Her Passion 14

Ethan's POV:

I couldn't help grinning even if I tried, and I didn't want to as I stood outside the school with my backpack, waiting for the buses to come in.

It had been four days since the night I had gone to the ice cream parlour with my mate.

I thought I had made things worse than I had.

I had made the right decision, thankfully.

I remember how nervous I had been when her brother told me about her problem, that she needed a ride, and how I had immediately told him I would pick her up, even though Leo thought it would only make things worse.

I was thankful I hadn't listened to him, I had shown her my softer side and I couldn't have been more relieved that I had.

"You know it's official, I have never seen you so happy," Grayson said with a grin as his own mate stood by his side, Gianna on her phone as she played what looked like a game of penguin, which I could only shake my head at. Grayson found it admirable that she was so obsessed with it, while the rest of us found it pretty damn amusing that a girl her age could be so interested in it.

"How could I not be, the rascals have not caused any problems, Ava is finally giving me a chance and my wolf is practically purring with satisfaction," I grinned, my packmates found it hilarious but I didn't care. Why should I, I finally had a chance with my mate, and even though we were taking it extremely slow, I was too grateful that she was giving me a chance at all to mind.

"Whatever dude, I still don't like her," Benjamin muttered and caught me staring fiercely in his direction, Charlotte didn't mind my mate's past so why should he? Sure it was sad that Charlotte almost got taken out, but if she can give my mate a break, then so can he damn well!

"You know what happens when you piss her off, Benjamin, don't forget that," I hissed, making him cringe as he remembered what had happened the last time he pissed her off. He may be one of my closest friends, but I was still his Alpha and Ava was still my mate. He needed to learn his place! He could do it the easy way or the hard way, it was up to him.

It was amusing to see his face light up as he pulled her closer to him, and while I probably would have laughed at his display a few weeks ago, I knew exactly what he was feeling thanks to my own mate, my Ava.

"The buses are here," Leo grinned as they stopped, and my back tightened as
I pushed myself off the wall. I had tried to persuade her to let me take her, but she had refused, saying the bus ride was her time to think, which I could completely understand. I didn't want to push her, because I knew I was a lucky guy to get the chance she gave me, and I wasn't stupid enough to throw it away for something so trivial.

We all stood up as the rouges got off the buses, ok, I admit that's not quite right, because a large number of the rouges were actually the mates of some of our females. For this reason, like the situation.
Therefore, like the situation with Ava, they were immediately joined to the pack and were no longer considered rouges, although there had to be a ritual at the next full moon to join them to the pack when we were in our wolf forms to make it official.

"Ava," I breathed, much to the amusement of my pack, as I felt the ache in my chest subside as her scent penetrated my senses, and my wolf no longer paced in my inner cage as it was soothed by our mate.

As I continued to look in her direction, I had to grin as her form skipped down the steps of the bus and her head snapped in my direction, making my heart flutter as she wore a similar, goofy smile as I did.

"Good morning everyone," she greeted with a dazzling smile as she moved into my embrace, my arms wrapping around her slender waist as I pulled her close, breathing in her all-too-addictive scent.

Mmm...

"Good morning, beautiful," I breathed as I nestled my face into her thick curls, hearing my pack greet her as well as she relaxed into my embrace and wrapped her arms loosely around my waist, actually pulling me closer. Not that I minded, she could pull me as close as she wanted if it did her any good.

"Ava, did you hear what your sister did the other day?" Ella giggled, which made my mate sigh. The fact that she was the missing Gold had spread throughout the school and people were constantly talking about it or staring at her. I tried my best to shut them all up, but gossip was gossip. I was just glad that her hearing couldn't pick up some of the rumours, even though sometimes I was paranoid that she could actually pick up on what they were saying.

I couldn't help feeling that she was hiding something from me, something big that had completely escaped me. It's not that
I didn't know she didn't have a nice life because she was kicked out at such a young age, but I hoped that one day she would trust me enough to tell me about her past. It was disgusting how her parents had pushed my angel aside, and I knew that if they hadn't been on a business trip, I would have slit their throats as soon as I found out. This business trip had saved them, but they would feel my wrath when they returned, and that was a promise I intended to keep.

"I wish you wouldn't call her that, I prefer the term bitch or whore or whatever else you can think of," Ava muttered against my chest, causing me and the rest of the pack to giggle. It was no secret that no one liked Sophia and the only reason she even lived in the blue moon pack house was because of my respect for her parents since they had alpha blood.

That thought made me freeze and my eyes narrowed slightly, what little respect I had for her parents had successfully disappeared when I heard how badly they had treated her.

Once I had permission from my mate to let my pack know how disgusted I was with them, I could successfully drive them out of my territory or kill them, depending on how badly they had treated her. Anyway, that was my plan, I still had to introduce my mate to my parents, but that was the next step on my to-do list.

I shook the depressing but serious thoughts out of my head and focused on the warm and perfect feeling I was getting from my mate, who still hadn't moved from my arms, not that I was complaining.

It wasn't until I rejoined the conversation that I realised I must have been zooming away, because the women were giggling and even Benjamin couldn't hide the smile that seemed to appear on his lips.

"What did I miss?" I asked curiously, and Gianna, standing at Grayson's side, snorted when I did.

"Not much, just a very delightful overview of what Ava thinks of her sister - sorry about the whore thing," Gianna corrected herself with a giggle, Grayson looking at her admiringly as she did so.

"Thanks for the correction, Gianna, I appreciate it," Ava muttered, sparking another round of laughter before making our way inside.

"Are you okay?" I asked her when she made no move to let me go, not that I was complaining or anything.

"Yeah, I'm fine," was all she sighed before suddenly jumping up, surprising me enough to catch her just in time as she wrapped her deliciously long legs around my waist in a way that made me want to do nothing more than mount her on the spot. She really wasn't making it easy for me to take it slow, was she?

"Are you sure?" I asked anxiously as I walked into the school where my packmates had already left, my hands firmly on my mate's firm and perfect butt as I held her weight so she wouldn't have to tense her legs while she wrapped them around me.

I wasn't complaining about the position, no, I LOVED the position, I just wish I didn't have to restrain myself from undressing her and marking her like I and my wolf so desperately wanted to.

"I'm fine, Ethan, thanks for asking, but it's sweet," she murmured against my neck, her breath on my naturally hot skin making me shiver. I felt her smile against my tanned skin, her comment making my grin widen even more as I felt my heart flutter at her compliment. Yes, I was being whipped.

"So you think I'm cute?" I teased, unable to help myself.

"Yeah, I think you're adorable," she giggled, pulling me even closer as I took my time getting us to class. I had swapped all my classes with hers, so we had all our classes together except for when I went to shifter classes to train my pack for fighting and transformation and such, where I had to reluctantly leave her.

In those moments, I wished she could transform, but whether she transformed or not, she was still my mate, and that didn't change how I felt about her. She was my everything, even if she was just beginning to realise that.