Chapter 74

Ava was hungry, so she rushed to the dining hall for lunch, hoping Lorkiel wasn’t there. She didn’t want another repeat of what had happened in the morning. Though people had mostly left her alone, she seemed to have been branded as Ezekiel’s property.

Her heart fluttered stupidly at the thought, but she pushed it aside. She wasn’t property. She belonged to no one,

Besides, Claire mentioned that Ezekiel’s park wouldn’t allow him to be with a human, so if anything did happen with him, she would be nothing but has plaything. Not that she was trying to be his Laina or his plaything.

Thinking about that brought her thoughts back to Claire again, and with that, all her guilt came flooding back.

What had she done? Ezekiel would never have had to do that if she hadn’t been so weak. And now the most fearsome people in their community were coming to ask her about that. How would they do it? Could they sense it if she lied? Did they use magic to read minds? Were they like Mr

Would they know she had been in the restricted forest?

“Hey”

She looked up to see the young vampire walking beside her. Max. She hadn’t seen him since he had offered her his blood before Claire beat crap out of her. She had been open to friendships back then, but she was over that now. She couldn’t trust anyone here.

“Hi” she answered

“You

were out most of last werk. Are you feeling better?” Max askeil

Tm fine, thanks.”

The of

my blood still stands. You co

rid of the bug

offer of my

was fine without

silently with her for a while despite her subtle attempt to

I done something wrong?”

on my

wait for an answer as she quickened her step. Max had been friendly to her from

the

had left the classroom first to try and beat the lunch rush, but since all the students were faster than her, she’d expected to find more people brading to the dining hall already. They seemed to be taking their time today, which was great for her. She could just grab a sandwich and sit outside somewhere to eat it. Something quick in case she was called into the meeting with the Council before she could eat

that voice behind her and then walked

“Ava, stop,” Jared sighed.

him. Would he be accused of breaking the rules if the Alpha in question was an

me. I was a dick to you, I know that, but you need to

know Claire was dead? The dean had said she was missing, not that they suspected

he seen sumanhing? Or was the now just

the easy smile on his face that he

a maniac like Zeke watching your back, but you need to know he’s dangerous, especially after

why lar’s heated on you,

werk. There

been in pain. And it annat

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think they tortured

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back to the wolf still talking

was in the woods but led me right to her. And then your whole pack watched while

didn’t know she was there, and Zeke knows damn well why. But

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