Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 143 Ava: An Unusual Letter

I must have fallen asleep.

I don't remember falling asleep.

Of course you don't, Selene says with a long yawn. You were so exhausted you just passed out mid-conversation with Lucas. He almost tore a nurse's head off for taking too long after he pressed the call button.

Well, I'm glad I missed that overreaction.

You're fine. It's just blood loss. They transfused you overnight. You seem a lot better.

I feel a lot better. I didn't realize how dizzy I was, how my eyes couldn't focus, until now. Being back to normal feels nice.

Not normal, but better. Selene stretches, flicking her ears at me. Lucas took me on a walk this morning.

Her disgruntled mental voice makes me laugh. How was it?

Fine. He told me to go potty.

I clamp both hands over my mouth, trying my damndest to stifle the hysterical giggles, but the ice-blue eyes staring my way tell me I've failed in a most spectacular manner.

Perhaps you should go potty, Selene suggests in a voice that would have a beautiful home in Antarctica.

"You're right. I really need to go." My lips twitch as I shove my blankets off and haul my IV pole with me like a professional hospital patient—which, at this point, it kind of feels like I am.

I do need to pee, though, so I make quick work in the bathroom, grateful for the nurses who were thoughtful enough to bring a disposable toothbrush and toothpaste. And soap.

I should shower, though. I hate that gross hospital feeling when I wake up here.

You won't have time. Lucas and Kellan are almost here.

Must be nice to have wolf-nose.

It is.

Must be nice to rub it in.

It is.

snort, my mouth filled with minty foam. You're kind

stating

Hah.

the mirror, the laughter of my morning quickly fading

on why

They wanted you. What confuses me is that he also wanted

Lisa?

But she's human.

there's something in her bloodline. It might just be enough to make her a tasty

toothpaste quickly turns rotten in my mouth, and I gag at the thought

mouth as quickly as

and I get it; she probably didn't think about how the term 'vampire snack' would affect me. Wolves eat prey. So do vampires. It's just that in this case, prey is my best friend, and I'd rather not

at me from the bathroom door—a giant affair, really, of a sliding wooden door. Probably

doing anything particularly private,

Lucas' concern, I make my way back to bed,

bit, and I correct myself, shaking off Lucas'

hospital bed, my mind a little fuzzy from the exertion. Lucas hovers nearby, his brows furrowed with concern. Kellan kneels beside Selene, stroking her fur and

if not for the lingering

his throat, drawing my attention. "Ava, do you know a woman named

recall her dark hair and glittering red

do you ask?" My voice is

his expression grim. "Miriam sent us a letter, requesting to see you. She claims you're in

"A letter?"

weeks ago from an Unregistered city near the Blackwood pack lands. It was overlooked while I was in the Blackwood pack lands. If I had seen it sooner…" His voice trails off as he rubs his jaw in

"There's no guarantee of that. What did she

to see you, and saying you

head slightly. "My mother brought her in to check me for signs of

notoriously possessive, and there's no way he would enjoy being

who still texts me every few days.

to see

catching my attention. "It's possible that bringing

on the heels of a vampire attack… It doesn't