Ryder carried a tray of sandwiches and milk up to Ava's old room. He opened the door and entered. Evena was fast asleep on the bed. Ryder set down the tray and sat beside him on the bed. He reached out and slowly stroked his hair. Evena looked tired, exhausted even. He must have gone through a lot trying to wake him up. Evena stirred and opened his eyes. "Ryder?" "Hey you. You look like shit" Evena sat up, "I feel like shit too" Ryder put the tray on the bed. "I brought you food" Evena took it from him and started to munch on the sandwiches. "You see why I had to find a way to wake you up. You are the only one who feeds me" Evena told him. "Hmmm! Thanks for saving me Evena. I know you did a lot" "Ryder, I know you would do the same for me" "You are right. I would go to the ends of the world for you" Ryder said sincerely. "Careful now! Shouldn't those kind of words be reserved for your mate?" Evena teased. "Well you know that you always have a special place reserved in my h
61.The queen chuckled when she saw his reaction. "Don't be so shocked Dreya. I have been in this world longer than you have. I saw the way you looked at him when we were in the throne room.""I… I… I" Dreya stammered. "Now Dreya, I have no issues with your sexual orientation or who you choose to like. The only issue I have here is that you seem to be pushing Ava towards a decision that might put her life in danger just because you want to make Evena happy" Dreya shook his head, "Not at all my queen. I admit I am pleading on his behalf because I want to make him happy but I am also doing this for Ava too. I would never lie to you" Dreya tried to convince her. "Hmmm, is he okay now?" the queen asked about Evena. "He is getting better, he just needs to rest more to replenish his energy" Dreya replied. "I see, when he gets better, tell him I will grant him another audience" Dreya couldn't believe his ears, "Really? You will grant him another audience?" he asked the queen again. "
61.The queen chuckled when she saw his reaction. "Don't be so shocked Dreya. I have been in this world longer than you have. I saw the way you looked at him when we were in the throne room.""I… I… I" Dreya stammered. "Now Dreya, I have no issues with your sexual orientation or who you choose to like. The only issue I have here is that you seem to be pushing Ava towards a decision that might put her life in danger just because you want to make Evena happy" Dreya shook his head, "Not at all my queen. I admit I am pleading on his behalf because I want to make him happy but I am also doing this for Ava too. I would never lie to you" Dreya tried to convince her. "Hmmm, is he okay now?" the queen asked about Evena. "He is getting better, he just needs to rest more to replenish his energy" Dreya replied. "I see, when he gets better, tell him I will grant him another audience" Dreya couldn't believe his ears, "Really? You will grant him another audience?" he asked the queen again. "
61.The queen chuckled when she saw his reaction. "Don't be so shocked Dreya. I have been in this world longer than you have. I saw the way you looked at him when we were in the throne room.""I… I… I" Dreya stammered. "Now Dreya, I have no issues with your sexual orientation or who you choose to like. The only issue I have here is that you seem to be pushing Ava towards a decision that might put her life in danger just because you want to make Evena happy" Dreya shook his head, "Not at all my queen. I admit I am pleading on his behalf because I want to make him happy but I am also doing this for Ava too. I would never lie to you" Dreya tried to convince her. "Hmmm, is he okay now?" the queen asked about Evena. "He is getting better, he just needs to rest more to replenish his energy" Dreya replied. "I see, when he gets better, tell him I will grant him another audience" Dreya couldn't believe his ears, "Really? You will grant him another audience?" he asked the queen again. "
The pack members were gathered in the meeting ground. The hall was very noisy and filled with conversations. Already Ryder had already informed Tu pack of Lily's actions."I can't believe that she would do such a thing." one pack member remarked, she was one of the girls who had attacked Ava back then. "And to think that I thought she was innocent. That sly bitch, she even lied against her own brother." someone added."i heard that she was banished by Alpha Ryder.""Poor Ava was punished severely because of her.""I wonder why Alpha Ryder called this meeting. Did something else happen again?" These were the type of conversations that could be heard among the pack members. Ryder stepped on the podium followed by Ava. "Fireblood pack!" he addressed them. "Alpha Ryder!" they responded."I am sure everyone has heard about the matter that has occurred with Lily. From today onwards, she is no longer a member of this pack. No one in this pack is to have anything to do with her. Is that
Ava looked at him curiously. "What do you want?" she asked."I don't want you to get mad but your aunt didn't just let me speak to you like that. I had to promise her something.""What! What did you promise her?""I promised to be in her service like Dreya currently is.""Why? Why would you do such a dumb thing?" Ava asked him."To save Ryder, there was no other option. And I didn't have the time to look for another solution.""What are you going to do? Are you really going to leave? Ryder won't let you go." Ava pointed out."That's why he is never going to know. You can't tell him.""You want me to keep it a secret? I already promised him that there would be no more secrets.""Ava, this is for his own good. Ryder is hot headed when it comes to protecting those he loves, he wouldn't mind going to Salvatore and declaring war against them. He doesn't have the power to do that, he must never know.""Where are you going to tell him you are going to?" Ava asked."I am going on a short trip
