Page 111 of Ava: Part Three

She was surprised when he held out his hand. She took it and nodded, and then the dean lowered his gaze as if he finally admitted to himself that Nyx was an Alpha, too.

“Let’s not do that,” she said to him. “I don’t like it.”

“Of course, Miss Morgan,” Dean Russell said before he let go of her hand and walked towards the Administration building.

The other staff members shook her hand after him before they went to talk to Zeke.

She took a deep breath and looked around. They were all free. It was finished.

“Hansson was right, you know.”

Mr Patrick appeared next to her.

“There are other things out there that could hurt you. But I know you can take care of yourself.”

She didn't want to think about what Hansson had said.

“What will happen now? There’s no Head of Council.”

“There’s always someone else ready to take that spot,” Mr Patrick said. “But let’s worry about us here first. We lost some people.”

Her heart filled with pain. They would have to tell Dexter’s parents and all the other parents that their children were gone.

“We’ll be okay, Ava. We’ve done it. We’ve freed everyone from their binds. All our lives will be different now.”

Yes, but their freedom had come at a great cost.

Chapter 65

Zekewalkeduptheroad to the Infirmary with his arm around Ava.

Everything still felt so surreal. He sensed the numbness all around him as everyone came to terms with the fact that they all could have died. Alpha Roland walked by Ava’s side, holding onto her hand. They hadn’t let go of each other since they had finally left the mess they had made at the Administration block to go home. He didn’t mind it, really he didn’t, but he wanted his mate all to himself.

That morning, he had little hope that they would win, but now all he wanted to do was bury himself in his mate and forget about Hansson and the Council.

With a sigh, he looked at the three councillors walking ahead of them. For some reason, they, too, had decided to recuperate at his house like they didn’t have a whole fucking mansion over at the guest houses. But they were still waiting for transport so they could leave and check on their families, so he didn’t say anything.

He still didn’t like the three of them, but Ava seemed happy that Andrei wasn’t dead. Why, though, was beyond him. They were still part of the Council. They had kept Hansson in power for all these years.

“Ask them.”

“You ask them.”

He let out another breath and tried to ignore the whispers. Samantha and Julie had installed themselves back in his house, too. They had been whispering the whole time, trying to get the guts to come up to Ava to ask something. Ava would say yes to whatever it was because she was soft. They were going to have to work on that.

He looked back, and the Omegas lowered their heads. They were walking between Derek and Myles, where they had instilled themselves after his Beta and Gamma had protected them during the battle.

And behind the four of them was Jared.

The cowardly Alpha lowered his head when he saw him looking but continued to limp behind them. He tried not to get pissed off that Jared was walking so close like he was a part of them. Jared had saved Myles’ life. How would he deal with that? He still hated the guy, but now he owed him.

‘Stop it.’

He looked down at his mate innocently.

‘I haven’t done anything.’

‘You’re looking at him as if he's something disgusting under your shoe,’ Ava said in his head.

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