Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 161

Chapter 161 Ava: Mom (I)

Selene perks her head up before there's a knock rapping against my door.

Vanessa, she confirms before I open it.

"The boys have dialed in," Vanessa announces as soon as she sees my face. "It's up to you. We can head straight to the hospital, or you can settle in and wait until tomorrow."

My stomach twists, heartburn coming out of nowhere to spread fire through my esophagus. "Oh." I could almost forget why I'm here, distracting myself with everything else.

"Tomorrow's just fine—"

"No," I cut in, shaking my head. "I need to talk to her now. The quicker we get answers, the sooner we can get Lisa back."

Vanessa searches my face, her brows drawing together as she weighs the situation in her mind.

After a moment, she steps back, motioning me out of the room. "I'll let Ves know."

"Ves? Oh. Vester." I've never heard her talk about him before, and their curious interactions earlier have me wanting to ask her what's going on.

But I'm not exactly sure how to casually bring up such a level of gossip.

Is it gossip when you're talking to the person in question?

Either way.

"You can stop staring at me like that." Vanessa smiles at me as we head out of the lodge, flanked immediately by two burly wolf shifters I don't recognize.

"Like what?" I ask, feigning innocence for as long as I can. It's embarrassing that she caught me.

Once we're both buckled in and Vanessa shifts into reverse, she says, "Vester and I aren't exactly on talking terms right now."

if my ears would be perked as high as hell

and I don't agree about how to deal with you," she adds, flicking a faint smile in my direction. "He thinks you should stay in Granite City, on Westwood lands, under guard at

only thing oozing out of me now,

you under guard and safe so his alpha is not distracted during this time of crisis. I think he needs to get his

I defend immediately,

search for you, and how he prioritizes you over the pack." She glances at me again, then

also fated mates. "It is. How do you two handle

a different place than you and Alpha are." Slowing for a red light, she leans back in the seat, glancing in her rearview mirror. "And none of you are hearing a single word of this, or I will personally inform your mates that

watch the bodyguards in the backseat, who all seem to shrivel

of power," I whisper, even though

it great?" She winks at me. "Gotta stop the

"I'm not your—"

yes, I know.

says, but I don't like that she's

can always hop over the

eardrum. With those hulking brutes? No, thank you. Did

quirk as I gaze out the window, watching the familiar scenery pass. You're the

backseat, startling all of

me in confusion. "I

to yowl like a cat in heat. "She's just upset

the rearview mirror, shaking her head. "The fact that she's able to be around all of us without slinking away is a sight I've

begins to sing the

* * *

one bodyguard finally gives in and reaches into the back, coaxing her up front like he's

it to the hospital, she's sitting in the middle seat, accepting the pets of both bodyguards as

her head. "Your

mind

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