FIREBLOOD PACKEvena appeared in Ryder's study startling him that he almost dropped the tea cup in his hand."Damn Evena! Do you mind giving me notice before just popping out of nowhere." he asked as he glared at him."Why do I have to give notice? I thought you said Fireblood was my home now and that I was always welcome or were you just joking?" Evena asked."I know what I said but a notice would be nice, what if I was naked?" Ryder asked.Evena gave him an unimpressed look."First of all, I have seen you naked and it's not that impressive. Second, why would you be naked in your study?" he asked in return."It was just an example Evena. OK, what if I and Ava were doing something in here?""You are so classless, I wonder what Ava sees in you. Why would you want to be doing anything with her in your study, what happened to the bedroom?""Evena, I do not have the strength to argue with you tonight. I can see you have recovered too well so you now have the strength to banter. Why are yo
Evena smiled when he saw Dreya. "Hi." he replied. "Ryder and Ava?" "They are inside, they are about to have dinner with the queen." "Do they know about the agreement you made with the queen?" Dreya asked as they walked away from the door. "Ava knows but Ryder has no idea." "Why didn't you tell him?" "Ryder is a bit hot headed. The last time I need is for him to try and talk to the queen on my behalf and then offend her." Evena replied. "And you are sure Ava won't tell him?""I am sure. She promised not to tell him."Dreya opened the door to his room and walked in while Evena followed him."Reni will be coming tomorrow. You have to pick him up from the gates." Dreya informed Evena."Reni? What is he coming to do here?" Evena asked."You need someone here to assist you. Besides, he insisted on going along with his master.""When was this even concluded?" Evena asked."Yesterday when I stopped by at the coven. You were resting and I didn't wish to dist
FIREBLOOD PACK"Ryder, we sent her away. and cut off all contact for her safety, we can't contact her, we are still being watched by the council. The best thing we can do for her now is to trust in your aunt and your uncle and have trust in her too." Ava told Ryder comfortingly as she stroked his hair."Ava, do you think I failed my family?" Ryder asked her."Of course not, why would you think such a thing?""Well I was the reason my younger brother ran away from home as a teenager and now my pregnant younger sister is away from home and I don't know where she is and how she is.""Ryder, you did the best you could do and I am sure Lavender and Lily know that." Ava replied him.Ryder smiled, Ava always knew how to reassure him anytime he felt this way."Thanks for always knowing the right things to say. I love you so much Ava.""I love you too Ryder." she stood up and pulled him up as well."Let's go eat lunch." she told him, he nodded and allowed himself to be pulled away by her.THRE
CREEKWOOD PACKJax looked at himself in the mirror, he looked very different from how he looked before everything started. He had lost a lot of weight from his time in prison and his eyes looked haunted. Jax had changed and he knew deep in his soul that he had changed, he could only hope that he would be able to defend his pack and make them proud once more.There was a slight knock on the door."Come in" he answered.Dean walked in, he glanced at Jax worriedly, his Alpha looked so tired, he wished that he would be able to help Jax in a way that would be beneficial to him."Yes?" Jax prompted him after seeing him remain silent."The pack is ready for you Alpha." Dean told him."Thanks, let's go." Jax replied."Uhm shouldn't you eat something first, you look a bit weak." Dean said, worry apparent in his tone."I will be fine Dean, don't worry too much about me." Jax said with a smile on his face to ease Dean's worry."If you say so Alpha." Dean replied. "Let's go meet the pack." Jax s
A couple of months later "Push! Come on Lily you can do this." The midwife urged Lily. Lily tried her best but the pain was too much, it felt like her whole body was being torn up from inside."Lily, you can do this, I know that you can do this." her aunt pleaded with her.Lily groaned in pain as she tried to push the baby out. She was losing strength but she had to be brave for her innocent baby.In all her life, whenever Lily thought of when she would give birth to her first child, she had never imagined that she would be alone, hated by her mate, banished from her pack and family.She was currently leaving with some human relatives and she would have to live as one and train her child as one too.She grit her teeth as she pushed the baby out.The sound of the baby cries filled the room."It's a boy!" the midwife announced as she lifted the baby up.Lily sat up in bed, already she could feel her injuries healing and the pain fading away.The midwife handed her the baby, she cuddle
