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?"

Kellan looks exasperated. "The look. Talking to her. You do it when you think we aren't watching, and half

Shit. Really?

didn't you tell

get comfortable. "Some things are yours to tell. And I

I'd confirmed his guess.

in approval, the first real glimmer

and he makes a vague circular motion with his

listening to that godawful movie they put on.

seat, distracted from my darker thoughts by this new surprise. Overall, I'm relieved. I won't have to hide Selene's existence

"So, what's the secret?"

another long period

"What secret?"

your mate," he says impatiently. "You asked how I

That. No, that was just

"Ava…"

sat me down for a wolves and the babes

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

one shoulder shrug, I just

don't know if he

Later, in private.

lot. They're more instinctual than we are. Fighting over perceived insults, tussles for dominance, doing whatever we need to do in order to

see." That doesn't help my situation. Selene

Am I not?

Lucas hated his wolf for a while. Said he was sick of hearing about dominance and getting into fights just because

and Kellan's face is more relaxed

wolf even convinced him he'd be better off running away and starting a new pack. Of course, we don't really do that kind of thing when we're thirteen, but

"What did he do?"

with him. We camped in the forest as wolves and were ready to start life as

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