Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 130 Ava: The Party (I)

The party is in the heart of the Westwood pack lands, neighboring Granite City. A quiet road leads from an urban metropolis to a quiet and rural town, too small to be called a suburb.

Only shifters live here.

A prickling, wrong sort of feeling crawls over my skin, and Lisa grabs my hand when she notices how tense I am.

"It'll be fine," she assures me, with all the confidence in the world.

I hope she's right.

Just keep your ears and nose open, Selene says, sounding a little grumpy. She's stuck in the apartment because there's no way to explain to the guards at the door why I would just let my dog go roaming the world on her own.

I will, I promise, even though my ears and nose aren't much better than the average human's.

A little better. But not that much better.

"You both have your phones, right?" Kellan asks as he drives, as if he hasn't asked the exact same question three other times already.

"Yes," we chorus dutifully.

"And my phone number?"

"Yes."

"What time am I picking you up?"

"Eleven at the latest," Lisa sighs.

"And your drink of choice?"

to this one, because Lisa's too busy rolling

can't drink. That's the entire

side road. It's lined with trees, and

wolves ever

often lose control, and

seen the same thing happen in Blackwood. But we didn't raise our own

drink anything that comes out of a punch bowl. Even if they

to

"I can hear you."

wanted

me from that foreboding feeling creeping and crawling over me. It's probably just anxiety. I haven't been to a large scale event in forever. The

helps soothe the anxious flipping of my stomach, knowing

if I don't

be fine, Selene

you sure about

hurt

trying not to

alone. Even as suffocated as

mindset if you want your

with her impeccable and slightly

I know. I'm trying.

let go of all those negative feelings, when they're

as

with Kellan. They were friendly to me there. It

Have faith.

say,

Shifters mill about, some heading into the house while others spill out into the