Chapter 68

Zeke waited for the phone to ring, but his attention was on the human pacing her room upstairs.

You almost marked her.‘

He looked at Derek sitting as far away from him as possible in the lounge. Understandable. This was the second time he’d almost snapped his Beta’s

neck.

It was true. He had been ready to mark her, Sink his teeth into her and then drop her towel and sink into her. It was taking all his willpower to stop himself from doing that right now.

‘Sorry. Shadow is territorial.

That had been more than territorial. And it was a lie; he couldn’t put this on Shadow. He had been the one who’d lost his temper because of Derek’s timing. He’d been the one who wanted to see his mark on Ava’s smooth skin. He’d been the one who’d wanted to pin her down underneath

And Ava had been willing.

So willing.

him

He looked up again to concentrate on her movements. He could sense what she was feeling a lot more than before, and she was kicking herself for what happened. His little human still hadn’t got her head around the fact that it was all inevitable now. There was no turning back.

She was human, but she had pulled him out of the darkness, something no one else could have done.

‘Is he always going to be like that? Derek asked.

Was Shadow always going to be a maniac when it came to Ava? Probably, So would he. A raging maniac.

I don’t know, he lied. ‘I need to learn more about this, I guess.

Maybe the librarian could help him again. He couldn’t mark Ava until he knew what it would do to her. They didn’t turn humans for a reason; most died during the process. He couldn’t risk Ava’s life like that.

was sprawled on another chair, throwing and catching

“What do you mean?”

to be in perfect control of

you sure the Council

his friends were scared of. But the Council couldn’t break something that

Just need to get my strength

raming his beast, controlling his beast, keeping himself separate from the beast. But it hadn’t been possible to do that in Isolation. There were no walls between them

him. He

“Hello, Father.”

Isolation? What sort of Alpha gets himself put into isolation like you can’t fix any situation that comes your way!”

unavoidable. I fix the problem;

graduation. It was only

taking a break in holation, the vampires were

break. He clenched and unclenched his

be handled. I killed enough of theirs

didn’t know where he got the balls to say

“Listen

the other end of the phone screamed

back home, then you will never be Alpha,” his father growled. “I will not be made a fool of by a bunch of blood–sucking, undead

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with or without

But this man was still his father, and up until his mother had died, he had been a good

myself clear?” Alpha Ezra

Alpha” be answered.

Shadow said before he curled up and turned his

expect it to be resolved by the time I come to

her room. His father was still speaking but he had already stood from his chair to wait in the doorway. Where was she going? Chire could

stepped so lightly that if Shadow’s senses weren’t stronger than most, she could have

she wasn’t scared–at least not of him.

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