Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 91

Chapter 91 Ava: Clearing the Air (I)

All my thoughts circle into some sort of insane melodrama right out of Selene's favorite TV show, and I slap my hands against my face, rubbing hard against my cheeks, as though I can push the tears right back into my eyes.

"Sorry," I say, as Lucas rests a worried hand against my back, stroking me like you would pet a puppy. It's cute. He doesn't seem to know what to do with me, while I'm just grateful that he's trying.

Once I'm sure my tears are gone, I smile up at him. "I'm just frazzled."

"You've been through a lot. Did I upset you when I took the phone call?"

"No!" The word bursts from me in horror. Does he think I'm that kind of person, who gets upset when he has to do important things instead of watching me sit in a hospital bed? "Not at all."

He blows out a breath in what I'm sure is massive relief. No one wants a mate that high maintenance. "Are you upset that I have to leave?"

I cringe. "It isn't that." I just came to some insane levels of assumptions. "Why… do you have to go?"

"Ah." Now he looks uncomfortable, and takes a seat on my bed, grabbing my hand.

Oh, God. This can't be good.

"Once we were safe, Kellan—my beta—led a force of my men into the heart of the Blackwood pack." I must not look devastated enough, because he clarifies, "In an act of war."

Since he seems to want some sort of input from me, I nod to show that I'm following.

"Unfortunately, in the chaos, your family and Alpha Renard escaped, but the territory is under our control."

I nod again.

over your pack," he says, as if I'm

head. "I don't care what happens to them." Too bad all the important

critical condition

probably supposed to feel a lot of things right now. Like

there's a huge demon of vengeance in my soul that is happy

I don't want to show my possible future mate that I'm a raging psychopath. He's treating me so carefully as he

hand, sliding his rough fingers between mine. He must think I need comfort,

the Blackwood Pack and integrating them into ours, or letting them go as rogues. I'll be back every few days. Right now, another alpha is helping me keep things in control over there, but I can't just let other people do my work for me, even if I want to

and rub the lines on his brow. "You'll do great," I assure him. "But before you go, I have

alpha" must be Clayton; that's why he called. Maybe Clayton doesn't realize who I am yet, but they'll figure it out soon. I

only have a few minutes. There's a

few minutes is all I need. I just need you to promise to

admirably calm with my words. "Whatever you have to tell me, don't worry, Ava. I won't

to worry about them. "When I was taken from Cedarwood,

going slack against mine, and

rogues in Cedarwood who caught my scent. I

without a

you know

the impression

looked at me with such intense

a long time to get someone into the pack to get the information,

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