Ryder walked into the room and noticed the both were behaving weird."What's going on here? Shouldn't you be at practice?" he asked Lavender."I was hungry so I came home for lunch. Ava was hungry as well so I made her a sandwich too. We just finished eating it." Lavender answered."Hmmm! Since you are done eating, I have a task for you." Ryder told him."What is it?""I need you to accompany Jayden to Crescent Moon pack to run an errand.""I don't have a choice, do I?""Nope." Ryder said in a voice that was too cheerful for Lavender's liking."Okay. Where is Jayden?" Lavender asked."He is outside waiting with the car."Lavender stood up from the table. "Bye Ava.""Bye Lavender." Ava replied. Lavender nodded at Ryder and left.Ava and Ryder were left alone."Hey Ryder." Ava said brightly."What are you doing sitting here and laughing with him? Shouldn't you be resting?" Ryder asked with a deep scowl on his face."I was resting but then I felt hungry so I came to the kitchen to get so
Evena laughed hard at Ryder's embarrassed face."I told you to shut it." Ryder scowled at him.Evena put up his hands in a peace gesture."All right, I am sorry for laughing.""Why are you here anyway?" Ryder asked him.Evena put a hand to his chest in a mock show of heartbroken misery."is that anyway to talk to your dearest friend. Maybe I should go and not tell you what I found out.""All right, all right. I am sorry for being rude. What did you find out? Did you find anything about the plant.""Nope, but I found out something about your mate's problem." Evena said."What did you find out?" Ryder asked eagerly."The only reason for such a delayed shift is if the werewolf in question isn't a full wolf but a hybrid.""Hybrid? She didn't say anything about that. Are you sure?" Ryder asked."I am. I used my magic on her just now when I wiped her mouth. She is an hybrid.""But even hybrids ought to have shifted by now." Ryder pointed out."That is if it's a human werewolf hybrid. She is
"Eternal chaos?" Lavender asked. "Yes. At first we didn't know what the plant could do. We tested it out by grinding it and dissolving it in water then we gave it to animals like cats, dogs and rabbits." Claudia replied. "What happened to the animals?""They became very aggressive and attacked us or anything in front of them. These animals were normally peaceful and had no history of aggressiveness.""What are you saying Claudia? I...I am afraid I don't quite understand you." Lavender asked in confusion. "When you wolfed out? Did you feel like something else controlled you?" she asked. "Yes. That's what I felt." Lavender said."I suspect that she used it on you. When I left, I destroyed all the plants and samples but she must have either kept some in secret or she probably learned how to grow them already" Lavender stood up from the bench and paced around the bench. "You knew that something like this plant existed and yet you remained quiet after you heard what happened. Why did
Ava stood up from the bed and paced around the room."That is impossible. My father would never lie to me about such an important thing." she told Ryder.Ryder stood up and held her in his arms."Look Ava, Evena might be a total nutcase but he is also one of the most powerful witches to ever exist. He cannot be mistaken about this. Maybe your father was also clueless about your mother's true identity as well. Maybe he didn't lie to you." Ryder tried to calm her down."You think that might be the case?" she asked."I think so. I will take a trip to Creekwood pack one of these days and invite your father here." he replied."You would do that for me?""Yes, I would do that for you." Ryder kissed her on the lips.There was a knock on the door. "Ava sweetie, it's Helena." the person behind the door announced.They looked at each other in panic. "What are we going to do? She can't find me here." Ryder asked in a frantic whisper."Ava?" Helena knocked on the door again.Ava looked around in
Ava looked at Lavender in shock. "so you mean to tell me that Lily might actually have an hand in us attacking her?" she asked him."Yes, I am very sure of it." Lavender replied."But why would she do such a thing? What kind of psycho would do such a thing.""For her benefits of course. My relationship with Ryder became strained and I eventually ran away from home leaving all of Ryder's love and affection to her alone. You became an outcast in your pack, Jax hates your guts, there is no more obstacle to her relationship with Jax.""But if she had just told me she was Jax's true mate, I would have understood and left them alone. Why hide it and go through so much trouble?""She wanted you out of the way, If you were still actively involved in the pack. She would always be compared to you. You are Jax's best friend and he was once in love with you, Jax attention wouldn't be on her alone and she didn't want that." Lavender replied."That is so fucked up." Ava said."Tell me about it.""W
Ryder concentrated on his driving as he answered Evena."First of all, the reason why I didn't call on you much before was because I knew you were busy. You have a lot of duties and I don't want to disturb you because you are my friend. Why I call you often now is because I need your help, I guess you can say my fight with Jayden contributed to it. Previously I used to confide in him but now things aren't the same between us anymore so I confide in you instead. I am sorry if I ever made you feel neglected in the past.""I know Jayden is your best friend but back then I always felt like a third wheel anytime we were all together. I hope you never treat me that way again. I am busy, that's true but any time you need me, I will always be there." Evena told him."I know Evena and I promise to always reach out to you more often.""Good.""are you happy now?" Ryder asked."Couldn't be happier." Evena replied."When we get to creekwood, I need you to do something." Ryder requested."What is
"Ryder!" Lily called him from inside the house. "I am coming!" Ryder hollered back. He turned to the sentry. "I would prefer if our conversation remained private.""Of course Alpha Ryder." the man replied. Ryder went back into the house. "What were you doing outside?" Lily asked. "I was just looking around, I wanted to be sure if this place was safe enough for you." Ryder replied. Lily wrinkled her face at him. "Ryder! I know you want what's best for me but Jax is a really nice man he takes care of me well. Can you please try to get along with him." she pleaded with him. "Fine, I won't tease him anymore.""Thank you big bro." Lily smiled at him. "So what is the good news?" Ryder asked her. Lily stood up and moved to where he sat, she guided his hand to her stomach. "You are going to be a uncle." she told him. "Are you serious?" Ryder asked excitedly. "Yes, in eight months time, you are going to be Uncle Ryder""That's wonderful news, congratulations Lily. I am so happy for
Ryder looked at him in shock, "There is a way to go back in time?" he asked Evena."We aren't really going back in time, we are accessing past memories. In this case, we will go into Lily's memories." Evena replied."How do we do that?""We just need a lock of her hair and a drop or two of her blood. I will perform the ritual. I will guide you into her memories. Someone has to be on standby to bring us back.""Okay, Jayden can do that. Let me drive back so I can take it. We can do the ritual tomorrow." Ryder tried to reverse but Evena stopped him."It takes a lot of energy to do it, I need to rest and build up energy for it. Besides, she would be suspicious if you go back. The meeting is in a week right? You can take the hair and blood then. Then we do the ritual after the meeting. You also need rest as well. The ritual will take a toll on your energy." Evena told him."Okay. Let's do it after the meeting." Ryder said.Evena reached out to hold his hand which was clenching the steerin