Page 24 of Ava: Part One

As if she was a demon he had conjured just by thinking of her, her scent hit him as he walked down the hallway. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath like an idiot, unable to help himself.

Shadow eagerly waited for his feet to follow the scent, which he did without thinking. By the time he opened his eyes, he was right outside the gym. His hand was shaking as he pushed the doors open.

He needed to stop.

He needed to turn around and leave the Training Centre before he saw her and disgraced himself.

But it was too late. Right there in the middle of the room, dressed in the academy shorts and T-shirt, shaking her round bottom in his direction, was the little human who’d turned him inside out.

Everything in him reacted to her as if he were a teenage human boy unable to control himself. Heat coursed through his veins as he took in every curve, every inch of her exposed skin, and the sound of her heartbeat.

‘Mine.’

Hearing Shadow’s voice was like throwing a bucket of water on the fire; he cleared his head a little as his anger returned.

How was this a blessing? This was a fucking curse! To be so attracted to someone he didn’t want, someone who would destroy everything? He would never give in to it. She was not his.

Shadow snarled, and he pushed the beast back just as the human turned around to face him. He saw fear in her eyes. Good. She should be afraid. So fucking afraid. He would not let her do this to him.

Then, that fear turned to something else as she met his gaze head-on. There wasn’t even a hint of respect in her eyes. There was no deference at all. There was nothing but anger in those big blue eyes—so much anger that it scorched him from across the room and made Shadow growl.

Then she turned her back on him and continued working as if he didn’t exist.

He was raging when he walked towards her, uncaring that the other Omegas in the room stopped working and looked down as they were supposed to. He didn’t care that their fear increased with every step he took. He didn’t stop until he was directly in front of the defiant human.

“You. Stand up.”

She ignored him. She fucking ignored him. He couldn’t remember a time when anyone had ever done that. He growled a warning that made her stop and tense.

“Stand up before I make you,” he snarled.

The human stood slowly and then turned to face him. She still didn’t look down. Whoever brought this human here was clearly insane. Such stubbornness and disrespect were human traits that had no place in this school.

One of the Omegas loudly cleared their throat, and the human looked over at her before she rolled her eyes and looked down.

She rolled her fucking eyes.

It was like looking at a different person. Where was the trembling girl from last night? Though he could still sense her fear, she seemed more angry than scared.

“What’s your name?” he growled.

“Ava.”

The sound of her voice soothed Shadow. The beast was practically wagging his tail like a dog. Stupid wolf.

“Come with me.”

He didn’t wait for her answer. He marched out of the room and headed towards his dressing room. Even in his angry haze, he asked himself what the hell he was doing. He had never given a shit whether someone looked him in the eye or not; he wasn’t that type of Alpha, even if the school enforced all those outdated rules.

But getting that shit from Ava...

He found himself wishing Derek and Myles were still in his dressing room so they could stop him because he could not stop himself. He could not help himself.

But when he shoved the door open, the room was empty. Ava followed him in, her head still held high as if she was proud of herself. Her attitude threw gas on the fire already raging within him.

“Lock the door,” he ordered.

He saw the shock in her eyes, which quickly turned to fear.

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