Her Passion 15

Ethan's POV:

I couldn't help the sigh that crossed my lips as I stood in the large field where the shifters of our pack were located, because I didn't like the fact that I had to leave my mate to participate in this lesson. My pack had been avoiding me as much as possible, which I couldn't really blame them for since I wasn't exactly doing well.

I wasn't exactly in the best of moods. How could I be when my mate wasn't here, she was supposed to be by my side, damn it, where she belonged!

I ran a hand through my hair as I glanced to my right, trying to suppress a grin as
when I felt my friend's eyes on me. I had taken Ella's advice and immediately removed my shirt as I entered the training area. Huh? I was a guy, after all, and the fact that I could feel the lust of some of my buddies was a bonus!

When we fully mate, we will be much more in tune with each other, which means that not only will she be mine, but I'll be able to feel her emotions as if they were my own, and I'd be able to follow them with ease. This was something I couldn't help but look forward to it, because being so close to her, in such an intimate way, was extremely satisfying for both me and my wolf.

"Hey, buddy, cut it out," James joked as he jogged to my side, making sure to keep his tone playful. My wolf didn't appreciate being bossed around; James, like the rest of the pack, knew to be careful around me. My father felt the same way, and that thought reminded me that both he and my mother were getting impatient about meeting my mate and future alpha female once I marked her.

"Anyway, how the hell do you deal with it?" I asked in frustration as I ran my hand through my hair once again, keeping an eye on the new pack mates who happened to be the roughnecks who had mated in the pack. The other male bullies had a different class, we didn't really want to teach them how to fight so they could turn on us, right?

"What about being away from my Ella?" he asked and I nodded. "It's never easy mate, I bet it's even worse for you because your wolf is fucking possessive, no offence," he continued and I frowned. Brilliant, this is just wonderful news.

"Well, that sucks," I said, shrugging my shoulders. I turned and rounded everyone up before saying we were going to work on speed. Everyone followed me into the woods before I felt the familiar feeling that came over me as I turned into my pure black wolf.

'Hey hunter.'

I winced as I heard Sophia's voice in my head, unfortunately that was the only place I couldn't completely avoid her. For starters I had tried to completely tune her out and order her to the other end of the field, since she had been more than a little difficult lately with me being with her sister and all.

She thought I was delusional and kept reminding me, her whiny voice being more of an annoyance than anything else. When she started throwing herself at me, I wanted to tell her to back off, because the last thing I needed was for Ava to get the wrong idea and for me to lose any chance with her. That thought was completely unacceptable, after finding out what an amazing person she is, how my wolf and I are incredibly comfortable around her, even the thought of being away from her was unacceptable to me.

'Fuck off Sophia, I'm not in the mood and unless you want to feel my teeth in your neck, you better shut up and focus! And before you make a comment, I'll make sure it hurts,' I hissed at her, baring my teeth in a way I knew her wolf whimpered. I was right, of course, and when I heard her whimper before she scurried off, I rolled my eyes. She may think she has power over everyone because she's the only female shifter, but by the time I'm done with her parents, she'll be without a pack house and moving back in with her parents if I have anything to do with it.

Grayson laughed, and the sound in his wolf form earned him strange looks as we all watched Sophia walk away with her tail between her legs.

I rolled my eyes as I caught her thoughts, and the fact that she was stupid enough to think I was just playing hard to get said it all. Seriously, why would I want her? Not only was she rude and disrespectful and thought she was the alpha female, she didn't have the skills to be.

She wasn't one of the fastest, she was lazy and undisciplined, and the fact that she was a good fighter didn't make up for the fact that she didn't listen to orders unless I forced her to.

"She needs to learn her place, I'm getting tired of her," I replied with a grunt and heard laughter in the pack, as even the former rascals found it amusing. I was shocked but pleased at how easily they had accepted the idea of being in a pack, but it wasn't hard to see why when they explained that they hadn't become ruffians by choice, but had been kicked out of their former packs or forced to leave them.

"I just can't believe you said that to her," Benjamin snorted, causing me to roll my eyes, earning strange looks as I doubted it really looked natural in my wolf form.

