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 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

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,

"NOW we chop theapples." Ava mumbled to herself. The radio was on low in the background soher hips swayed to the music. She never thought she was the best dancer so madesure nobody was in the kitchen before moving her body to the soft beat.Lucas had dropped her off at his house beforegoing back to school for his football game. She hadn't been to any of his gamesbefore because he said it was too dangerous. The crowd would often get wildwhen cheering their team on so he didn't trust that Ava would be safe there.She told him she'd enjoy it but knew that deep inside, she would just want togo home. Crowds weren't her thing, surrounded by loud noises and people gettingaggressive. She would've wanted to support Lucas though.Bored with nothing to do, she decided to bakesomething as she hadn't done for a while. When she was home schooled, there hadbeen much more time to bake tasty treats for Lucas but now, she barely hadanytime to sleep with all the homework and stress from surpr

IT was the day of thecarnival trip and truthfully, Lucas was looking forward to it. He nor Ava hadbeen to one before and he loved that they got to share the memory together.Unfortunately, their friends also planned to tag along.Lucas was on the phone with Ava as she shoutedexcitedly about the day trip. He was doing some paper work for the pack,knowing he was really behind on it. The only thing making it bearable was hismate's sweet voice."I heard they have a Ferris wheel too!"He hummed. "I'm sure they do.""And- and they have those games. You knowthose ones where you shoot the ducks and throw the balls." She stutteredin excitement, trying to tell Lucas everything she knows. Ava had overheardsome girls talking about the carnival in one of her classes and she couldn'twait to relay the information to Lucas."That's great." He agreedabsentmindedly, trying to focus on the documents but seriously distracted byhow cute his mate was being."Lu Lu! Pay attention to me!" Ava whin