Dreya led Ava to her room. "You can stay here for a while. Make yourself comfortable okay." he told her. "Thanks. Thank you for saving me from Fireblood." Ava told him. "You are welcome. I am glad I was able to help." Dreya told her. Ava sat on the bed and buried her head in her hands. Dreya knelt in front of her. "Are you okay?" he asked. "No, I am not. I think I am crazy, I almost killed someone just now." she said. Dreya stretched his hand towards her face which bore the hand print of the slap from earlier. He caressed it gently letting his magic heal the bruise. "You aren't crazy Ava." he told her. "How can you be so sure?" she asked. "You were under the control of a drug. That's why you attacked.""But who drugged me? Lily?""I can't say for sure, but you aren't crazy, I am sure of that."Ava chuckled, "I am not sure everybody will agree with you about that.""It's their loss then. I have only met you for a little while but I am sure that you are a nice person with a good
It was evening, Ryder was seated in his study waiting for Evena. He wondered how tonight's ritual was going to go and what they were going to find out. Ryder was both scared and eager to know what really happened in the past. He was conflicted about what to feel, if it turned out that Lily had a hand in Ava's attack, he could prove Ava's innocence, Ryder really didn't want to think that his little sister was capable of such an heinous act.Evena appeared in the study, Ryder noticed that he looked tired. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I am fine. are you ready?" Evena asked him. "I am." Ryder replied. "Is everything ready for the ritual?""Yes, everything is ready for the ritual." Ryder replied."The room?""Yes.""The candles?""Yes.""What about Jayden, where is he?"A light bulb went on in Ryder's head, he knew that he had forgotten something but he couldn't remember what it was until now, he had forgotten to tell Jayden about what they were doing. "You forgot to tell him, didn't you
Lavender didn't know how long he stood speechless there with his mouth open like a fish. "Uhm Lavender, are you okay?" Evena asked him. Lavender shook himself free from his stupor. "I... I... am fine. I am just in shock. So you think Lily might have something to do with the attacks so you want to go into her memory to find out what happened?" Lavender asked just to be sure he had heard Ryder well just now. "That is exactly what I said, we need you to pull us out." Ryder replied. "How do I do that?" Lavender asked. "I will give you a signal. I will tap my fingers on my left hand three times and then you tap on our chests lightly to wake us up. That's all" Evena instructed. "Do you understand what he said?" Ryder asked him. "What happens if I don't pull you out?" Lavender asked worriedly. "We will be lost in her subconscious and we will never wake up." Evena replied. Lavender shuddered in horror. "Do you understand how serious this is now?" Ryder asked him. "Yes I do." Lavend
Evena and Ryder lay on the bed, the candles were lit and blazing all around them. Lavender sat on a chair beside the both of them. "So what now?" Ryder asked."Now I perform the ritual" Evena replied. He raised the lock of hair and the vial of blood up and chanted some spells. Immediately the items caught fire.Ryder felt himself become drowsy and soon he fell asleep.When he opened his eyes, he was in a dark room. Evena stood beside him."Where are we?" he asked."We are in her head." Evena answered. "So how do we know where to go?""Where do you want to go?" Evena asked."I want to go back to when she and Lavender were little. I want to know what really happened when they fought back then.""Okay."Evena snapped his fingers and they were back in the past, they were just spectators and nobody could see them.They saw a fight between Lily and Lavender. "I need to use the bathroom Lily." Lavender told Lily who stood in front of the door."I also want to use it too." Lily replied."
"Lily, you can't possibly be thinking of doing something so awful to your brother. You are just joking right." the girl tried to convince Lily against such a heinous crime."Maybe." Lily said with a vicious smirk on her face. "Lily...""Enough of your advices. Let's talk about our discovery. Do you know how rich we could be with this plant?""But we don't know how dangerous it could be?" the girl protested. "It doesn't matter. We aren't the ones using it"The scene distorts and they end up in another scene. "What happened?" Ryder asked. "I have no idea, the memories were jumbled." Evena replied. Lily was crying in the cabin, Ryder recognized the clothes she was wearing, this was the day Lavender had wolfed out on her. The cape covered girl entered the cabin, she rushed over to Lily. "Lily, what did you do? I thought you were joking about giving Lavender the plant, I didn't know you would actually go through with it." she told him. "I didn't do it." Lily replied. "Then who did i
"Ry?" Lavender asked in shock. "I am sorry Vennie. I am sorry for not believing you all these years." Ryder said. "I... I don't understand." Lavender said.Evena reached out to hold Ryder's shoulder. "Ryder, are you okay?" Evena asked. Ryder looked at him, Evena was exhausted and looked half dead. "Don't worry about me, I will be fine. Get some rest." Ryder told him. "Are you sure Ryder? Do you need to talk to me about it." Evena asked him."Sleep Evena. We will talk about it tomorrow. You have used up your magic and you need to replenish it." "Okay. Have some rest as well okay.""I will."Ryder watched as Evena lay down and slept off. He stood up from the bed, "Where are you going?" Lavender asked. "I will be back, I just need to confirm something." Ryder told him."Do you need me to come with you?""No, I am okay. I can do on my own.""Okay, I will wait here for you." Lavender said. Ryder left the house and went into the forest. His heart was broken, he had trusted Lily so
Evena was shocked to see Ryder unconscious. "What happened to him?" he asked them. "I found him in a burning cabin unconscious." Lavender answered. Evena immediately knew what cabin he was talking about. But where had the fire started from? Helena came in with her medical supplies, she put them down and was about to start applying them on Ryder when Evena stopped her."That will take too much time. I will just use my magic." he told her. "Really? Didn't you sat that you don't use your magic for mediocre healings." Helena questioned. "This is different." Evena replied. He put his hand on Ryder's forehead and started to infuse his magic into him. The burns on Ryder's body soon disappeared and if not for his burnt clothes, no one would have thought that anything that happened to him.Evena removed his hand and looked at Ryder in confusion, why wasn't he awake yet? "What's wrong Evena?" Lavender asked. "I have no idea. I have healed all his injuries, he is supposed to be awake yet
Ava woke up from her sleep, she was feeling pain in her heart, she was felling heartbroken. There was a pain in her chest. Why was she feeling like this? She had a feeling that Ryder was feeling sad as well. He was her mate after all? But why would he be feeling sad? He clearly hadn't thought much of her. She stood up from the bed and went outside the room. Ava was confused on where to go, she didn't know her way around the house. She wanted to go to the kitchen to make something to eat but she didn't know where it was. Maybe if she wandered around, she would find it, she thought to herself. After wandering around the house for ten minutes, Ava was so frustrated that she almost pulled out her hair in frustration. "Are you okay?" she heard someone ask, she turned around to see Dreya. "I am looking for the kitchen and I can't find it." she replied. Dreya laughed, "Ava, this is the residence of the queen of the vampires. Vampires hardly eat, they can survive on just blood.""So t