Releasing Ray
Sabrina sighed in slight frustration, before wiping the tears off her face, she then closed her hands together to plead further, “please Ava, I know you’re a good person as much as your mate is. He didn’t turn me away in my greatest time of need, please let him do the same for Ray, please,” as she begged, the tears slowly returned to her eyes.
Ava felt some pity for her, but hid it well, “I’ve given you my answer Sabrina, I don’t know why you’re still asking.”
Since the main attempt wasn’t working, Sabrina quickly decided to try another form of convincing, “Ok then, I’ll leave with him, but please…. This morning is too soon, the dawn pack had just been attacked, the rogues might still be lurking around outside the borders… just ask your mate to give him some time to stay here… until me and him can find another pack to join, please.”
Ava gave her a sharp look, and then, “fine, I will see what I can do about it, but it’s not a promise that he will agree, I’ll ask Lucas to give him some time to stay here until the air is cleared.”
Sabrina’s eyes lit up, “Oh, thank you…!”
“But I’m only helping you so you can keep your eyes off my mate, and because I do think that Ray deserves companionship since he’s been through so much.”
“I have never had any interest in your mate, he was just a really good person to me, that’s all. But again, thank you Ava! The fact that you’ve agreed to talk to him is enough for me, I know he’ll listen to you, he always does!”
A previously forgotten thought then returned to Ava’s mind. “One more thing Sabrina.”
“Yes Ava?”
“Where were you yesterday during the attack? I didn’t see you in the safe room, and you obviously couldn’t have been in the battlefield or the healers’ quarters since you aren’t a soldier nor a healer, nor were you sick, so where did you go?”
“Oh, I was um… I was hiding in my room!” She claimed.
“Are you sure? Because the guards did a thorough check around all quarters to make sure that no one was left outside of the safe room.”
“I guess they didn’t check my room properly then, I hid pretty well, you know.”
Ava shrugged. “Whatever, I don’t even know why I asked, just don’t come and be asking me for favors like this again.”
“Thank you so much Ava! I promise you that after this, I won’t bother you again!”
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“What did she want?” Lucas asked as Ava reentered the inner chambers.
She let out a sigh, before joining him on the bed, “It turns out that Ray did find some happiness after his death and losing the alpha rank, he joined the Navii pack after his resurrection, he and Sabrina then became lovers.”
Lucas creased his brow, “lovers??? Sabrina and Ray were lovers?”
Ava nodded, “beats me too, and I AM happy for him I must admit, but it’s still so strange; the way it all happened so fast. She came here to tell me about their relationship, and also to try to convince you to let Ray stay here.”
“Well, if that’s what she came here to do, then she’s wasted her time.”
“Lucas…”
“I won’t go back on my order Ava; he leaves here TODAY.”
Ava smirked, “Lucas, I think you and I both know the REAL reason why you don’t want Ray to be around here.”
His frown deepened. “What are you talking about?”
“Whatever existed between Ray and I in the past is forever dead and buried, you can’t let your jealousy make you turn a blind eye to someone who needs help, Lucas. Sabrina has agreed to leave with him to join another pack, but the both of them need some time; they can’t go now because of what happened yesterday, the rogues might still be lurking around outside our borders, just give them some time until we are sure that they are completely gone, and then the both of them will leave.”
“What you’re asking for… I don’t know Ava.”
She moved closer to him and then took his two hands in hers, kissing them one by one.
“You’re always the one who says you never ignore a call for help, you’ve never turned anyone who needed your support away, why the sudden change when the matter involves a former lover of mine?”
Silence… Lucas didn’t exchange words with her, because as much as he hated to admit it, he knew she was right.
“Please Lucas, let your support not be different this time around, I love you Lucas De’ Clan, and nothing can ever change that, not even bringing Ray back from the dead will change how I feel about you, you are my mate, I belong to you, and you belong to me; no one else can come in between us, no one else, but please, let’s not turn away those who need us in their most challenging times all because of our personal feelings, I’m begging you.”
After a moment of hesitation, he finally agreed, Ava had won him over.
“Fine, I’m doing this all because of you precious, because I love you too, because I’m scared of losing you and I know how much Ray meant to you before. I will let him stay here for the time being, and when things are well sorted out, he can leave with his lover to another pack.”
He then received a kiss from his mate, before calling his guard to enter.
“Kain!”
“Yes master?”
“Let Kiron know I gave the order; release Ray Devlin from the prison cell, and let him stay with Sabrina in the lower quarters.”
“Your wish is my command sire.”
And so then, Ray was released from prison and taken to the lower quarters to be with his lover.
As soon as he entered Sabrina’s room and they were now alone, she spoke, “welcome Ray Devlin, I am glad that Ava has finally given us a hand in the quest to destroy the life of her mate, now we have to act fast, as we do not have much time before Lucas sends us away from here.”