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.

always going to be protective of his mate, Selene murmurs. The begrudging approval

I force myself to relax. It's Lucas. He's done so much for me, and yet

in mind, the words come out before I

idea, and you're going to hate

Shit.

goes dead for a few seconds, and I close my

as well tell

wolf. She

The silence continues.

is strong enough to

there." Lucas interrupts me with a grim note in his voice I've never

can't. You have so much to do there. Leaving in this

do crazy bullshit again, and you expect me to stay here and let you do

wide as Lucas' fury lashes through the speaker. What the hell? My heart races, confusion and

let me explain. Selene is strong enough

I've given in to you too many times. What are you going to do when Alpha Renard realizes you

curling in

their heels. I straighten my spine, gritting my teeth. "I'm not under

You can't keep yourself out of trouble for one goddamn second! How long have you been in Blackwood? And there's already a riot on your front lawn. You need to be

my safety. It's about someone who's already in danger. Someone in danger because of me. How am I supposed to sit here and wait for someone else to take care of

in to you and there was an entire massacre on pack lands, Ava. Do you know how many families I had to speak to? Do you know how many

safe on pack grounds.

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

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

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

trying to help my best friend, especially if you won't even listen to

but you're being blind to your situation. It's

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