Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 65

Chapter 65 Ava: Homecoming (VII) - Season 1 END

Phoenix stops by not long after I give up talking to Jessa, letting my words germinate in her mind.

It's lunch, and I don't do much, just throwing together some simple sandwiches and some vegetables that are left over from last night's dinner.

I watch Phoenix enter the room, my heart picking up speed. He gives me a curt nod before settling into the chair across from me and Jessa. There's a tightness around his eyes that I recognize—he's troubled about something.

Finally, Phoenix sets his food down and leans back in his chair, his gaze flickering between Jessa and me. "I need to talk to you both about something."

Jessa raises an eyebrow, her expression carefully neutral. "About what?"

Phoenix hesitates, and for a moment, I think he's going to brush it off. But then he lets out a heavy sigh. "About Ava and this whole omega situation."

My breath catches in my throat. This is it.

"What about it?" Jessa asks, her voice sharp.

Phoenix's jaw tightens. "I don't like it. If Renard gets an heir out of her, everything I've worked for will be gone. I'll still be beta when Dad's gone, but I've worked too hard for this to go away just because Ava shoots some kid out from between her legs."

Relief floods through me, and I have to resist the urge to reach out and take his hand. Finally, someone in this family is on my side. Well, he's on his own side—but right now, that's my side.

"What do you expect us to do about it?" Jessa's tone is dismissive, but I can see the flicker of uncertainty in her eyes.

Phoenix leans forward, his gaze intense. "If Ava isn't here, he can't mate her."

Yes.

Yes.

after her again.

Damn it.

life and snuffed out

his mouth, but Jessa cuts him off with a wave of her hand.

furrows in confusion. "What does

eyes. "It means she could have the Aspen heir in her

blood drains from my face as the realization hits me. She's right—if I'm pregnant with Clayton's child, Renard won't touch me. At least, not until he can force me

and use

I swallow hard. Could I be...? No, it's too soon to

am pregnant, it buys me time. Time to figure out a way to escape, to get back to the Aspen Pack and

to push the thought away. One problem at a time. First, I need to

my face impassive as Phoenix and Jessa argue, but it's difficult to hide my discomfort as they talk about me

to prove she's not an omega," Phoenix insists, his jaw clenched tight. "If we can do that, then Renard

to torment me. Even if I'm not the omega he wants, I'm still going to be used as a breeder. My fate

omega," I interject, my

laugh, her eyes glinting with cruel amusement. "And how the hell would anyone prove

definitively prove whether I'm an omega

not going to let everything I've worked for be taken away just because Ava can't

to bite my tongue to keep from lashing out. As if I had

her," Jessa muses, her tone casual as if she's discussing the weather. "That would

and I can feel the

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