Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 135

Zeke watched his mate sleep, but she was still troubled. He couldn’t just see it on her face; he could feel it

Had the really thought he had hurt Claire that day? From his conversation with the Omega after he’d cornered her in training, he had known Ava had been involved somehow.

He

le just hadn’t expected this.

His mate wasn’t a human. Yet the still smelled human even now, despite her stronger scent and his scent on

on her

A repressed wolf) Had trauma caused that?

shadow had emerged early, too. He’d been in danger, and the shift had shocked everyone. But Shadow hadn’t retreated after what he had done. He’d revelled in the destruction and had wanted to do it again and again.

It was why he’d had to put the mental wall between them–the reason he’d learned how to control and hide his true nature.

He would teach Ava to do the same if she had to, even though Shadow growled his objection. He could understand where his beast was coming from. It had been more challenging to function when they were mentally separated. It was only when the walls had come down that they had fully understood each other.

Ava would need to learn that control somehow if she managed to speak to her wolf. The fact that she couldn’t even remember shifting was more worrying. The fact that he or Shadow couldn’t sense her wolf was worse.

He put his nose in the crook of her neck again and inhaled. Sull the same scent

He sensed his pack mates returning and kissed Ava on her forehead before gently untangling himself. He was downstairs when Derek and Myles walked in through the front door

“What’s going on, Zeke! Has she rejected you?” Derek asked the moment he saw him.

“Then what happened: I can feel….I don’t know. It’s like the times you two were separated, Derek explained as he came to stand in front of him.

As pack mates, his Beta and Gamma would have sensed his feelings. But right now, that was all Ava. That heaviness, that darkness, that guilt… That was all his mate.

She had already linked to the pack even before he’d marked her.

Like a wolf.

“She’s… It’s a long story? he said as he walked into the lounge and sat heavily on a couch. Tell me what you found out.”

“Well, your dad is supposed to be discussing the issue of the rogues and trying to get t “But when I followed him, he was more concerned about Ava

back up from our allies, Myles said as he sat opposite him.

Not surprising.

“Did anyone see your

“No” Myles answered.

The fact that

in the

the academy, no

to ruin

Myles, who had been looking forward to the

priority, but he would find a way to

have their pound of flesh,

Derek added. “Our dads can’t do anything to stop

Alphas are going to pressure the lean

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are we going to do? We can’t go against

he know I

didn’t say anything about

going after Ava. If word hadn’t reached

bigger problem. The Council. They’re coming back, but I don’t know

if Mr Patrick disagreed. With the way she was feeling. Ava would willingly give herself over, and that was something that

want

think the less you know,

so he could make them tell him everything. And if he did get Ava out of here, then his Beta and

graduate,” Myles stated with a

when the realisation dawned

world that will stop me from avenging my mother and your brother. Even if I don’t graduate. You

doubt, but there wasn’t much he could say to reassure him. He would keep his

Alpha Morgan

to Ava’s father in the

at the door when Alpha Morgan jogged up his driveway. He was quite an imposing figure, but Shadow still didn’t feel like challenging him,

He’s family now, Shadow

like that since mating with Ava. He still wanted to bask in this

Avat” Alpha Morgan asked

him down the hall. I need to speak to you

he opened the basement door and started walking down

the hell

soundproofed dungeon, he

daughter. There was

“Are you shitting me?!”

“Not in

the