The Lycan King novel Chapter 37

Nikolai

"You can do it Avalyn. Concentrate." I told her.

We were in the patio right now and I was helping Ava use her powers. We hadn't done this before because we didn't know how to control it. And since hadn't been able to find a faye to help her, I had taken it upon myself to train her.

I had placed a bottle on a table in front of us and I had told Ava to use her mind power and lift it in the air.

We have been at it for almost an hour now but the bottle hasn't even moved a millimetre.

"I can't do it." She cried out of frustration.

"Remember how you willed Lisa to stand up from her kneeling position and sit besides Rhazien, we need that kind of determination Ava." I told her.

"But I didn't even do anything consciously." She frowned. "I just felt very strongly about her not kneeling."

"Do you remember when you saw me and Natalia in my office?" I asked her about the day she thought I cheated on her.

She gave me an unsure nod.

"I have cameras in the entire house Ava. I could see you running in the camera one second and you vanished the next." I told her. Everyone had freaked out. But we just thought it was a glitch in the camera but I now knew it wasn't.?

"We couldn't see you or smell you. What were you thinking at that time?" I asked her softly.

"Just that I wanted to be alone for some time. I didn't want anyone to find me." She whispered.

"Just like that, you have to think about moving this bottle." I told her.

She held my eyes and nodded.

She closed her eyes and concentrated. I could feel her trying really hard through the bond.

The bottle slowly but unsteadily lifted from the table. Ava's brown hair were turning white but then suddenly they turned brown again and the bottle crashed on the ground.

She eyes snapped open and she looked at the glass remains. She looked... defeated.

Suddenly an idea popped into my mind.

'Send in Ava's slave with a couple of daggers. Get her in full slave- mode.'?I mind-linked Sofiya.

"You know what? Sit down and lets take a break. We will practice aiming next. I think practicing your powers is enough for today." I told her and snatched a bottle of water, opening the cap and gulping some before offering it to Ava.

She took it from my hand and drank the rest of it after she plopped on the chaise next to mine.

"I don't think I can do it." She whispered.

"Don't be so tough on yourself. Its your first day." I said lightly. I saw the slave walk in with a bag in her hand. "The equipments are here."

She came and kneeled at my feet, extending the bag towards me.

"Master." She greeted.

"Alpha." I growled lowly.

Only my Ava can call me Master.

She trembled. "I'm sorry. Alpha." She gulped.

Ava was looking at me with a frown on her beautiful face. I focused on the matter in hand.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"April, Alpha." She whispered.

"So April, would you mind giving your life for me, if need arises?" I asked lightly, as if I was talking about the weather.

"No, Alpha." She whispered again.

"Fantastic." I grinned. "Go stand against that tree. We would like to do some target practice." I said and stood up, taking the daggers out of the bag.

"Are you serious?" Ava all but shrieked.

"Of course I am serious. You out of all people should know I don't joke about training and safety." I sounded perfectly offended.

"And what about her safety. Her?life?"?She was hysterical by now. I could feel her hurt, anger and betrayal through the bond.

"She just said she doesn't mind dying." I shrugged and picked up a dagger, twirling it around my fingers.

"She is a slave! Of course she will say that!" She said, her eyes wide. "Are you actually going to throw them at her?"

"Are you crazy, Love? Of course not. No need to waste a perfectly good slave like this. I am going to aim at the tree, just her outlines. But there is a possibility it may hit her, and she might get hurt or die..." I trailed and offered her the dagger.

It was an insult to myself to even insinuate that I would miss my mark. The things I do for Ava...

She looked at the dagger and then at me like she didn't recognise any of the two.

I shrugged and decided to start. If she didn't want to go first, I would.

"Don't do this please!" She clutched my hand.

"Stay still April." I said in a firm, Master voice. She was standing against the tree, trembling slightly but she nodded.

I didn't want to kill her deliberately but if things didn't go the way I wanted and she moved even an inch, she was as good as dead. Not even Vladimir's blood would be able to save her.

I ignored Ava's pleas and threw the dagger in my hand. It landed a hair's length above her head.

"First time's a luck." I winked at Ava. She had tears in her eyes now.

I turned and picked up two more daggers, one in each hand and threw again, both stopping mid air and then falling to the ground.

I picked up more and threw them again but the same thing happened. I saw Ava give me a challenging look from the corner of my eye but I focused on throwing daggers. Once the entire bag was empty, I looked at April who was slumped against the tree in relief.

Ava had stopped every single dagger and I was so fucking proud of her.

"Did I tell you to rest?" I shouted at her as I stomped to where she was now sitting. Her eyes widened as she scrambled to get up again.

"Nikolai?stop!?Please! Just let her go!" I could hear Avalyn run behind me. I controlled my smirk and picked up my pace.

"Her life is more important to you than training!" I hissed at Ava. "I told you we were going to practice aiming but you keep on defying me!"

I held April by the waist and jumped up from branch to branch so I reached the topmost branch of the tree.

"Since you are so dead set on defying me, try and save her now." I said and pushed the hysterically crying slave off the tree.

She looked up at me and all I saw was fury in her eyes. Her eyes had turned pale blue and her hair was slowly turning white.

What shocked me this time was that Ava somehow switched places with April who was now on the ground and Ava was the one who was falling.

Fuck!

I leaped of the branch and dived to catch Ava. She was falling, her body facing mine and a hand stretched out towards me. I extended my hand and caught her hand in mine, pulling her in my arms and twisted so I get the worst of the fall and she falls on top of me so she wouldn't get hurt.

I closed my eyes just before I was about to crash but I?stopped,?mid- air. And then fell down with an oomph. But it hardly hurt since it was only a one foot fall.

I looked so see any signs of hurt on Ava who was lying on top of me. There was no sign of hurt except her crying and punching my chest.

I got up from the ground and pulled Ava with me. But she pushed me away and started stalking to the house, still crying and furious. I tried to get into her mind but she had shut me out. I understood why but it pissed me off.

"You can leave." I told to April who was crying as she knelt on the ground and stalked behind my mate.

"Ava stop." I called her as she entered the house through the back doors.

"No!" She gritted and continued stomping.

"Why?" I asked. She looked so fucking hot all worked up. It was cute.

"You know why!" She sent a cute little glare my way before she stomped up the stairs.

"But I don't." I controlled my laugh. Goddess spent some extra making my mate.

Damn that ass!

I wanted to spank her and see that rosy colour rise up her ass.?This was SO not a good time to get a boner.

"Don't you laugh at me!" She screamed and entered our room. Just when I was about to enter, the doors shut in my face.

So now she knows how to use her magic?

I opened the doors and saw her sitting on the bed, glaring daggers at me. Her white hair and pale blue eyes more prominent than ever.

"Why did you do that to her? You know how I feel about treating slaves badly." She said, her voice soft and melodic, more so than ever.

I sat on the bed besides her and decided to answer her truthfully. "That was the only way to bring out your magic."

Realisation dawned on her and she stilled. Only now realising what all she did. It may be out of hurt or anger, but she did do it.

Her hair slowly changed from the platinum blond to he usual dark brown from her roots to the tips.

My Ava is back.

"But you had no right." She whispered, looking down to her hands.