Ryder decided to go an early morning run, he changed into some loose clothing and walked outside. He saw Jayden waiting for him outside his room."What do you want?" Ryder asked."are you going for a run?" Jayden asked instead of answering him."Yes.""Can I come along?"Ryder looked at him and didn't say anything."Please." Jayden pleaded."Fine, you can come along." Ryder agreed.Ryder waited for Jayden to change into some running clothes and the two left the house.It was still dark outside and only the sentries on duty were outside. Nobody else had woken up. They ran in silence until they stopped to rest. They both sat on the ground to catch their breath. "I am sorry Ryder. I really am." Jayden said earnestly. Ryder turned to look at his face, "Why are you sorry? Because you feel I need to hear it?" he asked. "No, I am sorry because I hurt you. As your beta, I am sorry for breaking your trust and as your friend, your best friend, I am sorry for lying to you all these years. I
Lavender lay on the bed, he had been awake for a while but was feeling lazy about getting out of bed. He heard a knock on his door, it was probably Jayden, he thought to himself. "Come in." he hollered. The door opened and to his surprise the person who came in was not Jayden but Ryder. "Hey." Ryder said. "Hi." he replied. "Can I sit down?" Ryder asked looking at the chair by the bed. "Yes. Please sit down."Ryder sat down, Lavender sat up in bed also. The two sat in silence, Lavender was tired of the awkwardness. "Did you sleep well?" he asked to break the silence. "Yes I did. You?" Ryder asked him as well. "I slept well too." Lavender replied. "You are my brother." Ryder told Lavender. Lavender looked at him in confusion. "Huh?""You are my brother Lavender, the reason I care about you is because you are my brother not because I am your Alpha. Even if you denounce this pack and go rogue, I will still care about you." Ryder told him. "Really?" Lavender asked hopefully.
Ava wandered around the house bored out of her mind. She was the only person at home. Everyone had gone off to their different destination.She remembered the photo album she had been looking at that night and went to get it.She sat on a chair and looked at the pictures of Lavender. Now that she knew his true identity and his story, her curiosity was appeased.She touched his face and thought to herself that their stories were so similar, they had both attacked Lily and had been punished by Ryder for it.But what could have caused Lavender to attack his own sister. At least she had a reason to do what she had done but what had been Lavender's reason.Ava needed to talk to Lavender, she felt she was missing something about the whole matter.She stood up and went to the kitchen to drink a cup of water. To her surprise, Lavender was in the kitchen making a sandwich.This was just perfect! Her prey had fallen into her hands willingly."Aren't you supposed to be at practice?" she asked hi
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