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.

he was sprawled on another chair,

“What do you mean?”

seem to be in perfect control of your woll. Not saying you weren’t before,” Myles added,

you sure the Council

was what his friends were scared of.

fine. Just need to get my strength back up,”

beast.

He sighed

“Hello, Father.”

himself put into isolation like

was unavoidable. I fix the

wouldn’t live past graduation. It was only

taking a break in holation, the vampires were

clenched and unclenched his

need to be handled. I killed enough of theirs when we first tried to get our wolf back.

didn’t know where he got the balls

“Listen

of the phone screamed his father’s

don’t bring that bitch back home, then you will never be Alpha,” his father growled. “I will not be made a fool of by a

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be Alpha with or without his consent,

But this man was still his father, and up

myself clear?”

Alpha” be answered.

curled up and turned his attention back to Ava

by the time I come to visit.

from his chair to wait in the doorway. Where

before. She stepped so lightly that if Shadow’s senses

she noticed him and froze. Her heart started pounding again, but he knew she wasn’t scared–at least not of him. She was afraid of what

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