Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 116

Zeke crashed through the front door and looked around. All the curtains were drawn, so it was dark inside. There were only two people in this house, all alone like a couple of lovers.

He growled as he followed Ava’s scent up the stairs.

She was supposed to be in his bed sleeping, not hanging out with his enemy.

His voice was low, on the verge of shifting. It didn’t matter now what he did to Jared. Once he and Ava left the academy, he would likely never be allowed to retum. He would never graduate to be officially recognised as the Alpha.

But he would be Alpha anyway. He and Shadow agreed on that

When he reached the top of the stairs, his steps faltered when he saw his mate coming out of the master bedroom. And she was terrified. Her heart was beating so fast and so loud that he had to tune it out to concentrate. It felt like he had been transported back to when Ava had hidden in her

room in fear

Why would she be scared now? Just a couple of hours ago, she’d kissed him publicly like she was claiming him. She had melted in his arms. The scent of her arousal had turned him inside out, and had there not been all the other scents and heartbeats of the people around him, he would have completely lost his head. She had been ready to go all the way,

“What are you doing here. Avat

“Am I a prisoner in

your home?” she asked.

What?

“No. Why would you-

“Then I can go anywhere I wish,” Ava added.

“Of course you can, but only with me. It’s not safe! You’re not safe

“Not safe from who?”

He watched the stubborn tilt of her chin and the sudden anger in her eyes as she remained in front of Jared’s bedroom door. How the hell had things gone so wrong since this morning?

“What lies has that bastard been feeding you!” he growled.

you going to kill him

was a truth universally known that Jared would die by his hands. There was no

sucked in her breath and

wanted

“Did he tell you

stop

“Tim what

hand on the door handle behind

you should at least respect that and leave.

you being serious right

leaving him to deal with the pain on his own.

answered.

Chapter 116.

man’s bedroom. Jared hadn’t even had

her suggestion and marched down the hallway until he shoved the door open. He was ready to end Jurd for whatever he said to his mute to make her so

he saw the asshole on the bed looking half dead. He stopped dead in his tracks to look at the wolf on the bed. He was pale

for the first time since he had known him, he saw fear in them. There was none of

ask her

from their very short,

now.

said, standing between him and

still scared but brave enough to defend the wolf. It was

You

no one to take care of him.

least she didn’t say she wasn’t ever coming back, but her words still hurt. He looked over her to the wolf still looking at him from the bed. He to think he did fight anyone who couldn’t fight back because he was a man of honour, but the truth was he preferred the rush of the hunt his prey gave a good light. Not when they were already on their deathbed. Killing Jared now would be like squashing a

a park, and he had Omegas assigned to him. It

other people who could

“Shift and heal,”

,” he told Jared.

can’t. My

to him? He was supposed

tight grip on Shadow for years, but the fee times he attacked didn’t end well for his opponents. The vampires during the summer break, for example, and the few rogues that had dared to stray over the boundaries of his pack lands. Then there was Claire, who he’d left