Page 4 of Ava: Part Three

Luna Louise had passed away during the birth of the twins, so she had never met her. But when people spoke of her, they always did so with love. Her memory was still alive in their house.

"Despite all this shit happening, are you happy with him?" he asked.

She nodded. In another life, she would have been ecstatic to be the one to wake up next to Zeke forever.

"Then that's all that matters."

"You've always said you would kill my boyfriends," she pointed out.

"There is no one in our pack that deserves you. You were always destined for bigger things. Besides, Zeke is more than a boyfriend. He's yours for life."

However long that was.

"I shouldn't have put off the birds and the bees talk," Alpha Roland muttered to himself.

"It's okay. We don't have to talk about that," she said quickly.

"There's stuff you need to know that you won't find in all those books you read."

"I'll figure it out," she said, her cheeks colouring again as she looked away.

"Okay. Okay, good," her dad said. He looked as relieved as she was.

"Okay, now that's out of the way, tell me what you need me to do. Those two have their ideas about what needs to happen, but I'll take your side on whatever you decide."

"Were you really going to take me away despite the Council's rules?"

"I told you before, I don't care about being an Alpha or getting exiled. I'd do anything for you kids."

And that was true. He had always done his best to be both mother and father to them on top of his Alpha duties.

"I think the consequences would be more severe than that," she admitted. "If what Mr Patrick said is true, my running away from here would put your lives in danger. I can't do that to you guys."

"We're in danger either way. So if you want to run, we'll all run. We'll stick together."

She sighed. Risking her own life was one thing, but she wasn't willing to do that to her family.

"Let's go and hear this plan, and we'll take it from there."

Her father pulled her into his embrace and kissed the top of her head.

"We'll face whatever is coming together. Love you, kid."

"I love you, too, dad."

When they returned to the kitchen, Zeke was quietly arguing with Mr Patrick while he prepared some food.

"Well, she can decide for herself," Mr Patrick said when she sat at the table. "Ava, from what I can tell, your wolf forces a shift when you're in mortal danger, so I know how we will coax her out. What's more dangerous than the forest that traps us here?"

Chapter 3

"She'salreadybeeninthat forest, and she was unconscious for days!" Zeke shouted. "We're not going through that shit again."

He pulled the food dishes on the table away from Ava when she started looking through them.

"She didn't have a mate last time. And she didn't have me," Mr Patrick argued.

"You keep talking about yourself like some god! I don't know what the fuck you are, and you want me to trust you with my mate," he growled.

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