a lot like just before Claire knocked her out the first time. They would whisper and then look at her or go still as if they were mind–linking each other. Then, they would get a certain excited look that made her worry. What were they planning now? The fact that she had yet to see Claire was worrying in itself, but now she was being paranoid about everything.

Instead of being angry as usual, she was jumpy. She had more

re needle pricks on her fingers than usual because she couldn’t concentrate on anything in Needlework, and she probably had 10 refold the table napkins a hundred times in Housekeeping. And for a change, she didn’t get any detentions

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By lunchtime, she was a wreck. She couldn’t handle going to the dining hall to face the crowds even though she was starving, so she hid in one of the bathrooms

She was being a coward. Yesterday, she’d finished the day on such a high that she’d felt invincible. Now, she was jumping at every little sound when nothing had happened to make her feel like this.

Ava splashed some water on her face and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She looked paler than usual, so her freckles were more prominent. Her eyes were too wide and bright, as if she was on something, and she could hear her heart pounding in her chest constantly. She couldn’t calm down.

She

decided to go to the training centre early instead of hiding the rest of the lunch break. At least after that, she would be safe in detention and then Jared would pick her up.

She was drying her hands when the bathroom door opened, and the last person she wanted to see walked in.

“Did you really think you could hide from me, human?” Claire sneered as she strolled in. “I can smell you from miles away

but one remained by the door, blocking the only exit and

a class in front of witnesses. At least in class, they had to

as she kept her gaze on the floor. She wasn’t

stringing one Alpha along by his balls and another Alpha falling all over himself to

the panic started to rise

didn’t ask anybody to

a filthy human like you, even if his pack allowed it. So what did you do? Cast a spell?

she said in

could see the wolf’s spotless, expensive pumps as she stepped closer. Her breathing became laboured as the panic attack started to take its hold on her. She felt lightheaded as she struggled for breath. The last time she’d

when she had ever needed anyone to rescue her, but she shoved it away. It was different here. None of these people knew or frared her father, they wouldn’t

take you down, but mark my words. I will end you. I will make sure you never

her. She opened her mouth to try that, but her voice stuck in her throat. The more she struggled to draw air into her lungs, the worse her vnion became. Pressure built up in her

felt before. It felt like her veins were on fire, and combined

you here. Look at you,” Claue chuckled. “I haven’t

Their laughter echoed in her head as

small pack, and now she was less than plankton in this vast

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something start to bubble up here,

Only the wall behind her held

was going to die

in her head and her body. She had never had a panic attack this bad before she knew instantly that this

Then, the air shifted.