The night went by. The next day went by after. Ren’s words echoed in my mind, he was gone for a couple days. Something had come up with his neighboring pack. It gave me time to think. Think about everything. I enter the kitchen and see the Omega from the other night, making food, “what are you doing?” I ask, “oh, Luna. I’m making Garlic bread with Spaghetti and meatballs,” she smiles, “mind if I help?” I ask and she nods, “you can cut the vegetables for the rice. Trust me when I tell you, this pack eats six plates if they could,” I laugh at her comment.
The door opened and in came this beautiful tall woman, with long jet black hair and blue eyes. Her body was way more like an hour glass, perfect with no flaws, “Amy, is Ren in his office? I came here to pay him a visit,” she smiles, “Lily, the Alpha is out right now but, our Luna is here and if it’s urgent, she can handle it,” I walked forward, “Ava Lance, Ren’s mate and Luna of the Winter Pack,” I take my hand out and she looks at me, “Lily Everest, Ren’s s*x partner,” she smiles and takes my hand and we shake hands. I glare at her my eyes turning black and so do hers.
A second after we handshake, our hands are still holding and the door opens. Ren and Matthew were laughing with some other members of the pack. They froze and Ren’s color left his face. He knew what was coming, “his what? s*x partner?” I pull my hand away then and growls, “this b***h,” Vera snarled and forced shift. Lily did the same and Ren came over, “Lily, get the f**k out. You’re not welcomed here,” he says and Vera snarles, growling. “Vera, calm down!” I plead. I was too hurt to deal with this, “Vera, let Ava come back. I know you know she doesn’t want to hurt anyone,” Matthew came forward to her. Vera growled at him and lunged almost, causing Matthew to force shift himself, “f**k! Everyone stop!” Ren shouted, “Vera, give Ava back! Now!” His Alpha voice finally echoed throughout the area, “Ken, give Matthew back too, and Lily, get the f**k out,” Ren was angry. Vera whimpered and shift changed as the Omega girl put a blanket around me. Lily shifted too and she didn’t care if anyone saw her. Grabbed her ripped clothes and takes out a new pair of clothing, walking out of the house, glaring at me.
I walk up the stairs and Ren follows behind me. I enter the room, shutting the door in his face, “Ava, don’t do this… we need to talk,” he says, turning the knob. I don’t want this… I was hurt. I open the door running past him and passed Matthew, shifting again with Vera and she runs fast. She howls loudly with pain, “Ava!” I heard Ren shout and he was behind me. “Where do you want to go?” Vera asks, “I don’t care. Christopher’s packhouse, I want to be left alone until I’m ready to speak to him,” I say and cry softly, my heart was shattering. I know he felt it too. My pain.
Vera didn’t listen. She stopped right at the border of entering, Christopher’s territory. She turned around, “I want to hear him first,” she says. I sigh and sniff. “Explain yourself? Why would you not ban her, knowing us?” I mind linked him as he stopped in front of me, a few feet away, “Ava, I promise you… that was before you. Before the pack party even. I ended it with her before I even accepted King Lycan’s invite,” his words were sincere, but it was too early, too painful. “when you dispose of the before me, you know where to find us,” Vera says at Sam and Ren as she runs into Christopher’s territory and a howl is heard from within, “he knows,” I say, “Ava! f**k! Ava! Come back! Ava!” I hear Ren shout loudly. I heard him shift again and his howl was so dominant it almost stopped Vera, but I pushed forward.
“It’s Ava, Ava.. what’s wrong?” I hear, “what’s wrong, Ava?” The Rez back didn’t growl at my entrance. They welcomed me back. I sniff, “I need to talk to Raven… before she leaves,” I say, “she’s at her house, packing,” one of the warriors of Christopher’s team mind-links me, “thank you, please.. don’t let the Winter Pack here, at all. Just don’t hurt them either, especially Matthew,” I say, “you know we don’t like them anyway. It’ll be our pleasure, as a welcome back gift,” one of them says and I cut the mind-link off, mind-linking Raven, “Raven? Please.. I need to vent to you,” i was crying, “Ava? What’s wrong? Come over my place. I have pizza,” she says. I sigh, “please thank you, and I need some clothes,” I giggled through sniffs, “on it girly,” she cuts the mind-link off and I enter her area. I shift as I run up her stairs and knock. She opens if, letting me in. I hug her crying loudly as she holds me, “it’s okay. It’s okay. You’re safe,” she rubs my back.
I explain to her everything, from the story he told me to the moment I met, her. “What a d**k, he couldn’t even reject her and make her rogue? What a shame,” she snickers, “it’s his past though. I know, I just am so hurt because it’s too much. I was here waiting and waiting. Suffering through the haze’s by myself. While he had She-wolves at his feet, letting him release himself,” I sniff. She hugs me again, “maybe if you hear him properly? He is a d**k for what he did, but if it is his past. Tell him to take care of it and close that chapter in his life for good, so you two can continue your future to ruling the most powerful pack in the seven states,” she nods, “you’re right, but I need time,” she nods, “I understand, it still hurts to know his past involved that,” she rubs my back.
We start changing the topic to cheer me up and lighten the mood.
“Okay, so, Matthew sort of gave me this in secret one day, I was out shopping with Flora for the Pack dinner. His phone number and we have been talking,” she frowns, “what’s wrong with that? It’s a communication link?” I ask, “we’ve been in pain, Ava,” she shows me her bruises, “what?” She frowns, “he ended up cheating on me.. well, it was a they got him drunk thing,” she shrugs, “when?” She shakes her head, “this club he invited me too… Ava, we never got to mate properly. We just met each other basically, I haven’t felt his lips at all,” she tears up. I felt for her.
I would have to find a way to talk to him. He would be more than excited to allow it. I would have to just deal with Christopher. Raven phone rings, “hello?” It was King Lycan, “something came up on my territory. We have to move your transfer to another week, is that okay?” I hold her hand as she looked sad and I nod, smiling. I had a plan.
“I’m spending here the night.”
“Ava, where the f**k are you? Get your mate out of my face,” Christopher links me, I growl, “shut up,” I finally let Ren in, “Ava, come here now! We need to talk,” he says, anger filled into his thoughts, “give me a day to f*****g breathe, Ren. Then we can talk if you leave now and leave Christopher alone, I’m here with Raven, not him,” I say back, “Tch, fine. Please… call me,” we break the connection together as I finish eating pizza with her while watching Harry Potter. We walk out and sit in front of her car and she hands me a joint, “you know I haven’t done this since middle school,” I chuckle, “look at that mini moon, Ava. It keeps showing itself in a new day, it takes on a new adventure. Take this as your mini moon,” she smiles, “fine,” I take it and inhale it.
Vera, ready to talk to him? I ask and she sighs as Raven stirs in her sleep, holding her pillow, frowning. She was crying a little from the pain of Matthew and I could tell, Matthew must have probably felt it too.