Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 175

Chapter 175 Ava: A Wolf's Identity

If Vanessa was here, I'd love to talk to her.

Unfortunately, she's not. We're on a plane, and she's still in Blackwood, plotting on how to force answers out of my mom's wolf.

So I look at Kellan.

"If your mate kept secrets from you, even if it's for the best of reasons, in order to accomplish a goal—how would you react?"

"Furious." His answer is swift, and his eyes suspicious. "What are you up to now, Ava?"

"Nothing." Shame twists my gut as I turn back to the window. His immediate reaction is to think I'm up to something, bringing trouble to those around me.

It's not like I blame him, but the feeling I'm left with is…

Sticky. Gross. Awful.

A few days ago, I would have chafed at such a response, frustrated over Kellan treating me like an errant child.

But now?

His uneasy stare bores into the back of my head, and I rest my head against the window with a sigh. "Do you ever argue with your wolf?"

"Not anymore. I used to. Why, are you having problems with yours?"

My head snaps around faster than should be possible. "What do you mean, mine? I don't have a—"

"Yeah, yeah." Kellan leans back, closing his eyes. "You don't have a wolf. But I've seen that look on your face a thousand times. We're all shifters, Ava."

I can't help it; I touch my cheeks in confusion. "What look?"

one eye, Kellan looks exasperated. "The look. Talking to her. You do it when you think we aren't watching, and half the time you do it out loud. You're better about it in the open, but in not

Shit. Really?

you

"Some things are yours to tell. And I

his guess. He was

the first real glimmer of energy I've seen since Vanessa spoke with

top secret information," I whisper, and he makes a vague circular

them listening to that godawful movie

settle back into my seat, distracted from my darker thoughts by this new surprise. Overall, I'm relieved. I

"So, what's the secret?"

nowhere after another long period

"What secret?"

mate," he says

that was just

"Ava…"

believe me, and I sigh. "Vanessa sat me down for

and the babes? Didn't you learn that at—oh." Understanding dawns on his face.

shoulder shrug, I

the seat. I don't know if he understands that she's my wolf, but I don't feel like

Later, in private.

we fight with our wolves a lot. They're more instinctual than we are. Fighting over perceived insults, tussles for dominance, doing whatever we need to do in order to win over our peers. Even the girls get into

doesn't help my situation. Selene isn't

Am I not?

dominance and getting into fights just because someone looked at him the wrong

faint smile plays around his mouth, and Kellan's face is more relaxed than I've seen it since the party. The

off running away and starting a new pack. Of

"What did he do?"

friends with him. We camped in the forest as wolves

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