Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 60

The Council called it that like they were in a human prison. But this was a lot worse.

Zeke sat in the unnatural darkness–inky blackness that even his superior senses couldn’t penetrate. But it wasn’t the darkness getting to him. His bonds with his pack were dampened, almost as if they had been severed. If his father hadn’t been aware that something was wrong from how he had walked away from their phone call, he would feel this. His pack would feel the loss as if he was dead. Just as he now fell the loss of everyone in his pack all tester.

by was a cruel punishment, but it wasn’t even the worst of it. Already, he could feel the invasive, icy tendrils of the magic trying to seep into his mind, into his body. He would suffer less if he kept it at bay longer, but it had only been an hour and he was struggling. He wouldn’t last four days.

Sweat poured off him as he grined his teeth. All the pain he felt from losing his bonds was real, even though, in his mind, he knew they were perfectly okay. His heart hurt and there was an aching emptiness in his soul

Which meant he was right about what would happen if he rejected Ava now. The pain he’d felt when he had thought she was dying had been worse than this, worse than losing his whole pack combined.

They were bonded. It was too fucking late

Little stabbing pains hit the back of his head as the magic found a weak spot, making him wince and focus. Focus was crucial. If he slipped even a little bit, then the Council would be in his head, destroying and distorting everything he held dear. He could not let them find out about Ava

Shadow. We need to do this together

The beast remained silent. He knew it was too much to ask. He was

is the one who had poisoned them with silver, and then Shadow had to fight off the evil magic in the forest in that weakened state. Though he knew he would physically recover from that, he had no idea what it would do to him mentally. Shadow had been psychotic to start with, he might have made him worse.

him relieve all his nightmares over and over again until it broke him. He had too many of those. He and Shadow had earned their reputation,

had been allowed a mattress on the floor and nothing else. The Council didn’t want any nudents hurting themselves on their watch to maintain their reputation, but he had no idea how they got away with this in the first place. But no one dared oppose the Council. They had kept order among the species for over a century, and their

again and

Breath in

Breath out

the mental

Shadow, so he knew it was strong, but he had never once thought that he would have to hide

him! The Council’s goal with Isolation was to make the students submissive enough to follow their rules and not even think about breaking them again. To build a nation of people who fell in line without question. It was one of the punishments reserved for the worst

The crack widened.

playing in his head, like

horror i

movie. The

thing he

his plans. If they saw Shadow’s thoughts and plans then that would be the end for both of them. No one knew just how fucked up and dangerous his

ones who ended up messed up by the

souls‘ minds had been infected, but none of them were as depraved as Shadow. He had always known Shadow was a lot worse than that. And this wasn’t an infection, this was how he was born. He had

to clear his mind so the magic wouldn’t have anything to latch on to. The nightmares slowly dissipated as he

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Chapter 60