The rest of the morning went well, but I was looking forward to lunch so I could be with my mate, and I hoped she hadn't found out that I'd talked to the teacher who'd tried to give my mate detention. Had she overlooked the fact that Ava was her superior and the last thing the teacher should do was tell her what to do?

As I strode into the recess hall, I was pleasantly surprised to see her already seated at my table with the girls, and my grin widened when I realised she was actually eating. In my eyes she was still way too skinny for my taste, I didn't mind a girl who'd a little meat on her bones, but I wasn't stupid enough to let her know what I thought.

"Hey baby, did you've a good morning?" I asked as I gave her a kiss on the cheek before sitting down next to her since I was planning on getting something to eat a little later.

"Yes, although I heard you'd a very interesting conversation with one of my teachers." She grumbled as she looked at me with a raised eyebrow, while the rest of my close packmates came in behind me and immediately went to greet their comrades.

At her comment, I was sure I turned as white as a sheet, which made me damn glad that the fact that I was naturally tan would make it a little easier to hide my reaction. Shit, is she mad at me? Crap, crap, I knew I shouldn't have butted in, but I couldn't help it, and I was sure I looked funny wide-eyed and open-mouthed as my packmates laughed at my expense.

"Don't worry Ethan, I actually thought it was cute," Ava smiled, which immediately relaxed me, while I let out a dramatic sigh of relief that elicited laughter and giggles from around the table.

"That's a relief, I'll be right back. I need to go get food. Do you need anything, babe?" I asked her as I stood up, because I was starving. Werewolves had extremely high metabolisms, which meant we'd to eat LOT to keep up with all the shifting and such.

"Could you get me something to drink, a milkshake will do?" she asked, making a move to get her purse out of her pocket, causing me to scoff. Oh hell no! She might've wanted to take it slow, but I'd more than enough money I didn't know what to do with, so there was no way I was going to let her pay for something I could get for her. Not to mention it made me and my wolf purr, the feeling I got when I took care of my mate was one that made me deliciously addicted.

"So a milkshake," I said, and after giving her a kiss on the cheek, walked away, leaving her sitting with her mouth open while she held the money in her hand.
I could hear my pack laughing at her expense, and while I wouldn't normally have liked it, I'd to admit that it was amusing to hear her panting under her breath and muttering something along the lines of not being a kept woman.

That was another thing I loved about her, because unlike Sophia, she didn't seem to value money, at all. After all, she'd lived most of her life without much of it, and though the thought pained me, I couldn't help but find that trait endearing, because she certainly wouldn't be with me just for my money, not that I thought she was or anything.

"Hold on there, buddy," James called out as the rest of the males quickly headed out to grab some food.

"Ethan, Ethan!"

"Oh, for the love of..." muttered I, as James gave me a sympathetic look, and Sophia ran into the hall with a panicked look on her face as she scanned the room for me. When she spotted me in the food line, she quickly came over, and if she hadn't looked so panicked, I'd have ignored her.

"What's wrong, Sophia?" I asked annoyed, causing her to frown.

"It's about my parents, da... da," she stammered, causing me to frown, what was wrong with those damn idiots?

"What about them, Sophia?" I asked bluntly, earning strange looks from my packmates. I knew why, it was obvious, because I should have been paying more attention. But would you mind if your soulmate, the girl who's your life, your everything, was kicked out as a child by these people?

They made me sick, disgusted even, and if they hadn't left I'd have ripped their throats out before I could've calmed down. I knew that, Leo/Levi knew that, and it was only a matter of time before everyone knew it, if it was okay for my mate to have her past known that way.

"Why aren't you more worried?" she screeched, obviously annoyed at my lack of response.

"Okay, okay, Sophia, I'm sorry. Tell me slowly what happened," I asked placatingly, having reached a crowd through her heated entrance and loud yelling.

"Your house burned down, I don't know how, but apparently someone set a fire"
she gasped and my eyes widened.

Almost instinctively I looked to my mate, only to see an extremely innocent expression on her face.