Her Passion 8

Ethan's POV:

"You're going to love me," Ella sang as she jogged across the sports field after class, and James immediately took her in his arms, whereupon a flash of jealousy and envy ran through her because it was so easy. Not that I could blame them, after all, I was the cause of this whole mess. I was about to tune them out, cruel I know, but can you blame me if my mate hates me, until I noticed the smell of Ava on her.

"Why do you smell like her?" I asked eagerly as we walked to lunch, ignoring
ignored Benjamin, who was fiddling around behind me with Charlotte, who was also giving him her favourite punishment by withholding sex.

As I found out he had actually had the guts to snap at my mate, I couldn't have stopped my wolf from surfacing even if I tried, in the end I made sure he knew exactly who was in charge. I knew he had a problem with bullies, I understood that, but pushing my mate further away from me wasn't acceptable at all in my eyes.

"I have had lessons with her, I like her," she beamed, and her expression immediately put a similar grin on James' face as we walked into the hall. We were the centre of attention of course, we always were, because we were the highest of the pack, me the alpha and James the beta. Not everyone lived in the pack house, but those who did were understandably closer.

"Like who?" Levi/Leo interjected as he sat down with Mia, who was naturally shy and blushed when everyone looked in her direction.

"Your sister, silly, she's the funniest person I have ever met," Ella winked, and the mention of his favourite sister brought a smile to Leo's face.

"Your sister Ava?" asked Mia and Levi nodded eagerly. He'd told her about my mate and it wasn't hard to tell that she was nervous as hell about meeting her because she and Sophia didn't get along at all.

"Yeah, like I said, Ethan, you're going to love me," she beamed and my back straightened at the thought of my mate. I immediately gave her a look that meant I should spit it out, I would hate to have to give her an alpha command, but we were talking about my mate here. She was my everything, and the tug in my heart was becoming more irritating and throbbing as the days went by. I knew it wouldn't calm down until I mated with her properly, and I was willing to do anything to win her over.

"Well..." I growled as she pulled it out, James glared at me slightly but said nothing in response, even though he was my best friend and beta and knew who was in charge. "Ok, ok, I sort of invited her to have lunch with us," she beamed and my eyes lit up as I pulled the little girl into my arms to give her a friendly hug.

I whispered a thank you. I rolled my eyes as James gave me an annoyed look before pulling Ella back into his arms, and I gave him a sheepish grin as suddenly both me and my wolf were filled with excitement and hope.

"Wait ... Did you say she was coming now?" Mia asked in a panic, it was no secret that she was dreading meeting my mate, fearing how she would react to being her brother's mate. I hadn't yet told the pack about the pathetic idiots who had turned my Ava into a rouge at such a young age, and I knew that if I even thought about telling anyone, she'd kick my ass if she didn't say I was allowed to do so. The last thing I needed was for her to have any more reason not to talk to me, let alone hit me where it hurts.

"Yeah, she should be the teacher to talk to after class," Ella said with a slight grin, and James looked at me worriedly as I grinned. It was clear that my mate was going to bring Ella out of her shell more, heck, I had been both shocked and aroused when my mate had popped after Ava had put her sister aka my stalker in her place.

"What ... what's she like?" muttered Mia, Leo looked at her admiringly as she tucked a strand of her mousey brown hair behind her ear.

"Oh yeah, Ethan, you need to start going to shifter class with less clothes on," Ella winked, and James' eyes widened comically as he shot me a look while I raised my hands in mock surrender. Her comment seemed to shock the entire table, Grayson choking on his drink while Benjamin was still pouting as he sat down next to his mate who just ignored him.

"Ella!" Charlotte gasped, covering her mouth to hide her stunned but amused expression, while James was still staring in my direction. What, I hadn't made her say it ?

"NO! I did not mean it, no offence. Ethan," it bubbled out of her, and her cheeks flushed slightly as she finally realised how her comment had come across. I watched as James relaxed and nuzzled her neck in a possessive gesture, though I could tell by the look on his face out of the corner of my eye that he still thought he was missing something.

"It's okay," I replied, still rocking in my seat as I fought the urge to look toward the doorway every second to see when she was coming. What was taking her so long?

"No, I mean for Ava's sake, when we were in English and she was watching you, she said, and I quote "stunningly" as she stared at you," Ella giggled as the rest of the female roommates gushed about having an alpha female while I gloated in praise. I was grateful that she obviously found me attractive; she hadn't shown any of that before me, and I was beginning to worry.

"Thank God," I heard James mutter softly to himself, but my even keener hearing picked it up and I rolled my eyes in his direction. As if I would want his mate when I had my own perfect mate who would make a brilliant alpha female, I thought proudly.

"Damn... You may have a problem, Ethan." Gianna, Grayson's mate, winced as she looked toward the entrance. We all swivelled our heads in her field of vision, only to let out an annoyed growl and sigh when we saw the blonde bitch walking across the hallway.

Sophia.

"At least she has other things on her mind or in her body," Benjamin scolded, obviously noticing one of the roughnecks who was currently staring hungrily at her. It was no secret that she slept around a lot, but playing with bullies like she did just to try to get a rise out of me was both stupid and dangerous.

"Is she really trying to make you jealous?"
Ella emitted a disgusted look, because since she had thankfully befriended my mate, she had become extremely protective of her.

"As if the bitch could," a voice suddenly snorted, startling us all. The delicious scent of my mate wafted into my senses, making me purr with pleasure as well as pin her down and mate with her until she screamed my name in delight.

"Ava," I breathed, looking around quickly as I saw her standing before me in all her beauty. God, she was incredible...

"Ethan," she greeted flatly, and my wolf backed away as I felt my face give slightly before fading to an expressionless mask.

Ouch.

"Ava!" Ella squealed excitedly, clapping her hands childishly as she greeted my mate. A smile appeared on Ava's lips, and while my wolf praised her for her joy, I wished I had given it to her. Soon my wolf purred, soon...