Lucas interrupted, "it's alright. She went to Ava straight away so itwas lucky she was good hands.""I can't thank you enough. Both of you." She emphasised,appreciation lacing her words."Just keep an eye on her next time." He warned.The lady nodded and walked out with the little girl waving at Lucas andAva. Ava licked her ice cream happily and waved at the girl, pleased she foundher mother.After that, the pair said their own goodbyes to Joe and set off to thepark. Ava loved going to the tree because even though she lost her mother andfather there, she gained Lucas and she was quite alright with that.Spending a while sat against the large tree and eating their ice cream,Ava started to get tired so she asked to go home. Lucas readily agreed, knowingthat home meant his house. Ava didn't call the children's home her home becauseas cringey as it may sound, home is where the heart is and her heart is alwayswith Lucas."Go put a movie on baby. I'll get the pizza." Lucas put som
HIS arms were wrapped around his little Ava, rough fingers grazingher bare arm. Lucas realised she was asleep from the quiet snores that emittedfrom her and the calming, even breaths that hit his naked chest every time shetook a breath.Obviously Lucas wasn't going to wake her to go back to the children'shome, so he was pleased with her staying the night. Miss Barnaby knew that ifAva wasn't there at the children's home, she'd be with Lucas so he didn'treally need to call the women to let her know Ava would be staying over. Hedidn't think Miss Barnaby cared that much to be honest. Or she knew she couldtrust Lucas to look after Ava.He looked down at her - the soft skin on her face, flawless apart from afew pimple scars, the long eyelashes that touched her high cheekbones, her cutelittle button nose and the pink, pouty lips that Lucas begged to kiss. Perfection.This is what he wanted forever. To go to sleep with Ava in his arms. Toknow that she'd be the last thing he would s
But he couldn't. It would expose werewolves to the humans in the corridor,watching them with curious eyes. Pack members watched their Alpha staredangerously at the scared boy. They knew what Lucas was capable of, even thehumans had a rumour that he was some kind of beast. Everyone watched, worriedfor the jock but none doing anything to stop it.Lucas closed his eyes to calm himself down and change his black eyes backinto it's normal grey colour. Taking deep breaths, he thought of his mate. Thetingles he gets when he touches her. The butterflies he gets when he catchesher checking him out. The scent of mangos that told him she was near. The warmfeeling in his heart whenever she smiles at him."Ava is mine." His eerily calm voice echoed in the usually loudhalls. "You got that?"Jackson gulped and nodded vigorously.Lucas applied more pressure to his chest, ensuring that bruises would beformed. "I said... you got that?" He said through gritted teeth,staring at Jackson dead in
IT was now lunch and Ava still hasn't seen him since they saidgoodbye that morning. She actually hadn't seen any of the boys. She even waitedat the end of every lesson in case Lucas came to meet her but he never did.When Jackson came back from his chat with Lucas, he looked more or lessok. A little sweaty but she assumed he just ran to lesson in fear of beinglate. Understanding that it was none of her business, she didn't want to askwhat they talked about. But, curiosity got the better of her and she ended upblurting out the question."Nothing really. Just wanted me to look after you." He whisperedcasually as to not draw attention to themselves. It sounded like somethingLucas would do but she looked at his Adam's apple bob as he swallowed and howhis eyes focused on Miss Gillies presentation for once. He'slying. She thought but didn't point it out. She had no idea why hewould lie but it must've been a secret. Ava was just concerned for Jackson asLucas tended to be a bit pr
IT wasn't until the sun started to go down that Lucas finally gothome. He had to stop a fight between some pack members so he was more thaneager to return home and have Ava in his arms."Where have you been?" Ryan asked him curiously. He also had abucket of fried chicken in his arms.Lucas groaned and rolled his eyes. "Some fight about who knows what.I put them in the cells to get them to sort it out." He reached for apiece of chicken only to have his hand slapped away."Mine!" Ryan ran away from him, protectively cradling thechicken.Shaking his head at his crazy friend, he walked into the pack house."Son. How did it go?" His father asked, referring to the rogues.Shrugging, he said, "easy. No injuries on our side. They must nothave known who's land it was."John nodded in understanding. "Well, there's some lasagne in theoven."He felt his stomach rumbling at the sound of Miss Lillian's lasagne butthen he wondered whether Ava had eaten yet."Is Ava here?" He asked his fathe
He was practically running around aimlessly when he decided that he neededall the help he could get to find her. "Ryan! Ava's lost. I- I have no idea where she is." He mind linked his best friend, whilst whipping his head at every littlesound."What do you mean she's lost?!" Ryan answered almost immediately, sounding worried for the little girl. Heknew far well she was too sweet for any harm to come to her."I mean she's lost man!! I didn't pick her up because of the roguesand I guess the receptionist didn't tell her I left. Not that it would've donemuch. She walked home and you know how Ava is..." Lucas couldn't control his ramblings, explaining rapidly the situation."Man! What's this about you losing Ava?! How could you do this toher. You know it's raining right?! She could get sick! Or die!" Mason joined in the conversation. Lucas growled at the thought and now hefelt angry - at himself and at others but that was probably to make himselffeel better."Be careful Mason. I a
SHE sneezed again and rolled her eyes at what she knew was to come. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... And as expected, Lucas barged into the room. His hair was messy and his under eyes were dark, exhaustion clear on his face. Light stubble had made an appearance considering he hadn't shaved for days. "Are you ok? You called me. What's wrong?" His eyes were wide with concern as he climbed onto the bed in front of her, clutching onto her face with his large hands. Lucas searched her face for anything that could be wrong. Ava kept her face straight. "I sneezed." It had only been a few days since she was left by herself and was forced to take shelter, admittedly not very well shelter, on a tree. She had been staying with Lucas and Miss Barnaby didn't really mind. He clearly felt guilty because he wouldn't stop apologising since the moment she woke up. He even skipped school to look after her. Lucas was definitely much more attentive to her needs, puffing her pillows, bringing extra blankets,
LUCAS had Ava's backcuddled to his chest as they watched Sleeping Beauty. He would never say it outloud but it was actually his favourite Disney movie.Her small body was clad in one of his large shirtsand some cotton shorts. The bruises on her body were fading but would stillbring her slight pain when she moved sometimes. Lucas' jaw clenched and hishold on her tightened as he thought of the people responsible for bringing hislittle mate pain. It was hard for him to not kill the disgusting excuse ofhumans. He managed to settle for a few of his female pack members to take theirturns in torturing the girls.The pride in his chest was overwhelming when hewalked out of class to see his delicate Ava, kicking Ruby in the stomach. Hetaught her self defence sometimes and she was really good too but never likedviolence so it was surprising.Ava's pink lips moved as she quietly sang alongwith characters. He remembered how soft her lips felt when they took eachothers first kiss. Adm