All Chapters of The Alpha’s Puck Bunny: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

AvaDear Moon Goddess,I think You owe me an explanation.I know that’s probably not how I’m supposed to talk to the Moon Goddess, especially after spending most of my life asking You for things, but I was attacked by a rogue last night, so I’m giving myself a little room to be disrespectful.What happened out there?And please don’t give me one of those mysterious Moon Goddess answers where I’m supposed to figure everything out myself.I’ve been doing that for seventeen years.I’m tired.Jace’s wolf found me.Not the teachers.Not Dad.Not one of the wolves assigned to the lower trail.Him.Nobody even knew where I was, but somehow he did.And then there was the way he looked at me.I know that sounds ridiculous because he’s a wolf and obviously wolves look at people, but this wasn’t like that. I felt like he was trying to tell me something, and I couldn’t understand him.I wanted to.That’s the part I haven’t told anyone.When I looked into his eyes, I wanted to hear him.For just a

AvaBy the time Jace walked into the library, I had already decided I wasn’t going to mention the fact that he’d texted me back almost immediately after hockey practice.It meant nothing.People responded to texts every day without it becoming significant, and the fact that I had smiled when he told me Onyx still thought I was bossy was nobody’s business but mine.Unfortunately, Sara had seen me smiling at my phone.That made it her business, apparently.She’d spent ten minutes informing me that Jace Walker and I were “getting weird,” which was ridiculous because nothing was happening. Jace was my tutoring student. I was the girl he’d spent two years calling Puck Bunny. His wolf had saved me from a rogue, and something strange happened whenever Onyx got close to me.Perfectly normal.Except for almost all of it.“You’re staring.”I blinked.Jace stood across the table with his backpack hanging from one shoulder.“I was thinking.”“About me?”“No.”“That answer came fast.”I frowned. “

AvaDad almost choked on his coffee when I told him I was going to Combat Training.Mom didn’t choke.She simply closed her eyes like she had already decided she wasn’t getting involved.“Absolutely not,” Dad said.I continued spreading cream cheese across my bagel. “Good morning to you too.”“Ava, your ankle is sprained.”“My ankle is mostly healed.”“You were attacked by a rogue two nights ago.”“I remember. I was there.”Mom made the mistake of smiling.Dad pointed at her. “Don’t encourage her.”“I’m eating breakfast.”“You’re smiling.”“I’m married to you. Sometimes you’re amusing.”I bit the inside of my cheek because laughing would destroy whatever tiny chance I had of winning this argument.Dad turned back to me. “The healer said limited physical activity.”“And she cleared me yesterday afternoon.”“For normal activity.”“Combat Training is a normal class at a wolf academy.”“Ava.”“Dad.”His expression tightened, and I knew exactly where this was headed. Dad wasn’t trying to b

AvaThirteen minutes.That was all that separated me from eighteen, and somehow Jace staring at the clock above the arena doors made those thirteen minutes feel less like time and more like a countdown to something neither of us was ready to name.“My birthday,” I said.His eyes came back to mine. “Yeah.”Something about his voice made my stomach tighten. “What did Onyx say?”“Nothing.”“Jace.”“He’s being annoying.”“He’s always annoying.”A strange expression crossed his face. “He likes you.”I smiled nervously. “I like him too.”That apparently had been the wrong thing to say because Jace sucked in a breath and looked away.The arena had mostly emptied. A few players were still inside the locker room, and somewhere down the hallway Coach Daniels was talking to someone, but Sara had already gone outside after I promised I’d meet her at the car.I should have left.Instead, I stayed.“Are you scared?” Jace asked.“Of turning eighteen?”“Of whatever happens when you do.”I thought abo

AvaFor seventeen years, I had imagined the first words my wolf would say to me.I thought she might tell me her name. Maybe she’d apologize for taking so long, although that was probably expecting a little too much from a wolf. Sometimes, when I was younger, I imagined hearing her voice on my birthday and immediately knowing why I’d spent my entire life feeling like part of me was missing.I never imagined her first word would be help.The voice ripped through my head seconds before my knees gave out.Then Jace caught me.“Ava!”His arms wrapped around me before I hit the pavement, but I barely felt them. Pain exploded behind my eyes as something inside me pushed forward with enough force to steal my breath.Not Onyx.Her.I knew it.I knew it as surely as I’d recognized Jace’s scent at midnight.“My wolf.”Jace lowered us both to the ground. “You can hear her?”I grabbed his shirt.“She’s here.”Another wave of pain tore through me.I cried out.Onyx’s voice slammed into my mind.Ma