Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

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 the time you

Shit. Really?

you

"Some things are yours to tell. And I had no proof of my

I'd confirmed his guess. He was

Selene says in approval, the first real glimmer of energy I've seen

and he makes a vague circular

of them listening to that godawful movie they put

my darker thoughts by this new surprise.

"So, what's the secret?"

nowhere after another long period of silence, and

"What secret?"

from your mate," he

No, that was

"Ava…"

me down for

Didn't you learn that at—oh." Understanding dawns on his face. "You didn't have a

a one shoulder shrug, I

who's peering at him from beneath the seat. I don't know if he understands that she's my wolf, but

Later, in private.

over perceived insults, tussles for dominance, doing whatever we need to do in order to win over our

my situation. Selene isn't

Am I not?

his wolf for a while. Said he was sick of hearing about dominance and getting into fights just because someone looked at him the wrong way. Guess it's harder

mouth, and Kellan's face is more relaxed than I've seen it since the

time, his 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

"What did he do?"

Took me and a few of our friends with him. We camped in