Page 107 of Ava: Part Two

“And you? What brings you out on such a fine night?”

“I... I was told to come and witness the human’s punishment,” she answered.

“Step aside, Ezekiel. I can smell her hiding in there. I’ll take her to the dean, and all of this will be over,” his father said.

And then he chanted something. He caught the Latin words so clearly as if Alpha Ezra was shouting them in his ear. A strengthening spell? Or one to make him more dominant? He could feel the magic whirling around his father as it worked.

“I said step aside,” his father repeated as he came up the steps again and pushed him out of the way.

Or at least he tried. He didn’t budge even though his father did indeed feel stronger.

He looked at his father and saw the moment his father realised that his plan would not work. He needed stronger shit than that to defeat a demon born in darkness.

His father stepped back.

There would be no bloodshed today. No, today he would just...as Ava’s father put it, show everyone who had the bigger dick.

Shadow unfurled and took over. His father took further steps back when he looked into the beast’s red eyes.

“I told you not to give me ultimatums.”

His father’s gaze lowered immediately.

“My mate isn't hiding. Go home.”

He didn’t need to raise his voice or show any aggression. The Alpha command was clear in each word. He sensed the shock in the air and then fear as everybody watched his father turn to his car. The rest of the wolves quickly retreated, but the Vampires remained in their spot. The king had a huge smile on his face.

"You were right, son. Let's go home."

They both nodded at him before they disappeared into the night.

But as his father drove away, he knew he had just made things much more dangerous for Ava. Alpha Ezra would not take kindly to being humiliated in front of all the people he had brought there to show off to.

It was time to plan how to get out of the academy.

Chapter 67

Blood.Screams.Crunchingsounds.Blood. Screams. Crunching sounds. Claws. Claire. Her friends.

So much blood.

Ava woke up with a jolt and immediately felt her stomach churning. With her heart still pounding, she pushed the bedding off her body and rushed to the adjoining bathroom.

The moment her stomach was empty, the overwhelming guilt took her over again.

She had to make amends. Those poor families were grieving because of her. If it was true that she had a wolf, what sort of wolf did that? What kind of monster would cause that horror she saw every night in her nightmares?

It was the sort of wolf that the Council put down. She'd heard the stories. Wolves that were uncontrollable just disappeared. It was for the best for the people around them.

And now she was one of those uncontrollable wolves. From wolfless to a monster in one afternoon.

The Council could have her. It was probably why they wanted her in the first place. They had seen it somehow. They had seen all that darkness within her. All that blood on her hands.

She pulled herself up from the toilet bowl to brush her teeth and then stepped into the shower. But no amount of scrubbing could remove the blood she could still see on her hands.

When she finished, she wrapped her towel around her body and walked into Zeke's walk-in closet to grab a pair of jeans and a T-shirt to wear. Someone had done all her laundry and put her clothes neatly with Zeke's.

The Omegas... Had they sensed the monster, too? Was that why they had started avoiding her gaze?

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