Chapter 10 Ava: Freedom
I make it two days before I give up and call Lisa, ten minutes before her shift. She doesn't answer the first time, so I call again. This time, she picks up, and her annoyed voice brings tears to my eyes.
"Hello?" that wonderful voice snaps into my ear, suspicious and guarded. She thinks I'm a robocaller.
"Hey, Lise." Somehow, I manage to sound normal.
"Ava? This isn't your number. Did you lose your phone?"
I pick at the inseam of my jeans, staring out the train window, focusing on the rolling hills beyond the raindrops splattered against my window. I've switched trains a few times and bought multiple tickets at each station, just in case someone figures out how I left the city. In the end, I've managed to take an odd, loopy route that has me now in Washington. "Yeah.
Look, if anyone from my family tries to contact you… Um. God, this is going to be a lot that I can't explain before your shift starts, but the main thing is that if my family contacts you, tell them you don't know anything. Save this number under a random name. Call me Ashley or something."
"Okay."
Her instant acceptance warms my heart. My nose tingles as a few tears escape, sliding down my cheeks. It's enough to take the edge off that pain in my chest that refuses to leave, as though something important is missing.
It has to just be in my head, though, right…? If he was my fated mate, he would have never looked at me the way he did. I've never heard of a fated who hates their mate. Even the abusive ones.
is. It's a knowledge
back. My family's not going to let me go that easy." Or maybe they'll just be happy to get rid of me. That would be nice. I wait for her response, but there is
has anxiety clawing up my belly and death gripping
I can't believe you ran away. I want to say congratulations, but I'm not sure if that's being insensitive. When will you
Two?"
bite my
"Never?!"
it all. But the first thing is the most important. I'm not human, Lise. Not exactly, anyway. My entire family, we're shifters. I'm from the Blackwood Pack,
the wolf shifters, aren't they? The ones that rule over the entire area?" Her voice is
I whisper, distress shuddering down my back. What if she doesn't want to talk to me anymore? I know I had pre-mourned her several days before, convincing myself that I had to
talk to.
processing. Holy shit. The Blackwoods. No wonder you said you'd never be
"Mmhmm."
that's why you've just… run away. And not
I resemble a turtle. "I know. I'm sorry. I ditched my phone and
just poked her head in here and stared at me. I need to clock in. Look, Ave. I'll
do that? I know they control the police and everything
that escapes. "I have no idea. Oh, God. I hope they can't. I got a burner. Maybe you
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In Chapter 10 of the After I left Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas) series,Ava Grey is a wolfless outcast in the Blackwood Pack, treated as worthless by her family and pack members. To escape their disdain, she works at a coffee shop in White Peak, finding solace in her only friend, Lisa, a human unaware of Ava’s true identity. Lisa encourages Ava to break free, but leaving the pack is nearly impossible......... Will this Chapter 10 author Novelxo mention any details. Follow Chapter 10 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
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