Page 42 of Ava: Part One

The infirmary was a big, busy building. It was bigger than her pack hospital and looked better equipped. If every coach trained their class the way Coach Baxter trained her, the infirmary would be at full capacity every night. What the hell was wrong with this place, allowing such brutal things to happen in training? They were sparing; things weren’t supposed to be taken so far.

And teachers weren’t supposed to let their personal issues affect how they taught the students.

As she walked out, she realised it was still very dark. She hadn’t asked what time it was, and her bag with her tablet was still in her locker at the Training Centre with her uniform. It would take her even longer to get to her room when she didn’t know where she was.

“Ava.”

She looked towards the car park at the sound of the voice that made her heart skip. Ezekiel was leaning against a car, hands in his pocket and still in his training kit. She remembered the last time she had seen him, as he’d walked out of the training hall, and all her anger returned.

But she deflated instantly. Why had she expected the Alpha to help her anyway? They were not friends, and he had been threatening her to leave the entire time she had known him.

“What are you doing here?”

She didn’t bother looking down. She could tell Ezekiel was very angry already, so they might as well get the showdown over and done with. She just wanted to go shower and sleep.

This was probably where he said he told her so, that they would break her until there was nothing left of her but ashes. She wasn’t in the mood for that today.

“I’m taking you back to your room,” Ezekiel said as he pushed himself off the front of his car and walked around to the passenger side.

She didn’t know what to make of this. How had he known she was coming out? Had he waited? What did his girlfriend think, seeing as she was the cause of her little hospital stay?

“I don’t need anything from you.”

His eyes flashed red briefly as he opened the door and held it open.

“Your duties start soon. Stop being stubborn,” he growled.

She looked up at the sky and saw that it was becoming lighter. After what Emily told her, she didn’t want to add to her detentions anymore. She’d already accumulated enough for another couple of weeks, so she had to become a model student to prevent the calamity that would come if she became a repeat offender.

With a sigh, she walked over and got into the car. Ezekiel’s eyes became glued to her top, and when he took a breath, his eyes glowed, and the hand holding the top of the door tightened. Why was he angry at her? She hadn’t done anything wrong. Maybe getting into such an enclosed space with an angry Alpha was a bad idea.

He said nothing as he got into the car and started it. He didn’t say a word during the drive either, but his fists kept clenching and unclenching. When he stopped outside her dorm, she didn’t know what to think about his behaviour. He hadn’t shouted at her or threatened her a single time.

“Thank you,” she mumbled as she got out.

She was surprised when he got out and walked beside her. He didn’t look at her a single time, so she had no idea why he had even gotten out, especially since he was practically vibrating with anger.

Before she reached the door, Ezekiel pulled her to the side of the building and crashed her body into his. She gasped at the contact, but she didn’t have a chance to react before he brought his lips down.

A surge of heat unlike anything she had ever known flooded her body instantly as Ezekiel claimed her mouth. It felt like a million electric shocks through every nerve in her body when he picked her up and backed her against the wall. He devoured her. He pressed against her and awakened so many emotions at the same time that all she could do was close her eyes and let themtake her. His hands, his mouth, his amazing cologne. Everything whirled around her as her body craved more.

But just as quickly as he had started, he stopped. He set her back on her feet and backed away.

“Burn those clothes,” he growled.

And then he got into his car and sped off as if the devil himself was chasing him. She was left clinging to the wall because her knees were too weak to hold her up.

Chapter 30

Zeke parked his car on the driveway and gripped the wheel tightly. He could feel the change coming as Ava’s scent overwhelmed him again. The heat of her mouth, the little whimpers she’d made as he’d tasted her, how responsive she had been to his touch, the way she had moulded her body to his as he had urgently ground himself against her.

He had been so close to marking her.

He groaned and closed his eyes. And then the scent of Ava’s blood hit him all over again; it was so strong in the confines ofhis car that his rage returned. He’d been fighting that constantly since he first saw Ava unconscious at the Training Centre.

So many strong emotions were raging inside him that he didn’t think he could hold Shadow back this time.

Pain. Rage. This inexplicable bond to Ava, calling for him constantly, pulling him towards her, and making him want to be with her all the time.

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