Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 145 Ava: Selene's Shows

"TV?" Lucas asks, and I nod.

"Selene likes anything on the Shifter Network."

His hand freezes with the remote pointing at the TV. "Your dog watches TV?" he asks carefully, with a hint of laughter in his words. Like he doesn't want to offend me with his amusement.

"She's a basic bitch," I say cheerfully, ignoring Selene's mental growl.

Lucas looks at Selene, then me, then back to the TV, obediently turning it to the right channel.

One of her shows is playing, like it always is. I don't watch it much, but I'm pretty sure there's always a drama online, even if it's a rerun.

Almost always. Sometimes it's a talk show. She sounds so disgusted by that, I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing.

Lucas, meanwhile, is staring at the TV.

He's tuned into the middle of a shifting scene, a CGI moment of a male human's clothes bursting at the seams as he transforms into a wolf, complete with the sound of cracking bones and snapping flesh.

"That," he says, "is disgusting. Shifting is beautiful, and they've turned it into a horror show."

"That's only the tip of the iceberg," I mutter, staring at Selene, who's ignoring our comments.

I love this episode, she sighs. He's going to find her in the forest and she falls in love... Of course, she can't do anything about it. She's still dating that human kid from math class.

"Why didn't he take his clothes off before shifting?" Lucas mutters, completely distracted. "It doesn't look like there's an emergency. Just destroyed his clothes for no reason. That isn't logical. What's he going to do when he shifts back? Just walk around naked?

to

are a rare sight in any pack, but my lips quirk at

you never watched any

confirms, his eyebrows coming together as he continues

some sort of wolf-dog

He is

her, the fifty-pound husky with a wolf inside,

as he continues to watch the train wreck on TV, where the wolf shifter

twig snapping,

terrible hunter, Selene agrees

teenage human like that? You never know when they're going to report you for violations against Human Survival Rights. You can't

a fated connection,

a cold shoulder. I've never put that together before. I'll

dog likes this trash?" he asks, finally turning from the

on the floor, tail up, ears perked, completely zoned in on her

you love her, but your dog is

twitch. "Yeah.

curl up against him, my eyelids growing heavy. The mindless chatter from the TV blends with his

peace. Just a

much is

there to save her from her bullies, Selene

on human school grounds is asking for punishment from his alpha. No wolf

my thoughts drift to Lisa. The ache in my chest intensifies. Is she okay? Has she eaten? Is she hurt?

tense, his breath catching in his throat. I blink, the haze of sleep and worry dissipating as I realize he's