"Lucas, I've noticed your mood lately. Are you sure everything is okay?"After dropping Ramsey off, Ava noticed how Lucas kept zoning out at the dinner table.He shook his head in response, "no. I'm fine. Finish your meal."Ava took his response but still remained suspicious until they returned to their room. When he noticed her watching him closely, he grabbed her hand and pushed her body to his own."Hands off!" Ava warned, but Lucas paid a deaf ear to her.He hoisted her up, taking her to the bed. He then laid her down and pulled off his pants, pulling Ava's clothes. When he saw she was not giving in, he grabbed her face and looked into her eyes."Please, I need you right now. Please don't deny me," he begged.Although Ava knew he was hiding something, she decided to give in to her mate; she knew he would tell her when he felt best, so she chose not to argue any further.She smiled and kissed his mouth to distract him from all his worries. She grabbed a rope from the drawer and tie

It wasn't easy for Ava to send her son off, especially not knowing when she was going to him again. But for his sake, she was sending Ramsey off with Nani so the enemies wouldn't get their hands on him; this was one of the hardest things for her to do."But I don't want to go, mom. Can't I just stay with you," he asked.Ava pulled him. "Come here, baby, listen. Are you listening?""Yes, Mommy.""Some bad guys are coming here, and mommy doesn't want anything to happen to you, so follow Grandma Nani and be a good boy"."Wouldn't those bad guys hurt mommy and daddy? Let's go together, mommy?""Of course not. Mommy and Daddy are stronger than them; they just need you to be safe, so they can focus on punishing the bad guys. Promise me you will listen to Grandma Nani.""I promise, Mommy. I love you, Mommy"."I love you, My beautiful Ramsey. Daddy wants you to know that he loves you too.""I love Daddy too, mommy, and I will miss you and Daddy and Meeka too!""We will miss you too. Now go to

Ava couldn't believe what was happening. She couldn't believe that Lucas was dead. He was winning at first, but Fillip had somehow defeated him, pushing his dead body off the cliff, and now, she will never see him again.She fell to the ground crying as one of the rogue soldiers gripped her hand roughly, dragging her to where Vulcan and Fillip were standing."Here she is, Alpha," he said to Fillip.Fillip turned an angry gaze to the soldier holding Ava roughly. Using his claws, he slit his throat, pushing his choking body away.He then turned to an angry Ava and smiled. "You look as beautiful as I remember," he said and made to touch her face.Ava spat and jumped on him, scratching him in every place she could lay her hands on."You killer, murderer, scum......." she said.Filip threw Ava to the ground with great force, hurting her arm. He bent beside her and raised her head."Where are the evacuees of the clan?" he asked her.She smiled and spat on his face again, and he struck her o

In the next few days, while still in the freedom fighters' pack, Nani had a regular routine. Every day she woke up at six with two pack guards to pick up herbs for the pack and Lucas. Then she comes back and eats her morning meal; she also helps in an emergency if she is needed.After gathering the herbs, Nani turns them into incense, so Lucas can inhale.She takes a book with the herbs, incense and food and then goes to Lucas in the healing pool.She lights the incense for Lucas before reading the book to him. She once treated a patient who was almost in the afterlife; the patient said he only came back because he heard his wife talking to him and sobbing. So he followed the direction of the voice and came back.Nani believes that Lucas will do the same for Ava and their pack members because only Lucas De' Clan, the protector of the realms, knows how to save them.She breaks out in sobs almost every day, telling him how much they needed him and how much they missed him. Nani begs him

The chair turned around; it was Fillip, just as Ava had suspected.She looked for something to defend herself because she knew he had something up his sleeves, something evil planned out, but there was nothing in sight. He had predicted that she might try to kill him.He didn't call those women to wait on her or dress her up for nothing. He was up to something; only time would tell what it was.Filip looked at her while licking his lips like a hungry pig; his gaze lingered on her breast and exposed thighs.His leering disgusted her; she gave him the biggest scowl she could muster."Sit down, Ava," he said, pointing at a chair in front of him."I feel good standing where I am," she replied stubbornly.He rolled his eyes and said, "Sit down immediately, or I will have one of the Dawn Pack members in prison killed."Ava weighed her options; she didn't want him to kill someone because she refused to sit down, so she sat.He smiled at her, then grabbed a bottle of wine and poured it into t