Page 1 of Ava: Part Three

Chapter 1

ItwaslatewhenZeke left his mate sleeping to make her something to eat.

There was some magic in the air, but he couldn't sense Mr Patrick or Alpha Morgan in the house. He found Derek and Myles in the kitchen, looking at some dishes of food on the table.

"Is it poisoned?" he joked as he opened the fridge to get a bottle of water.

"Maybe," Derek snorted. "Jared's Omegas brought food for Ava."

He paused as he opened the water and sniffed the air before he suspiciously looked at the food, too. First, Jared was in his house, and now his Omegas were sending food?

"I'm cooking for her," he decided as he joined them at the table.

The urge to throw the food in the trash was strong, but he didn't want Ava to get upset with him. Why had they cooked for her in the first place?

"We heard what happened. We were having lunch in the dining hall when they came over, or we would have warned you. I'm sorry, Zeke," Derek said.

"I'm sure my father planned it that way."

"What's going to happen to the pack now? I mean... He's going to get challenges from every direction now if they all think a human defeated him."

"I don't know," he admitted. "I think Beta Lawrence will have to take over."

"Temporarily, until you take your place?" Derek asked.

"I don't know if that will happen anymore. I'm never going to be the official Alpha once I leave. We have to accept that. Your dad wants what we want; he will be the perfect Alpha."

"But he's still not an Alpha, Zeke," Derek pointed out. "He'll get challenged, too."

"When I leave, the Council will make my father pay the price, anyway. Your father was always going to have to be in charge. He's the one in charge anyway when we're here."

"It will be different when people know you're not coming back."

Derek was right to worry, but they had no other choice. Especially after what he planned to do before they left.

"Are you sure Ava is willing to do that to her family?" Myles asked.

The real question was if she was still thinking of turning herself in.

"Running away was her idea. And technically, she's part of our pack now," he pointed out.

"The Council doesn't deal with technicalities," Myles said.

"We'll figure it out."

At least, he hoped they would. He would be long gone by the time that became an issue.

"Are your fathers gone?" he asked.

"Yes. It took a while for them to talk your dad into leaving, but it was Ava's father who persuaded him in the end. I can see where Ava gets her attitude," Myles answered. "I know I shouldn't say this about our Alpha, but I'd have given my left nut to see him getting knocked out."

He grinned before he stood to start cooking for his mate. Ava would be starving when she woke up. That was always the case after she fought like that.

"So, has she found her wolf yet?" Derek asked.

"No, I can't sense it, either. But we've run out of time, anyway."

His senses pricked, making him pause what he was doing and pay attention. It was Jared. Again. Why did that imbecile keep testing him?

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