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.

the floor. Even without looking, I can imagine the pinched look on her face. "Ava Grey. Your brother spends all this time to find

keeping my eyes

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

broad frame filling the doorway. His eyes find me on the couch and his expression darkens.

back to meet his gaze, unflinching. His eyes bore into mine, a storm of emotions swirling in their depths. Anger, disappointment,

digs into the side of my face, but

jaw clenches, the muscles flexing beneath his weathered skin. For a moment, I think he might speak,

locked with mine, as if searching for

at Mom and says, "Have something delivered. The

I want to have has to be hidden deep in my

been so worried about me. So many questions about how I'm

shut, too. When

after their daughter's been missing, and not

for two decades is

can't do

dad says

refusing to call him any form

that you've become a degenerate in your absence. I'm letting it pass today because you've been through a lot, but make no mistake, Ava—you

have repeated his words in a mocking tone that made me laugh. But she's not, so I just turn

that level of trash, Ava," she admonishes, her voice like ice. "Get dressed in something more presentable.

holes in the knees and in a couple places along my thighs, and my faded t-shirt that might have seen better

as she always is, in a designer dress that could put a down payment on

wave a hand down my body with a

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