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.

have made an excellent Camina with his tracking abilities. The fact that a bunch of Alphas hadn’t sensed h proof

the restricted

Away from both of them. Without graduating from the academy, no one would recognise him as the trur Alples So Derek and Myles would not be Beta

going to ruin

had been looking forward to the day

but he would find a way to

keep his word to Myles. They would have their pound of flesh,

dads can’t do anything to

Alphas are going to pressure the lean to

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said. “What are we going to do?

he know I marked

say anything about

stopped the mob going after Ava. If word hadn’t reached Alpha Ezra yet then his alliances weren’t

Council. They’re coming back, but I don’t know if it’s for Ava or both of us. I’m going to have to take

something that he’d never allow to happen. Some people successfully hid from the Council, as strong as the Council’s

want

the less you know, the

them tell him everything. And if he did get Ava out of here, then his Beta and Gamma would be the first to be

Myles stated with

gaze when the realisation dawned on

me from avenging my mother and your brother. Even if I

away. He could sense his Gamma’s doubt, but there wasn’t much he could say to reassure him. He would keep his word but had to deal with

Morgan approaching

Ava’s father in the basement. If Ava wakes

He was quite an imposing figure, but Shadow

family now,

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

asked the

as he led him down the hall. I need to speak

he opened the basement door and started walking down the steps, Ava’s father

hell

soundproofed dungeon, he

There was no point hiding

“Are you shitting me?!”

“Not in

the