Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 168

Chapter 168 Ava: Riot

It isn't impossible, but it might kill her before we get any results. Her answer isn't quite hesitant, but not firm, either.

"You're not telling me something."

It is hard to explain. Selene stands and shakes herself. The only thing we can do is try. But it is a great risk. We should talk to Vanessa before trying, I think, if you wish to have her renounce her pack. As a healer, she might be able to help us through the roughest part.

That makes sense, only—

Selene and I share a startled glance as the chaotic noises from outside crescendo into a cacophony of snarls and shouts. Terror seizes my throat, memories of the party flashing through my mind, but I push past it.

We rush to the window, and my heart nearly stops at the sight below.

It's a full-on brawl. Wolves. Shifters in their human form. They're all locked together, dozens of Blackwood wolves overwhelming the few guards at the lodge.

Ava, we need to go. Selene's voice is sharp in my mind, urging me into action.

We race downstairs, my pulse pounding in my ears. There are no bodyguards to stop me; they're in the fray.

Fuck. I'm going to end up with twenty of them after Lucas hears about this.

"Ava! Get back inside!" Kellan's voice rises above the din, his face a mask of fury as he grapples with a snarling wolf.

Before I can respond, movement catches my eye. A Blackwood. Someone I vaguely recognize.

He launches at me, his body twisting and contorting as he shifts in midair.

But Selene is faster. She meets the wolf head-on, and her snarl sends ice through my bones as she knocks him down.

I guess her body isn't very domestic dog, after all.

Chaos erupts around me. Claws and teeth flash past, barely missing me as I dodge and weave, my bodyguards struggling to form a protective wall between me and the battling wolves. Snippets of conversation reach my ears, painting a grim picture.

"—fuck all of you—"

"—never going to submit—"

powerful. Clayton. Relief mingles with dread in my gut. He's on

is a lifeline, anchoring me to

idea where she is. I can

myself, I dive into the fray, determined to help subdue the riot. Shouts of "traitor" and

from my nightmares. Todd Mason's mother, her eyes wild with grief

as guilt and terror freeze me for

hands close around my throat, squeezing, choking off

and she's off me, my hands moving to flip her to the ground.

against the parking stop with a

God. What have

dull roar in my ears. I stumble back, my heart hammering against my ribs

distant and muffled.

air won't come, my lungs seizing in my chest as the reality of

Mason's mother. Just like I

Ava! Get it together!

mental voice helps me avoid another wolf before one of my bodyguards

slices through the haze of shock

with hatred, lunges at me. My body moves before my mind can fully process the danger, muscle memory

attack, grasping the wolf's foreleg as he passes. With a sharp twist, I use his own momentum against him, sending him crashing to the

pounding against my ribs. Is he dead? Did I just kill another one? But then I see the faint rise and fall of

It's easier this time, knowing he's not dead by my hand. But the weight of Todd Mason's mother's lifeless

into the fray, flanked by several other wolves. Their

A shadow in the distance, flickering at the edge of my vision. I squint,

mind, my voice tinged with urgency. Do you see

and wariness. I don't know what it is, but we need to check it

even though she can't see me.

as we

can't ignore. Selene runs at my side, her presence a

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