Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 147

On Sunday morning. Ava sat on the steps outside the Administration block with Zeke, Derek and Myles

Guards were standing outside it, guarding the entrance. So many guards. She could feel their eyes on the back of her head

They had met some on their way, patrolling the streets. Those had also looked at them as if they were the targets of this operation,

She was willing to bet they were also patrolling the academy’s boundaries. Maybe even outside, beyond the woods. Their chances of escape had been cut drastically

It felt like forever, but her father walked out of the administration building not too long after they had sat on the steps. Ava scrambled to her feet and tried to read his expression. She also watched how the guards looked at him like he was also a target.

The forest had always kept the students imprisoned here, but the guards made it feel like a real prison

“Let’s go and have something to eat, and then we can walk around,” Alpha Morgan said. “Also, I’ve been told I need to see your other instructors. According to the dean, your performance in Housekeeping is abysmal

She didn’t think she could eat right, but she had to follow her dad’s lead. She took his hand and let him lead her towards the dining hall

“This is so fucked up Myles mumbled.

“Hmm” her dad agreed.

She could feel the tension in his body. Things were not going to go according to plan

They slowed down when they reached the dining hall. There were guards even there. And like the last ones, they all turned their heads to look at them as they approached. Like machines. Like soulless humans.

Was this what the Council wanted her to be? Or they had something much worse in store for her.

“I’ll get you some food” she said to her father when they walked in.

A few parents were still around, but there seemed to have been a mass exodus in the middle of the night. She’d been told even Zeke’s father and his entourage were gone.

with the looks they

and Myles came with her to the queue for the buffet, but she didn’t feel awkward about it like the other times,

in the way if they met any trouble. Though it had healed, Zeke’s teeth had left a raised pattern that still

their eyes on it as she waited to fill her tray

along the walls. That was overkill. There was no talking. She could feel the tension in the room

and put his plate in front of him. When the boys joined them, they

were going to try to escape? But they weren’t even supposed to know that the Head of Council was coming,

the dining hall and went on a walk around

of irrelevant conversation. When thiry reached the turn to the main gates, all the

they’re searching all the parents‘ vehicles

She was stuck nor

go home,”

it would break her father’s heart. But she didn’t want him there. protect her brothers—his real children with the

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He had to go home

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pulled her to his side and let her hold onto

door out of the way and let

to get this fixed, Derek

matter! They were not

She followed her father down and walked to the furthest wall. Once she heard the lock sliding into place,

over, unable to hold back her sobs, unable to

was it. This was where it ended. She had no

put his hand on her back, but she straightened and pushed it off. She didn’t want him to touch her; she didn’t deserve it. They were in

while, but she eventually caught her breath and lowered herself to the cold floor. She could feel Zeke’s worry, but he didn’t approach her

even when I commanded him to her dad revealed “But he said the guards are just extra protection for the students, so the parents don’t have to worry about any more missing