Page 27 of Ava: Part One

With everyone’s attention on the douche, she looked down at the vampire as he started to come to. Vampires healed as well as wolves, but if no one took him to the infirmary or set his arm, they would have to rebreak it to fix him. She hated the sight of broken bones so much that it had taken her a long time to come to terms with the fact that when her family shifted, they broke every bone in their body. Maybe it was a blessing that she didn’t have to go through that.

The vampire’s moans increased as he woke, so she gingerly reached for his arm. It was already stiff when she tried to move it.

She was going to be sick. This was a bad idea. Dry heaving and looking away, she used a little more strength to move the vampire’s arm into position so it could fuse in the right places. This always looked easy in the books, but they never said how disgusting it was. The vampire was looking at her when she finished, and heat filled her cheeks when she realised he’d probably watched her almost throw up all over him.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

The vampire’s lips curled into a smile as he brought his good arm to cradle the healing one. All his scrapes and bumps fromthe match seemed to be already healing when he pushed himself to sit up.

“Thank you,” he whispered back.

“If you are done with your love fest, Miss Morgan, it’s your turn.”

There were more snickers, which made her realise she had been the centre of attention for a while. She caught Ezekiel’s gaze and saw the indiscernible look on his face as she quickly stood and walked to the centre mat. Her opponent was already waiting, and the smirk was still present on his lips. He looked so confident that he could beat her that her anger rose again.

Her anger for the whole crappy situation. For her dad and Caleb not warning her about what she was walking into. For being told over and over again throughout the day that she wasn’t good enough.

She positioned herself into a fighting stance and waited for the coach’s whistle. And when it came, she was ready for the smirking bastard.

The boy lunged for her, and she sidestepped. She could tell from his movements that he hadn’t trained much in whatever pack he came from. His movements were too clumsy, and he wasted a lot of energy. When he turned and swung for her, he went so wide that she wondered if he was even trying. But he was still a wolf, and given the chance, he would end this match the way the douche had ended it with the vampire.

When he swung again, she dodged and gave him an uppercut. She knew she couldn’t actually block a move from a wolf; they were a lot stronger than her. So, her dad and brothers had taught her many ways to counter a strike. The Omega staggered back in shock, and the anger filled his eyes. But she didn’t give him a chance to use that anger against her the way she planned to use hers. The moves came easily to her. Alpha Roland had worked her just as hard as the wolves, even if he had to use less strengthon her. She knew where to punch and kick to get the advantage. She knew the spots that would cause the most pain with the least effort. She knew the spots that would bring even a grown wolf down to his knees.

By the time the coach threw her off the Omega’s body, he was barely conscious.

She wiped her mouth and returned to her spot, still unsatisfied with that release. The Omega was the weakest one she had ever encountered, and this was probably the last time she’d ever get a punch in. But it still felt damn good.

“Okay, next pair, please don’t fight like girls. That was painful to watch.”

She didn’t look up at anyone, but she couldn’t help snarling at the coach’s words. She had to leave this place before she did something stupid, like attack a teacher.

Chapter 20

Detention was like a break she really needed. The Omegas were constantly on the go with the duties as well as the ‘classes’. She rolled her eyes at that thought as she walked into the room she had been directed to.

She was already twenty minutes late. Mr Patrick was overseeing detention, and he shook his head when she arrived. He also picked his tablet up and marked something with a pointed look in her direction.

When Ava settled down and pulled her tablet out to try memorising the rules, a notification popped up. She clicked on it and saw another detention had been set for her for being tardy.

She looked up at Mr Patrick, who grinned at her before he carried on with the work he had in front of him.

She wanted to be upset; she really did. But if the detention was like this, she preferred it to cleaning up the Training Centre after the whole school.

She rubbed her sore shoulder as she looked around. No one else was in the room, so Mr Patrick had been right. She was the only one to get detention on the first day.

“What happened to your shoulder?”

She looked up at the professor. Was she supposed to lower her eyes when addressing him, too? He didn’t look like a wolf, and they were the ones who were really anal about that.

“Accident with a wall,” she mumbled.

He looked at her for a moment before he said, “Be careful next time,” and looked back at his work.

She went back to scrolling on the tablet. With nothing to occupy her mind, she kept replaying the incident in the dressing room. Ezekiel’s hard body. His hot breath against her skin. The way her body had burnt up at his touch. It was completely crazy that she would react like this at all, never mind with someone like Ezekiel. Alphas were too arrogant, and they all demanded submission. That would never happen. And if Ezekiel thought there was even a chance of her ending up in his bed, he was sorely mistaken.

She forced herself to stop thinking about him and looked at the tablet. She had no needlework or table-laying ‘homework’, so she had to occupy her mind with something else. She snorted at that and wondered if she would ever have any homework at all.

They had no access to the outside, but the school system had a minefield of information. It would take forever to learn all thoserules. She hated that she still had to follow them until they let her leave this place, but reading them made her forget all about the psycho Alpha.

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