Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 60

Chapter 60 Ava: Homecoming (II)

When Mom and Dad walk through the door, dinner isn't ready, because I haven't once left the couch.

I'm two episodes into a back-to-back marathon of Selene's favorite show. Todd and his two goonies have tried to get me to cook, but I've ignored them at every turn.

I find it interesting that they never once tried to physically drag me into the kitchen. They would have before.

I don't think it's my attitude; they're the kind who would beat it out of you, not back down.

So, it's the order Phoenix gave. But why? What's planned for me?

Before I left, it was to use me as a breeder for the pack. That isn't the kind of future where I'm protected from beatings. That means there's something more…

My stomach clenches. Do they know about my heat?

They have to.

There's no other explanation.

If they know I went into heat, then they'll likely know about the supposed 'true omega' designation Clayton's pack had given me.

And if they think I'm that…

Shit.

When the front door opens, I don't budge. Not a muscle twitches.

against the floor. Even without looking, I can imagine the pinched look on her face. "Ava Grey. Your brother spends all this time to find you and bring you home safely, and you can't even make dinner to

my eyes trained

the shifters guarding me. I can feel Todd get up from the couch. The absence of his presence

find me on the couch and his expression darkens. Without a word,

unflinching. His eyes bore into mine, a storm of emotions swirling in their depths. Anger, disappointment, and something else I can't

stare digs into the side of my face, but I refuse to break eye contact with Dad. I won't

For a moment, I think he might speak, might unleash the torrent of reprimands I've

the words never come. He simply stands there, his gaze locked with mine, as

"Have something delivered.

want to have has to be hidden deep in my heart. There's no point in

return my gaze to the TV. "So good to see you've been so worried about me. So many questions about how I'm doing, where I've been, am I okay. What

keep my mouth shut, too. When did I develop this

after their daughter's been missing, and not a word out of

life like this for two

do another

says in his

say, refusing to call him any form

absence. I'm letting it pass today because you've been through a lot, but make no mistake, Ava—you will behave when Alpha Renard

she would have repeated his words in a mocking tone that made me laugh. But she's not, so I just turn up the volume on the TV, only for Mom to snatch the remote

voice like ice. "Get

down at my worn-out jeans, with holes in the knees and in a couple places along my thighs, and my faded t-shirt that might have seen better days a hundred years ago. Mom's gaze is cutting, appraising me from head to toe with

always is, in a designer dress that could put

hand down my

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