Page 51 of Ava: Part Three

Chapter 30

Zekefollowedtheguardto the dean’s office with a sense of dread in his stomach. It was almost time for training, so he was sure this was about whatever the Council wanted to do next. Who would they kill today?

The whole academy had been in a solemn mood. Though not many ever noticed the Omegas, the fact that the Council could just kill one of them like they were nothing had brought fear to all of them. So much for the president’s speech that they weren’t to worry. This morning, he had heard that they’d taken Emily’s body to the Infirmary freezers to wait for instructions from her parents. How would they even explain that to them?

The guard knocked on the door and then opened it for him. The dean sat at Penelope’s desk, working on something at the computer. He was surprised to see him enter.

He was so surprised that he knew it wasn’t the dean who had sent the message to his tablet. But he could feel the presence of the man who had summoned him behind the office door.

“Mr Michelson. What can I do for you?” the dean asked.

The door closed firmly behind him, and he could sense the guard standing in front of the door, blocking his only exit.

“You sent for me, sir,” he said.

The dean looked at his closed office door and then at him.

“Take a seat,” he said as he stood.

He could tell the dean wasn’t pleased to be treated like a secretary in his own office again, but who would he complain to?

Before the dean even took a step, the door opened, and the three councillors walked out. He had been shielding his mind constantly since they arrived, so he knew Iulia, in particular, wasn’t pleased with him. He felt like she wanted to take him apart piece by piece to find out how he was doing that.

“Ezekiel. What a pleasant surprise,” Councillor Dalca said. “Have you come to report me?”

He frowned at the vampire. What had that bastard done now? His bond was still intact, and he hadn’t felt any distress from Ava, but a vampire could compel someone to feel relaxed even when they were slitting their own throats.

He mind-linked Myles, who was watching Ava until he could get there, and the reply came straight away. She was setting up the training room as she should be. And after training, he would take her back to his house again despite the stupid rules.

He didn’t bother responding.

“This one isn’t very talkative. He just balls up his fists and walks around like a big ball of fury,” Alpha Diego said. “Let’s go. We have work to do.”

Work. He knew they meant whatever plan they had cooked up for today’s training.

He was about to follow them when a voice from the office called his name, making him remember he had been summoned. So he walked to the office door and knocked before he entered.

He kept his gaze down as he closed the door.

“You wanted to see me, sir?”

“Take a seat, Mr Michelson.”

He did as he was told and felt the magic settle around him the moment he did. He felt it anchor him to his seat and wrap around him effortlessly. He couldn’t move, no matter how hard he tried. Shadow growled but maintained the shield as they had discussed before. This wasn’t the time for him to get angry and take over; they both had to play their parts perfectly.

“I hear you had an issue with the training yesterday,” the president said.

“I haven’t said a word, sir,” he stated.

“You were ready to attack my councillors. That’s more than not saying anything, Ezekiel.”

He still kept his gaze down.

“I’m newly mated, sir. I get protective of my mate.”

“Yes. These mate bonds can be quite irritating,” the president mused. “Makes it hard to do anything to either of you without risking the other coming in to ruin things.”

And that was when he realised why he had been summoned.

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