Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 45

Chapter 45 Ava: Clearminded

A week has passed since that first fateful night with Clayton, and the haze of my heat is finally fading.

Clayton rarely left my side, and every time I think of him, I blush. To go from a virgin with almost no experience to so many memories of his naked body over mine, his large hands rough on my skin, and the near-violent collision of our passion, over and over again…?

It's like a different world.

I can't help looking at men a little differently, with a little bit more suspicion. If someone as polite and gentlemanly as Clayton can have that side of him, aren't they all just brutal beasts in bed?

Well, your heat experience is a little unique, Selene says dryly.

Clayton's back with his pack today, doing alpha-things, I think. I'm not sure. He was gone when I woke up.

The nurses haven't discharged me yet, saying they just want to make sure I'm okay. I'm more than okay. I feel strong and refreshed. Even some of the scars all over my neck from failed claiming marks—so many failed attempts, because heat-Ava apparently really likes when he tries—are slowly fading from the first night.

They'll be gone in another week, Selene agrees.

It looks brutal, like I've been attacked by a wild animal. In a way, I guess I was—Clayton wasn't in his right mind, either—but claiming marks by nature have always healed quickly.

scars usually

can feel my heat is done, I feel embarrassed and guilty

Selene, who gives a little rumble of excitement. She's been hanging out near the hospital, frustrated because she can't get to me. She can—apparently?—scale the building to

up our secrets, so she stayed outside,

time, Selene orders me, frustrated as

It's been rough.

clasp had broken, and it didn't take long for my heat

go home. I was given the option of using Clayton's phone to get in touch with anyone worried about me, but I don't want any of them to

find my information easily. If he knows my information, he can figure out what pack I'm

pack first. I don't know what he would do if

I'm discharged, I plan to sneak back into obscurity. I don't

but the nurses won't let

Who knows. Who cares? He's just

can't help but think about him anyway. During my heat, that ever-present ache in my chest had disappeared… but it's back now, and filled

be guilty about.

Also true.

But still.

open, and a woman strides in with an air of confidence. She has the same striking green eyes as Clayton, her chestnut hair pulled back in a sleek

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