Chapter 147
On Sunday morning. Ava sat on the steps outside the Administration block with Zeke, Derek and Myles
Guards were standing outside it, guarding the entrance. So many guards. She could feel their eyes on the back of her head
They had met some on their way, patrolling the streets. Those had also looked at them as if they were the targets of this operation,
She was willing to bet they were also patrolling the academy’s boundaries. Maybe even outside, beyond the woods. Their chances of escape had been cut drastically
It felt like forever, but her father walked out of the administration building not too long after they had sat on the steps. Ava scrambled to her feet and tried to read his expression. She also watched how the guards looked at him like he was also a target.
The forest had always kept the students imprisoned here, but the guards made it feel like a real prison
“Let’s go and have something to eat, and then we can walk around,” Alpha Morgan said. “Also, I’ve been told I need to see your other instructors. According to the dean, your performance in Housekeeping is abysmal
She didn’t think she could eat right, but she had to follow her dad’s lead. She took his hand and let him lead her towards the dining hall
“This is so fucked up Myles mumbled.
“Hmm” her dad agreed.
She could feel the tension in his body. Things were not going to go according to plan
They slowed down when they reached the dining hall. There were guards even there. And like the last ones, they all turned their heads to look at them as they approached. Like machines. Like soulless humans.
Was this what the Council wanted her to be? Or they had something much worse in store for her.
“I’ll get you some food” she said to her father when they walked in.
A few parents were still around, but there seemed to have been a mass exodus in the middle of the night. She’d been told even Zeke’s father and his entourage were gone.
with the looks they
Zeke, Derek and Myles came with her to the queue for the buffet, but she didn’t feel awkward about it like the other times, even w were getting. It was pointless to pretend she wasn’t with them, especially with the mark on her neck.
She had tied her hair back so it wouldn’t get in the way if they met any trouble. Though it had healed, Zeke’s teeth had left a raised pattern that still looked like a bruise. She’d never seen mating marks like that before, but she guessed it was because of her unique situation with her psychopathie wolf.
But everyone could see that mark. She saw their eyes on it as she waited to fill her tray with food.
She might have been more self–conscious before, but now she was more worried about the guards standing along the walls. That was overkill. There was no talking. She could feel the tension in the room as everyone are silently
She close food randomly before the walked to the table where her father sat and put his plate in front of him. When the boys joined them, they all ate silently, too.
Why was the Council doing this? Had they somehow known they were going to try to escape? But they weren’t even supposed to know that the Head of Council was coming, so what had triggered them! The “eyes‘ that Mr Patrick had talked about! Who were these spies?
She was no closer to answers when they finally left the dining hall and went on a walk around the school.
Outside, her father kept a steady stream of irrelevant conversation. When thiry reached the turn to the main gates, all the wolves looked over. She couldn’t make tut many details, but she could see a lot of activity there
“Looks like they’re searching all the parents‘ vehicles as they leave,” her dad sakl
Stuck. She was stuck nor the campsis.
“We should go home,” Zeke said.
They walked silently back. She had made her decision, and it would break her father’s heart. But she didn’t want him there. protect her brothers—his real children with the woman he lui loved beyond all others,
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She didn’t realise she was crying until Zeke pulled her to his side and let her hold onto him.
Once they reached the house, Derek moved the broken door out of the way and let them all in before he leaned it back on the broken frame.
T have to get this fixed, Derek mumbled.
Would it even matter! They were not safe anywhere.
Zeke walked straight down the hall and opened the door under the stairs. She followed her father down and walked to the furthest wall. Once she heard the lock sliding into place, she let all her emotions out.
She bent over, unable to hold back her sobs, unable to breathe.
This was it. This was where it ended. She had no more choices.
Zeke came to put his hand on her back, but she straightened and pushed it off. She didn’t want him to touch her; she didn’t deserve it. They were in this mess because of her. She walked to another end of the room practising her breathing techniques.
It took a while, but she eventually caught her breath and lowered herself to the cold floor. She could feel Zeke’s worry, but he didn’t approach her again
“The dean didn’t tell me anything, even when I commanded him to her dad revealed “But he said the guards are just extra protection for the students, so the parents don’t have to worry about any more missing children.”
“He’s been commanded to say that, Zeke growled.
“Or compelled by a powerful vampire, her dad said. “Or a strong witch.”
her fault.
She felt Zeke’s fear. The wolf who feared nothing was scared, and that, too, was her f
“We have to try Mr Patrick’s way,” her dad added. “We need to try something.”
“No,” she said as she stood.
They all turned to look at her.
“We need to try something. You need to go home,” she said, her voice cracking as more tears threatened to come.
“No,” her father snarled.
“I need you to go and protect the boys. If things go bad here, they won’t even know what’s coming,” she sobbed “Please, Dad.”
“I will not leave you to night this alone, Alpha Morgan said. Tm going to find Mr Patrick. Go and prepare yourself.”
With that, her father turned and walked up the stairs, leaving her sobbing again. This was her fight. It was her mess caused by this thing inside her. She would have to try to fix it herself.
“Ava….
She shook
ok her head and followed her father out of the room. He was already gone when she walked out into the hallway.
Was this how she killed her father, too?