Ryder went up to Ava and kissed her on her neck and wrapped his hand around her waist.Ava turned around and hugged him."I am so sorry." she apologized again to him."I am even more sorry, I shouldn't have gone angry on you. It wasn't your fault at all."Ava leaned up and kissed him."I love you Ryder.""I love you too Ava.""We are sorry too Ryder." Jayden and Lavender apologized."It's okay, I forgive you too. But we are going to sit and talk more about the relationship between you two.""Lets eat breakfast now, can we?" Evena asked.They all sat down to eat breakfast.As they were eating a sentry came into the room."Alpha, miss Lily is outside and she seeks an audience."They all stood up in shock, "Lily?"They went outside to meet her."How dare you show your face around here?" Ryder asked."Calm down Ryder. I came because you are all in danger.""What do you mean by that?" Ava asked.Lily told them everything about Claudia and what she was planning. Unknown to Claudia, Lily did
Evena opened the door quickly and ushered Ava inside the room."please tell me you are joking." he told Ava. "I wish I was" Ava replied. She narrated everything that had happened that night to Evena."Wait a minute, Lavender and Jayden are seeing each other?" Evena asked."really? That's what you are concerned about?" Ava asked."I am just shocked, I never knew grumpy Jayden had it in him" Evena defended himself."Well he does and that's not the matter at hand now, Ryder knows that you are here and he knows about the deal you made with my aunt, I wonder the plan he has cooked up already in his anger." Ava said worriedly."where is he now?" "I have no idea, he walked out on us and said he needed space""OK, first thing tomorrow, we will go back together and hopefully I would be able to talk sense into him."Ava sighed in relief."He is very mad at you, isn't he?" Evena asked."Yes, he looked so disappointed in me too.""Don't worry, I will make sure he knows that you didn't keep it
"What the fuck is going on here?" Ryder asked shocked.Lavender and Jayden separated from each other, very shocked to see Ryder home."Ryder, you are back?" Jayden stuttered in alarm."Yes, I am back. What the hell is going on here?" Ryder asked."Uhmm Ryder, I think you should calm down a bit." Ava tried to calm Ryder down. Ryder spun around to look at her with incredous eyes. "I should calm down? I came back home to meet my little brother being fucked by my close friend and Beta and you expect me to be calm?" he asked her. He turned around to look at Jayden."When did this even start? As far as I know you aren't gay? Or have you been deceiving me all along?" he asked Jayden. Jayden sighed in despair, this was the exact reason, he had refused to be with Lavender. He knew Ryder would be furious and right now seeing Ryder's face, he knew that Ryder was beyond reason at the moment. Ryder looked at Lavender. "Do you care to tell me when this started? Was it when you came back home o
Ryder stared as Reni was taken away. He recognized Reni as Evena's apprentice. How did Reni's apprentice find his way to Salvatore. He wanted to talk to him about Evena but he was already taken away by the king."Babe did you know that Reni was here?" Ryder asked Ava."That guy? Not at all. Do you know him?" Ava asked feigning ignorance."He is Evena's apprentice . I wonder what he is doing here, I also wonder if he knows where Evena is." Ryder asked."Well he has already been taken by the king, I doubt there is a way you can talk to him."The queen came to them. "I am so sorry your first ball went this way." she apologized to them."It's okay." Ava answered as she held her hands to comfort her."You have to leave now, the ball is over. Dreya will take you guys home, your father is coming along with you guys.""My father?""Yes, he said he would be staying in Fireblood for a while now.""Okay, we will wait for him." Ava replied."Take care of yourself dear.""I will Aunt, take care of
The king turned to Ava. "Hello granddaughter." he said to her."Hello to you too." Ava replied."My apologies for just meeting you. I had no idea that you were still alive.""That's because you ordered for my death." Ava replied. She had gotten over her fear and could speak to him freely now.The king chuckled at her reply."I can see that you are still angry with me. The reason I ordered for you to be killed was because I doubted that you would survive. Your twin brother had already died. You have to understand something Ava, no werewolf vampire hybrid has ever survived."Ava looked at him warily, she had no idea what to feel towards him."So I am told you have started taking blood and your fangs are out, have you gained any special abilities yet?" he asked Ava."None that I know of." she replied."Your mother Freya was very powerful. She had the ability to control minds, she could control a full city to do her bidding. I wonder if you have the same power?" the king said as he looked
"Where is the secret stash?" Claudia asked eagerly."I buried it beneath the ground behind the cell where the shadow Wolves are.""Okay. I will find them, just give me the contact of the pack.""I will give you their number but you have to promise me one thing, no harm will come to anyone in the pack.""I promise you, no harm shall come to any of them.""Okay." Lily picked up a piece of paper and wrote the number on it. She then handed it to Claudia. Claudia smiled as she took it, all her plans were slowly coming up. The funniest thing was that the players had no idea that they were just pawns in her game.She went back to stir the food on the fire..............SALVATOREThe ball was going on, and the party was in full swing. Everyone looked at Ava and Ryder curiously. Some of them had heard little snippets about Ava's identity and they were curious to know her history.Ava felt nervous about all the stares. She didn't know how to behave.At that moment, her Aunt came to her."The