Ava by L.G.Savage (HeartBreak)

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Keep your head high. Remember your name.

Her father’s advice rang constantly through her mind when she had followed the Alpha, though she wasn’t sure

if she could trust anything he had said to her now. But her fake confidence disappeared the moment she turned

to lock the door.

This was so stupid. Why was she even listening to him? Why had she locked the door instead of opening it and

getting to safety?

She still had he hand on the lock as she tried to think of a way out of this. The last place she wanted to be was in

a locked room with an angry Alpha.

“Turn around,” Ezekiel growled. “Don’t even think about running because I'll catch you, Ava. And we both won't

like the consequences.”

With a shaky breath, she turned around to face him, but she didn’t dare look into his eyes this time. She didn't

know if looking anywhere else on him was any better. Her brain fizzled and stopped working when she looked at

his body. The guy was huge and built to perfection. He wore sweats that moulded his thick, muscular thighs and

shaped other parts of his body, which made her eyes widen. And the t-shirt he wore should have been outlawed.

She could see every muscle, every curve, every indent. Among all the beautiful people in Phoenix Academy, this

man still managed to stand out. He was truly a

work of art

And he had locked her in a room.

With that thought, her heart hammered again. She was in danger, this was not the tto ogle anyone.

“I warned you, Ava,” the wolf growled as he stepped forward. “You should have been gone.”

There was so much coldness and determination in his eyes that she forgot about her earlier thoughts as fear

built up inside her. She stepped back but bumped into the door. There was nowhere to run.

“But if you want to play this game, then I'll play,” he continued, taking another step forward.

“I'm not playing.” she said. She hated the wobble in her voice. “I tried, but the dean didn’t want to listen to me.”

“You should have tried harder.”

The Alpha closed the distance between them, and his movements were deliberate and slow, making her feel

quite hunted. She felt like his prey, and if she made any move now, he would ounce.

“I'll see him again tomorrow and every day after until he listens to me

Her courage had deserted her. Why had she even antagonised in when she had seen what he was like? She

should have kept her head down and her mouth shut.

“That would be the best solution all around,” Ezekiel said.

There was hardly any space between them now. Her face was eye level with his muscular chest; she didn’t dare

look up to meet his gaze again. She struggled to get enough air into her lungs as her whole body becaware

of his closeness. Maybe it was the fear that froze her to the spot, maybe it was the fear weakening her knees. It

was like her body was confused about how to rear to this threat, and none of the options were light of light. Her

body wanted ridiculous things the heat of his body, which sent sparks shooting through hers from where they

were almost touching.

She could feel

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A twisted part of her brain wanted him to close that gap completely.

“Do you know why getting out of here would be the best thing you'll ever do?” Ezekiel continued as he put his

hands on the door on either side of her, caging her in.

Her heart pounded. This close, she could smell his spicy cologne as she had last night. Even with the fear, she

couldn't help. taking a deep breath. If she ever got out of this place, she would bunt that cologne down and buy

it by the truckloads.

“Do you?” he growled again.

Remembering the question he had asked, she wet her dry lips before she answered. Ezekiel growled, making her

flinch and suck in a shaky breath.

“Because they'll ripapart,” she answered quickly.

“Oh, that’s not what you need to be scared of, little human,” Ezekiel said.

She could feel the heat of his breath above her. She could feel heat everywhere. Her body was probably trying to

shut down. unable to cope with the fear, because she started to tremble uncontrollably.

Ava tensed when his large hand cdown, and he picked a strand of her hair that had escaped her ponytail. It

was stuck to her skin on the side of her neck, making her realise she was sweating.

She didn’t know what she had expected when he did that, but it wasn’t how he gently tucked the hair behind her

ear. And it wasn’t the deep breaths he took

It certainly wasn’t the way he brought his head down to the crook of her neck and sniffed her skin.

Her brain fizzled again because of the contact, and she let out a gasp. He was taking her scent in to hunt her,

she knew that But as his nose trailed up the side of her neck and his hand lowered to her ponytail and pulled it

to tilt her head for greater access, she couldn't think past how good it felt.

The fear, the anger... everything was forgotten. Her eyes closed as something she had never felt before filled her

body.

Things were jumbled in her mind as Ezekial lowered his other hand to slowly trail his fingers down her arm,

causing a surge of electricity through her body. The heat, the weak knees, the incredible cologne... everything

whirled in her mind, making her forget herself.

Then his hand went around her waist and pulled her forward. Her eyes widened when she felt him. Ezekiel lifted

his head from her neck, and, this time, she looked him in the eyes agained was bleeding into amber as his eyes

held so much heat. so much need, that it instantly melted her bones. If he hadn't been holding her up, she would

have been a puddle at his feet.

“No, that’s not what you need to fear at all,” he whispered.

His voice was husky and called something within her. She had never been wanted by anyone before, and the fact

that it was this man should have sent her running for the hills.

“Leave, Ava, or you will end up in my bed. And | don’t think you fragile body can handleand my wolf.

Could anyone handle him and his wolf?

His words penetrated her foggy brain, and she widened her eyes again.

What in the world was she thinking

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