Denouncement

Ava was shoved into a truck, she sat in the darkness and waited for the truck to start moving.

"She has been put in a truck and the truck will follow you as you leave." Jax informed him.

Ryder nodded. "Ryder, don't you think she has suffered enough, just let her be" Lily begged on behalf of Ava.

"I don't think she has suffered enough, she dared to hurt you and I am not okay with that. Besides, I don't feel safe leaving you with her." Ryder brushed away her worries.

He turned to Jax, "I will be on my way now. Take good care of my sister"

"I will" Jax assured him.

Ryder walked to his car escorted by Jax and Lily. He kissed Lily on her forehead and gave her a hug before entering his car and driving off.

As he drove off, the truck followed him.

After some hours of driving, Ryder got to his pack.

He stopped his car and the truck stopped as well, the guards who were on duty and his Beta Jayden came out to welcome him.

"Welcome back, how was the ceremony?" Jayden asked.

"It was okay, Lily was the most beautiful Luna bride." Ryder said with a beaming smile.

"Thats good to hear" Jayden said. He looked at the truck, "What is in there?" he asked.

"A prisoner." Ryder replied. The guards who had driven the truck came down to open the back of the truck. They brought out Ava who was still in her shackles. 

Jayden looked at Ryder in confusion. "What is going on?"

"she bullied Lily while Lily was recovering in the pack and even tried to kill her. I brought her here to punish her" Ryder answered. 

"What the hell! Why can't you just let bygones be bygones?" Jayden asked. 

"I can't do that. I have to give her the same treatment she gave to Lily" Ryder said. 

He turned to his guards and instructed them to take Ava to the prison. 

Ava was taken to the prison while the other guards returned to Creekwood pack with the truck. 

............................................................

Ava sat on the damp cement floor of the prison. Thoughts of Ryder filled her head, she thought about how his face had been so cold earlier. It was like he wanted nothing more than to tear her to shreds at that moment. 

She knew he would never see or acknowledge her as his mate. It was just her fate that her mate turned out to be Lily's elder brother. 

The door of the prison opened and Ryder walked in. 

"Stand up!" he barked at her. She scrambled to her feet instantly. 

He walked closer to her and held her chin with his hands, he punched her chin so hard that her eyes watered from the pain. 

"Do you know how much I love and cherish my sister?" he asked menacingly. 

Ava kept quiet. "I love her very much, she is the most precious part of my life. You hurt her and I can never forgive you for that. You might be my mate but I will never acknowledge you, I will never accept you and I will never love you." He told her. Ava felt a painful jolt in her heart when she heard these words. 

"Do you understand me?" Ryder asked. 

"I do" Ava answered. 

He pushed her to the ground roughly and left.

'don't cry, don't cry' Ava told herself. 

Ryder went back to the general pack house where he stayed and sat at the table sipping a bottle of water, he had gotten from the fridge. 

Jayden came to meet him. "What's wrong with you? You have been tensed up since you came back from Creekwood pack."

"I am fine" Ryder assured him. 

"Are you sure?" 

"Yes, it must be the stress of the journey"

"Okay, then go have some rest okay." Jayden told him. 

"Okay, I will do that now" Ryder replied.

He stood up to go to his bedroom. When he had gotten to the door, he turned around, "Tell someone to give the prisoner food and water" he ordered. 

"Okay, I will take care of everything" Jayden replied. 

Ryder nodded and went to his bedroom to sleep. During his sleep, he dreamt of Ava. 

............................................................

Ava's father, Dustin Shields came home from his trip and was informed that Ava had been taken away to Fireblood pack.

He looked at Jax who had sent for him to give him the news sadly. "I know you are disappointed with me, but there was nothing I could do" Jax said. 

"You know, after Lily came, I begged her to give up on you because I saw how you looked at her. Do you know what she told me? She told me she was never going to do that. She trusted you so much." Dustin told Jax. 

"There was nothing I could do." Jax said resolutely.

"We both know that is a lie, there were things you could have done, you could have kept her here." Dustin said. 

Jax handed him a piece of paper, "She said that I should give this to you."

Dustin took the letter and opened it. 

'Dear Father, 

By the time, you are reading this, I would have been gone. Don't worry about me and don't come here to try and get me, it's too dangerous. I am sorry for bringing shame to you, it was never my intention to do so. Please try to live your life stress free and worry free. Don't get into a fight with Jax, it's not worth it. Take care of yourself, I love you so much and I really hope I get to see you again.

Your loving daughter 

Ava.'

Dustin held the paper close to his chest, as if by doing so, he could hug his daughter. 

He composed himself and looked up at Jax. 

"From today onwards, I am not a member of this pack. I denounce my membership of Creekwood pack."