Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 102

Chapter 102 Lucas: Jealousy

LUCAS

She's going to talk to Clayton tonight.

She won't let me call her, but she'll talk to him.

Fuck. I'm going crazy.

My wolf gives me the silent treatment, a palpable wall of disapproval and resentment radiating from him. I know he blames me for this mess.

"I'm trying," I mutter, pacing the length of my office. "I'm doing everything I can to fix this."

There would be nothing to fix if you hadn't rejected our mate in the first place, he snaps, his voice dripping with accusation.

Rubbing my hands over my face, I struggle not to groan in frustration. He's right and I fucking hate it. If I hadn't been so goddamn stupid, Ava would have been with me long ago. Safe. Marked. Mine.

But I can't change the past. I can only try to salvage the future.

Go to her, my wolf demands. Claim her before he does.

I shake my head. "She needs space. I have to respect that."

Space is the last thing she needs. She needs her mate. She needs us.

almost overwhelming. But I can't. I won't be that kind of alpha. That kind of man. I won't be enslaved to the urges of the fate bond inside of

out of this suffocating office and

and shift, letting my wolf take over. He surges forward, all coiled power and

the scents of summer filling my lungs. Out here, with nothing but the wind and the

fight for her. Show her that I'm the one she belongs with, the only one who can give

I have to do it the right way. Earn back her trust, her affection. Prove that I'm worthy

growls, impatient and unsatisfied, but I push on.

the forest floor drowns out the chaos in my head. With each stride, the turmoil fades,

rumbles, content for

and the tangled web of my love life seem far away.

the primal pleasure of the hunt, even if we're chasing nothing but our own shadows. The worries melt away, leaving only

the breeze. Something that doesn't

nose twitching as

something familiar about it, something that tugs at my memory. I can't quite place it, but it draws me in like a

the woods. The scent grows stronger with

its skinny frame. It looks up at us with wary blue eyes, hackles raising slightly at the sight of

a wolf.

Selene.

whispers through my mind, a half-remembered

doing out here, alone and bedraggled? And why do I get the feeling that there's more to this

cautiously, I approach the husky, my wolf watching intently from behind my eyes. Selene stands her ground, her

that no ordinary dog should possess. As if she knows exactly

on his belly like a pup begging for attention. I can only watch in stunned disbelief as he army-crawls his way over to Selene, his tail wagging

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