NOAH’S POV As soon as I saw Ava get in the car with Wesley and drive away, I got the same sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I saw her guard get in his car and start to follow them as well, so I got in mine and headed to the hotel. As soon as I got back to the hotel, I took the elevator to my room on the 25th floor and I went inside to see two sets of eyes staring at me. “Well?” My best friend Jackson asked. “It’s everything that I thought it would be.” I said, putting my keys on the table of the penthouse apartment. “So, she is the one?” My other best friend Mason asked. “Yeah. She is.” I said, grabbing a beer out of the fridge and I sat on the chair opposite the couch. “Did you tell her?” Jax asked. “Of course I didn’t tell her. Her whole life was uprooted just over a week ago. She’s still getting used to living here in the city, being the daughter of an Alpha and she’s already got a boyfriend.” I said. “Wow. That didn’t take long.” Jax said. And I growled at

I woke up as my alarm was going off that morning and I sat up quickly, trying to look for mom sitting on the side of my bed. When I realized that it was all a dream, everything came crashing back down on top of me. Remembering that my mother was in danger and I didn’t know where she was. And I felt completely powerless at trying to find her. I got up and I got changed and I walked down the stairs and out the front door. I ran four laps of the massive yard around the mansion and when I got back to the house, I was still feeling a lot of pent up anger, so I went into the gym and worked out there for a while. When I finally went back upstairs I had a shower and I got dressed into a white oversized men’s dress shirt that I left unbuttoned at the top and I tied up at the front to show off my stomach, jeans, black boots and my black leather jacket. I then walked downstairs and I put my bag against the wall while I went into the dining room and Sandra and Leo were both looking at m

When I finally got out of that office, Wesley had a lot of questions for me and I told him the basics about the guidance officer. Wesley said that people must be worried about me, but I didn’t believe that. As soon as school finished that day Miles picked me up and took me straight to my dad’s office and it was a skyrise building in his part of the city. So I went inside and my ID and everything was already waiting for me at the front desk and I took the elevator up to the 18th floor and I stopped at another foyer. Dad came out of his office and told the receptionist who I was and she bared her neck to me in respect. Dad then took me to his office and I saw that he had a second desk set up in there for me to sit at. “You really didn’t have to go through all of this trouble.” I said. “It’s no trouble at all. I’m excited to have you working here.” He said. “I can see that. What exactly am I meant to do up here? I asked. “Well, I think the first thing you should do is fa

“Alpha Elias.” Dad said, standing up. “Hello Alpha John. Aren’t you going to introduce us?” Alpha Elias asked, still staring at me. “Ava, this is Alpha Elias of the Winter Storm pack. They are located about three hours away from here. Alpha Elias, this is my daughter Ava.” Dad introduced us. So Alpha Elias walked over to me and he extended his hand straight out so he could shake it. I slowly reached out and took his hand, and he clasped it really tight and placed his other hand over the top. “It is so nice to finally meet you.” Alpha Elias said, staring into my eyes. “I wish I could say the same.” I said. “Ava.” Dad warned. “Do you think you could let go of my hand before you cut off the circulation?” I asked. “Ava.” Dad warned again. Alpha Elias narrowed his eyes on me, not looking at dad once, and then started laughing. “Well, you are everything that your father said that you are.” He said. “Great. That doesn’t explain why you still have my hand in a vice grip.”

As I was walking towards my room I heard Sandra talking in her room that she shares with dad, but I knew that she couldn’t be talking to dad because he was still downstairs. The door was open just a crack and I stood next to the door and saw Sandra pacing back and forth while she was on the phone. She sounded like she was crying. “What the hell was Elias doing here mom? He just showed up unannounced and invited himself into my home…I don’t care…you know what he did the last time I saw him…I can’t have him here ruining what I have now…I don’t care if John is a marriage of convenience for me and Elias can’t ruin that…he tried to force me to mate him…I don’t ever want to see that bastard again…you could have at least told me that he was here…I know that he got me mixed up with Isabella last time but do you remember how close he came to getting me instead of her?...I don’t care mom, keep him the fuck away from me.” Sandra hung up the phone and threw it on the bed. I snuck back to my