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Ava recalled once Dane had said that she should not lose her control and show her fierce side because it was terrible for others. Not everyone could handle fire and hurt others like that. Some other people could find her evil too. However, she only used her abilities when necessary.
But she was surprised Ian thought it was pretty.
She snorted back at him. “How cheap! You are calling pretty a horrible look? Perhaps you are mocking me.”
A thin line formed between his brows. “Do you think you look horrible? Who told you that?”
“Someone whom I trust the most,” she replied, giving him a stern look.
His eyes were clouded by darkness. His lips twitched when he realized who she was talking about. He just wanted to kill the man who called her horrible. How dared he? How dared he make her think like that?
Ian lifted his other hand and rested it on her head.
“Don’t be insecure with your looks. I saw it that day. You don’t look horrible. You are stunningly beautiful. I am not lying. I have never seen anyone so beautiful with green eyes. The fire in your hands represents your power. You looked like a fairy last night when you ignited the fire.
Ava froze at his every word. She remembered last night when he gave her a gift, but she tried to burn it on her palm.
She stared at the strange man with her lost eyes.
‘I set fire to the box he gave me. It was the most ruthless sight anyone could see. How can he find me beautiful to do that? He must be joking!‘ she thought.
She had nearly forgotten his hand was on her head. So, when he began stroking her hair with his hand, she flinched.
Ian’s hand stopped in the middle of the air. A feeling of sorrow flickered in his eyes, which she could not see.
He thought she did not like his touch. He remembered how she liked it when Dane touched her.
Ava’s eyes were drawn to his hand. She noticed a few burn scars on his palm. It looked like it had not healed yet. She remembered he was hurt when he attempted to extinguish the fire in her palm. He thought her palm was burning. He also tried to save the box from the fire. She wondered what was inside the box that made him behave
like that.
Ian balled his fist and put it down to his side.
“Ian, don’t force me to hurt you like last night,” she uttered in a low tone.
She was angry at this man, but she could not intentionally harm him.
“Hurt me,” he mumbled.
“What?”
His voice was sharp, and he sounded very serious.
“Hurt me as much as you want. But don’t make me see you with another man. You left this pack be not want to see me with another woman. But what about me? This is my pack; I can’t leave it.”
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She exhaled deeply and replied, “You don’t have to see It. Im leaving this pack in a few days.”
His calm expression changed into anger.
It shocked Ava. This was the first time since that reunion night that she had witnessed him getting mad at her.
“Why would you leave when your mate is here in this pack
“Stop playing with me by reminding me about this mate bond. You can’t have me. I am no longer the innocent virgin girl who saved herself for her mate. It has been four years. And now I am with Alpha Dane. He is my boyfriend. I have been sleeping with him for a long time. Didn’t you see me returning home from his house? [ spent many nights with him in his house.”
Ava tried everything she could think of to divert his attention away from herself. Otherwise, she did not find any other way.
Ian’s jaw clenched, his fists curled into a ball, his eyes darkened, and his expression became fierce.
Ava would be lying if she said she was not afraid. But she did not stop.
“What did you think? I will wait for you to realize your mistake? No, I started a new life there. I lived as I pleased. There I found my man Da-”
He grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her face closer to him. His eyes were brimming with anger.
“I am Ian Dawson, standing in front of you. I am your mate your only man. Never, ever call another man yours. I will not hurt you because doing so will only hurt myself. Instead, I am going to hurt him in ways you will not believe. And about sleeping with him…”
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“Whether you are a virgin or not does not matter to me. You can not make me change my heart. I don’t care how many men you have slept with. I don’t give a fuck about how many times you have slept with that Dane.”
