Did he believe you?

Ava ran away from Mason as fast as she could once she found him distracted because of the news he heard. She didn't look behind her and kept on rushing through the woods until she heard a rustling sound very close to her.

With a wide grin and twinkling eyes, she stopped running and laughed out aloud. She tilted her head to one side and mumbled, "You can come out now and hand me the ring that you promised to give me."

She extended her hand behind a pine tree and hauled Otis out of his hiding place. He stood in front of her with a poker face and pulled his hand out of her grasp.

"Let go of me, Shapeshifter. How dare you even touch me?" He muttered and glared at her.

He took a glowing ring out of his pocket that had a big purple stone with a white swirl in the middle.

"So, how did it go? Did he believe you? Will he do what we expect out of him?" Otis asked Ava while shaking the ring in front of her.