Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Ava: Boiling Point

The jarring melody blares out of my phone, startling me nearly out of my skin.

Selene's ears flick as I grab it, seeing Lucas' name flash across the screen. Both butterflies and dread swim through me; butterflies, because it's Lucas.

Dread, because I'm hiding things from him again.

"Hello?"

"I miss you."

His greeting is so him, and my lips curl up immediately. "I miss you, too."

"Are you okay? Hurt anywhere?"

Of course, he knows about the riot. "I'm fine. Not hurt at all. Everyone kept me safe."

When he sighs, I can imagine his face, how his brows furrow as he inspects me. "I wish you hadn't come outside."

"I held my own, though, didn't I?" There's a little pride in my voice over that.

"So I hear. It would have been better if you weren't in danger, though."

Vanessa's stopped pacing to stare out the window, still in thought. Selene flops into my lap, and I scratch behind her ears absently. "You can't shelter me from everything."

"I should be able to."

It's weird, the way his words both warm my heart and send my hackles up. "I'm not a child, Lucas."

"I never said you were, Ava." Immediately into that soothing tone. He's always trying to calm me down, and for some reason that makes me even more agitated.

going to be protective of his mate, Selene murmurs. The begrudging approval in her voice helps soothe that vague restless feeling inside

myself to relax. It's Lucas. He's done

that thought in mind, the words come

idea, and you're going

Shit.

dead for a few seconds, and I

well tell

going to try talking to Mom's wolf. She might be

The silence continues.

strong enough to force

a grim note in his voice I've

"You can't. You have so much to do there.

crazy bullshit again, and you expect me to stay here

my ear, my eyes wide as Lucas' fury lashes through the speaker. What the hell? My heart races, confusion and shock warring inside

me explain. Selene is

you're in too much danger to be doing anything like this. I've given in to you too many times. What are you

recoil, curling in on myself. Selene growls low in her throat, hackles rising as she

flares hot on their heels. I straighten my spine, gritting

one goddamn second! How long have you been in Blackwood? And there's already a riot on your front lawn. You need to be safe,

emotions. This isn't about me, or my safety. It's about someone who's already in danger. Someone in danger because of me. How am I supposed to

was an entire massacre on pack lands, Ava. Do you know how many families I had to

on pack grounds. I never would have

trying to get Lisa back, even when she isn't my pack. But you have to throw all my efforts

as rapidly as they fill my eyes, I struggle to keep my voice even. "You have no idea how hard it

me to bring Lisa back. Or that I'm doing things with your best interest in mind. You don't think about me, and the lack of respect absolutely blows my fucking mind, Ava. I've done my best and bent over backward for you, to the detriment of my

to help my best

being blind to your situation. It's too

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