Ava’s intervention
“Kill him!”
“NO!!!!!!” Ava yelled, quickly rushing to stand in the space between her mate and Ray. “How could you say such a thing Lucas? Have you no heart? How can you order to kill him just like that???? What crimes has he committed…?”
“This is none of your concern Ava, do not get in the way of this because of your personal feelings. He was left here by the Black Dynasty and you expect me to just trust him like that? All because he’s a resurrected? How am I sure he wasn’t sent here by Vulcan? How am I sure that he isn’t a spy? Or someone sent here to cause serious damage???”
“And how are you also sure that he isn’t a harmless prisoner? The guards did mention that they met him tied up and blindfolded, he could be a refugee like Sabrina was. You might not believe me Lucas… but I trust Ray more than my own life, he’s harmless and would never do such a thing, he’s nothing like Ethan, Lucas, you CAN’T kill him.”
Lucas considered her words for a moment, and then, “fine, I won’t kill him because of you, but that doesn’t mean I’ll let him stay here.”
He turned to Kiron, “I want him monitored closely all through the night, and then in the morning, your men will escort him outside the borders of our territory, if he’s to be seen in our lands after then, I want you to kill him.”
He didn’t wait for Ava to speak again before he stormed out of the dungeon gates.
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It was late at night when Ray heard a movement outside his prison cell, the noise woke him up, and then he opened his eyes to see Sabrina standing in front of his cell.
He bowed with his feet touching the ground upon noticing her presence. “Milady.”
Sabrina nodded, acknowledging his greeting, “rise my servant.”
He then stood up, and stared at her inquisitively, “… but this place is heavily guarded, how did you get past the guards milady?”
She smirked before giving her reply, “they don’t call me the most powerful immortal for nothing, Ray Devlin, I can do so many things, invisibility is one of my greatest talents, you know.”
Ray then bowed again. “I am most humble to serve you great one, anything you ask of me shall be done.”
“Rise, and tell me how it went after you were brought here, what is the judgement that Lucas De’ Clan gave you, false prisoner of the Black Dynasty?”
“My fate had already been sealed; he wanted to kill me, but for the intervention of Ava Maynard, he decided to let me go, but I am not welcome to stay here.”
“Ava intervened for you? That is very good, it counts as an advantage for you when we carry on with our plans in the long run.”
“But milady, how will we carry on if the alpha does not want me within these walls?”
The smirk on her face stretched. “Leave that to me.”
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***EARLY THE NEXT MORNING***
Ava went to open the doors of the alphas chambers to see the visitor who had come so early, her mood changed when she saw who it was.
“I thought I told you not to come here again.”
“I know Ava,” Sabrina muttered innocently. “I know… and I’m sorry for disobeying… but I couldn’t just back and watch it happen without doing anything, also, I didn’t come here to see alpha Lucas, I came here to see you,” she admitted.
“Me? Why do you want to see me? What for?” Ava frowned.
“I came here to talk to you about the prisoner that was brought in yesterday, Ray Devlin, you know him, right?”
“Of course, and what exactly is your business with that?”
“Ray is…” she hesitated for a moment and then, “…. Ray is my lover!”
Ava shook her head, trying to decipher the words which took her aback, “I don’t understand… what do you mean by he is your lover?”
“Well after he resurrected, he joined my former pack, the Navii pack as an omega, it was a short time he stayed but the two of us bonded and he became like family to me until…” sniffs, “…until the rogues attacked, I thought I would never see him again after I was taken as a prisoner but it turns out that his life was also spared, we were just separated, I thought I’d lost him forever until now, you don’t know how happy I was to find out that he’s still alive Ava.”
“I’m happy for you too, what I still don’t understand is what you want to see me for.”
“I heard from one of the guards that the alpha has given him a ban to stay away from the dawn territory. I can’t let that happen Ava… I can’t just watch him being sent away from my life again and do nothing about…”
Ava was getting impatient. “What is it that you want me to do, Sabrina?”
“I want you to talk to your mate for me Ava… please, I know that the both of us haven’t really gotten along pretty well, but please… I want you to help me convince him that Ray is not a criminal, he’s a refugee, and he managed to survive the attack on the rogues, he’s been through a lot, he doesn’t deserve any of this.”
“You are well aware that it’s because of me that Ray is still alive right? Lucas would have killed him yesterday.”
“Yes… I know… and you cannot imagine how grateful I am to you for that, my soul would have died if I found out that Ray was executed here after his survival.”
“Sabrina… I’m sorry but you can’t just come and be asking me for such favors… I’ve already tried by begging for his life, and I’m happy at least that Lucas agreed not to kill him, at least he’s still alive, it really doesn’t matter to me if he stays here or not.”
“But it does to me… I can’t bear the thought of being away from him, Ava.”
“Then go with him, the both of you can leave together if being with him is what you’re so concerned about.”
“But we have nowhere else to go, we are refugees Ava, you know how dangerous it is for us alone, outside of these territories.”
“You can join another pack or something, I can’t keep asking my mate for unnecessary favors, I’m sorry Sabrina, but my answer is no.”