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.

it broke him. He had too many of those. He and Shadow had earned their reputation, sometimes by choice, sometimes because of his father’s command. His soul was blacker than most Isolation would

but he had no idea how they got away with this in the first place. But no one dared oppose the

and forced himself

Breath in

Breath out

mental wall

to do constantly with Shadow, so he knew it was strong, but he had never once thought that he

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 offenders but far from the worst that the Council could do He didn’t think Shadow would ever submit to anyone, but if that beast didn’t help him, then he would have no choice. The Council’s magic was too strong for a student, even one

The crack widened.

slowly invade his mind. The worst day of his life started playing in his head, like a attack. Finding his mother’s body. The pain. His fists clenched and unclenched

horror i

movie. The

thing

of them. No one knew just how

ones who ended up messed

had always known Shadow was a lot worse than that. And this wasn’t an infection, this was how he was born. He had hidden the

magic wouldn’t have anything to latch on to.

2:15 PM

Chapter 60