Page 87 of Ava: Part Two

“And what did you gain in exchange for this fucking crazy gesture?”

A vial of blood for his human mate. It was probably better he skipped that revelation. There was no telling what his father would do while he was here, and Gideon’s father was likely also visiting his son. The Council’s rules could only protect them so much. Ezra would find a way to use his people if he had to.

And Ezra could get to Ava, too. It was why he’d needed to mark her before his father came.

Derek and Myles came in with trays of drinks just as he stood to leave. It was Ava who needed his protection now. His Beta and Gamma would be fine with their fathers there.

“Where are you going, you disrespectful child? You haven’t answered my question or even said a word to your mate.”

He eyed the woman who had kept her gaze down the whole time even though she had Alpha blood herself. Ava would have looked everyone in the eye by now.

“What’s your name?” he asked.

The woman’s brow rose in surprise before she answered, “Sierra.”

“I’m sorry for your wasted journey, Sierra. I can’t be your mate.”

His father rose to his feet before he had finished speaking and had him by the neck against the wall.

“Have you lost your fucking mind?! I’ve been negotiating this for months!” Ezra shouted, squeezing his throat. “It’s that human, isn’t it? I was told what you did in front of the whole school. I’ve told you I want nothing to do with that human. You know I don’t make these threats lightly.”

Zeke reached for his father’s fingers and pulled them away with no effort.

“And I don’t make my threats lightly, either. If you do anything to her, if you even look at her, I will end you,” he growled, his voice deeper as Shadow let his intentions be known.

He watched in satisfaction as his father briefly lowered his eyes, but he knew this was temporary. He had started the war now. His father would come for him with everything he had. It was time to find his mate and mark her once and for all.

Chapter 56

Avadidn’tevenknowwhat the program for the day was beyond what Derek and Myles had told her. She couldn’t even remember when she had last looked at her tablet and had no idea where her school bag was.

As she walked up the path leading to her block, she saw Emily standing with a man and woman who looked like her parents. Her shoulders were tense as she listened to whatever they were telling her. Once the Omega lifted her head to look at her, the fear and panic were instant, and she lowered her gaze immediately.

It was her that Emily was scared of this time, not Zeke. She could feel it.

“I think we need to go somewhere we can talk privately,” her father said.

She hadn’t realised she had stopped to look at the wolf who would always rub her the wrong way. Her father was looking at her, too.

She avoided Alpha Roland’s gaze as she walked into the First-Year building and straight for the notice board. Her father hadn’t stopped looking at her since they had left the house, but she couldn’t face him. The last thing she wanted was to see the disappointment in his eyes.

Besides, she could barely think straight. It was like she was fighting for her life somehow, yet there was nothing to fight.

One thing she was grateful for right now was the fact that she was human. Humans got over heartbreak with time. They weren’t like wolves, who bonded with their mates for life and suffered terribly when their chosen mate didn’t want them anymore. She would move on from this eventually.

“Later. We only have one teacher to see,” she said as she found Mr Patrick’s name and the room number.

The other students and their parents gave them way, and she could tell by the way the parents looked at her that they had already been told about her. The human who fraternised with wolves. The human sleeping with an Alpha. The human who’d done time in Isolation. Her father would pick it up if they whispered among each other, but thankfully, it was as quiet as a tomb.

But her father wasn’t stupid. She knew he could see their looks and sense their emotions.

There was one student with her parents waiting in the queue outside Mr Patrick’s room, and when she stopped behind them, they quickly stepped away from her with their noses turned. Their ignorance was glaringly obvious.

The growl behind her made them startle and look down.

“Come on, let’s go and see your other professors,” the girl's father said, ushering the student and her mother forward.

She rolled her eyes and took the first spot in the queue.

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