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    Tan began to walk toward the table where Ava and his friends were sitting.


    Ava gulped at his furious look. She tried to break free of Luke''s hand, thinking thatn would do something to Luke since he had warned her at the bus stop about Luke.


    But Luke tightened his grip on her hand. She look not feel afraid of anyone.


    at Luke, and Luke shook his head, indicating that she should


    She was ready to yell atn when she assumed he would stop at their table. But before that, he walked past their table and stopped at the table behind them. Ava turned her head and saw Paul and Cyrus joiningn to stand close to the table.


    "In"


    One of the boys seated on the table spoke out with fear in his voice.


    Ava gasped in shock. The people at the other tables rose up from their chairs and began to gather around the table.


    "It''s showtime. Come on."


    Ava heard other girls'' whispers. She frowned when she thought about how cheap


    it was for people to think fighting was a show.


    The boy tried to stand up, butn kicked his leg. The boy groaned in pain.


    "Look how hotn is! The real bad boy!"


    "Did you see how his tattooed muscles moved when he punched the boy? I just love it!"


    "Stop it, guys. He is currently with Nova."


    "But where is she? Today she didn''t show up on campus."


    "I sawn dragging her out of the party. I think she had a rough night with him.”


    The girls chuckled as they kept whispering aboutn.


    Ava felt disgusted. These upper-ss people and their spoiled kids werepletely out of her mind.


    "P-Please let me go. I didn''t do anything."


    The boy''s begging voice echoed through the whole cafeteria


    Ava''s eyes widened in shock. She hurriedly stood up as Luke and Abigail also got up from their chairs.


    Ava moved forward and noticedn''s ferocious expression.


    ''How can he beat a guy like that? Just because he is the son of the head Alpha, he can''t just do anything he wants,'' she thought.


    "I have run out of money. My dad is punishing me. I am broke, huh?"n muttered and kicked him again.


    Ava covered her mouth when she saw more blooding out of the boy''s mouth.


    She nced around and saw that no one wasing for help for the boy, not even his friends who were sitting with him at the table a while ago. They left their friend in danger and just flew away from the fight.


    No one had the guts to go againstn and stop him. She was surprised that even Luke was not moving.


    "Why don''t you stop him? He is beating a boy mercilessly.


    Luke grabbed Ava''s hand and said,


    "Let''s go from here. It''s not our fight. I don''t want him toe for you again."


    Ava was stunned. "But the boy-"


    "Ava, listen to me. He isn Dawson. He beats people like that, and there is no one who can stop him. Unfortunately, he has the authority. We can''t interrupt him unless it''s about us."


    "He is right, Ava," Abigail mumbled.


    Ava pulled her hand away from Luke''s grip. "What are you saying, Luke? I can not watch other people get beaten in front of me like that. I came for you too, remember?"


    Luke froze when he heard her. "But I thought it was me, that''s why you..."


    "Luke, please let me go," Ava said to Luke as she walked towardn. Cyrus and Paul stopped her.


    "Ava, you should not havee here. Go back to your ss. It''s not your brother''s fight," Cyrus said to her.


    She shook her head as she nced atn and the boy.


    "Why did you post those things to our group? What to show? Thatn Dawson


    has lost his authority?"


    "I-I am sorry, In. Please forgive me."


    "Forgive?"


    "Didn''t you spread to the entire university that I am out of money and my father has cut off everything? Now I will show how I will make him use his money for my actions."


    The boy was scared by his words.


    "What if I send you to the pack hospital for a week? I will give you an expensive treatment that wi...equire more time to recover. How about it?" He asked with a smirk.


    Ava was staring at an. She tightened her fists as she felt he was the ruthless boy


    in the world. He was proving it to her again and again.


    n, I apologize."


    The boy copsed onto the table, nearly unconscious.


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    "Leave this boy," she said, pushingn.


    Everyone gasped in shock.


    "You are a ruthless man. Why are you beating this boy? Just because of some posts? Your posts are everywhere, uploaded daily with new girls at club parties. That time, you never had a problem. Now that you saw he was a weak boy, you came to demonstrate your dominance over a weak person."


    Everyone stared at Ava. No one had the audacity to talk ton like that. She did thatst time as well, when she came to save Luke. But she went overboard this time.


    She assumed he was only talking about how she spoke to him. But then she noticed his gaze shift toward Luke. "Go and hang out with your friend. Don''t get between me and my prey, nerd."


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    Ava looked into his indignant eyes. She could not understand him. She started to


    feel that she should never have fallen for this boy before their rejection.


    Her secret crush on him broke her heart. She felt mad at herself for feeling something for this type of guy in the past.


    She was afraid of what would happen when he became the head Alpha. He would


    be the most unfair leader in their pack. Their pack was not safe in his hands.


    was about to hit his head against the table when Ava grabbed his wrist.


    "Please don''t!"


    Ava said it in a shaky voice, She feared that the boy would die.


    "Go and hold his hand, not mine," he said, yanking his hand away.


    Ava nearly lost her bnce due to it.


    However, a pair of arms held her from falling. She raised her head and saw that it


    was Luke.


    He helped her to stand up and pushed her behind him. Abigail rushed to Ava and hugged her. "Are you okay, Ava?"


    "I''m fine," Ava replied, then nced atn.


    Luke gaven a stern look.


    "Ian, I don''t care about your fights. That boy spread rumors about you, but the


    way you handled it was the cruelest way to do it. But you can''t hurt Ava like that. I won''t take it


    When Ava heard what Luke had said, she was stunned. She realized that he was not a coward when he refused to help the boy a few minutes ago. He denied it because he wanted to ignoren entirely. However, when it came to her, he came to defend her.


    She felt warmth in her heart. He did the same for her after the rejection. He tried to help her a lot of the time.


    to defend?"


    Luke''s fists tightened. "Stay away from her."


    Everyone was watching them with shocked faces. A few of them even recorded videos, expecting that they would fight likest time time


    Looking away from her, he returned his attention to Luke and muttered in a low


    tone,


    "Running after something that does not belong to you is only foolishness. The sooner you get it in your head, the


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