Chapter 31
When Ava arrived at the kitchen for her duties, the supervisor seemed surprised to see her as she assigned the jobs. Whether it was because she was on time for the first time or because she had heard about her disastrous training session, she didn’t know.
As she pulled out all the equipment needed to keep the kitchen clean, her mind was still stuck on Ezekiel and his kiss. Why was she reacting like this to him? She had no control whatsoever. One touch and he could have done whatever he wanted to her. She wouldn’t have stopped him. It was disturbing.
Her first kiss and it had been with that arrogant Alpha. She would never get that first back.
She ignored the looks and whispers until she finished her assigned jobs. Then she changed into her uniform to go into the dining hall for breakfast. There was a hush as she walked out from the back as if it wasn’t obvious that they were all talking about her. She rolled her eyes as she grabbed a tray and joined the queue,
“You!”
Claire. Why was she not surprised‘ She didn’t know why the girl had hurt her like that yesterday, but if she were to do it today, she would have a reason. Cuilt flooded her body at the thought of kissing Claire’s boyfriend.
She pushed the guilt away. Ezekiel had kissed her. He had been the one to touch her. If Claire had an issue with that, she had to take it up with her boyfriend.
“Yeah, but you liked it.
She pushed out the voice in her head. It didn’t matter that his kiss had set her on fire. Ezekiel shouldn’t have done that, and he shouldn’t have threatened to have her in his bed if she didn’t get herself out of the academy, either. After the kiss last night, that was all she had been thinking of
“I’m speaking to you. Omega!”
With a sigh, she turned around and looked down. Every cell in her body wanted to look the bitch in the eye and tell her to bother someone else, but she remembered Emily’s words. There was no need to rock the boat any further.
“You don’t even know your place. You speak when spoken to. But I supposed trash like you would never understand the principles valued in this place, Claire spat out. “You will never belong here. You will never be one of us”
And she had never been more thankful for that as she was at that moment. She never wanted to be like anyone here, thinking their strength made them better than anyone.
“I sent you to the infirmary. Why are you showing your face here? Did you not have enough yesterday?”
“I guess you didn’t punch me hard enough. Contrary to the coach’s advice, you should learn to fight like a girl. Maybe you’ll have better luck the next time you fight weak little humans.”
Her mouth had chosen the wrong time to lose the filter. She didn’t want a repeat of that match, even if she felt better today, but there was only so much crap she could take.
There was complete silence in the room until somebody’s laughter echoed. She knew who it was without lifting her head to look.
“Grab your breakfast and come and sit with me, Little Red ”
She turned away from Claire to walk to the front of the line to grab something randomly before she looked around to see where Jared was. She saw Emily first, and the Omega shook her head. But was she breaking the rules? If an Alpha told her to do something she had to do it, right?
She found Jared and quickly walked over to his table. He told the wolf beside him to move, and she slid into the vacated spot. That was when she
risked a look at Claire.
The wolf was so angry that her eyes were glowing, and a snarl was stuck on her lips. Training would be painful again tonight if the coach mixed their classes a pain, the was sure,
“I never coule to eat in this dreadful place, but I thought I’d see what all the fuss is about,” jareid laughed. “I’m not disappointed. Little Red has tiny
Claire surmed out of the room, but the look she threw her before she walked out of the door promised vengeance.
́s not funury, Jarril. She’s going to kill
Her eyes widened because everyone else would have heard that, too.
“I mean, Alpha Jared, the amended quickly.
“Aw, that. They got you, too,” Jared laughed. “I commaul you to call me Jared Save the Alpha for the egomaniacs,”
2:12 PM ·
Chapter 31
She didn’t know what made her look up at the door again, but it was Ezekiel standing there this time. He had the same cold, murderous look he’d had the first few times she had seen him. Why was he always so angry?
“What is it about you, Red, that’s making everyone forget themselves like this?” Jared mused.
She peeled her eyes away from Ezekiel to look at Jared and found he was looking at the doorway, too.
“What do you mean?” she asked.
Jared looked at her and smiled.
“Nothing. Eat your breakfast, I think you’ll need the fuel today.”
At that reminder, she picked at her breakfast. What horrors lay in store for her today? Would she be a broken mess again? Or would today be the day she ended up in a body bag!
The people in the dining room resumed their talking, and when she looked at Emily again, the Omega had an uncharacteristic glint of anger in her eyes. It disappeared quickly, but she was sure that was what it was. Was Emily angry because she had ignored her warning and sat with Jared anyway? Why was she supposed to ignore someone who had been nothing but kind to her?
She sighed and looked back down at her food. She would never understand this place.
“Thanks again for that cream, I think it saved my life yesterday,” she said. “I didn’t think it worked on broken bones.”
Jared went still. And then he smiled at her before picking up his coffee and draining it.
“Find me after your detention,” he said as he stood.
He paused and seemed to hesitate for a second before he said, “Be careful
And then he walked out with the rest of the wolves that had been at the table
That was odd. Was the cream a secret? Did he not want anyone to know he used it to aid his healing? Was it something else that was against the rules, and she had just exposed him? She should have talked to him in private.
Ava felt stupid as she picked up her tray and threw her half–eaten breakfast in the trash so she could keep her regular appointment with the dean. The last thing she wanted was to get jared into trouble. Especially since it looked like she would need a whole bottle of his magic cream soon. Iler stomach was already in knots as she thought about training.
