Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 177

Chapter 177 Ava: Accepting Her Pack

During the few funeral rites Alpha Renard held in Blackwood, he spent a lot of time pontificating. Especially during the rites for his sons.

Here, Lucas says nothing. Does nothing. Only stands there, his arms crossed over his chest, as he watches the pyres burn.

The amount of human bodies decreases as they all take to their wolf forms, standing and waiting. When I glance at Kellan, I can see that unfocused look in his eyes.

Lucas must be talking through the pack link.

That's why it's quiet.

There are wolves to either side of him, and I don't recognize any of them. Then again, I know very few members of the pack.

I'd chafed over that, used it as an excuse to go to the party.

But how much effort had I made to get to know these people?

At every turn, I felt stifled by their regard for me as Lucas' mate.

Did I ever engage the wolves around me in conversation? I don't even know most of their names.

If I can't even get to know the bodyguards sent to keep me safe at the cost of their own lives…

What kind of person doesn't even try, and just complains about her lack of freedom?

If I had gotten to know them, perhaps things would be different. Instead of complaining that I couldn't go anywhere without them, maybe outings would have been fun with them. Maybe the other pack members would have seen me trying to be friends…

Ah.

All those people watching me during training take on a different meaning in my head now.

Who would welcome an aloof wolf into their midst, knowing she's made no effort to assimilate into the pack?

My whining is a sour taste in my mouth, especially knowing that some of those people have now lost their lives because of me.

loss of life and injuries, I'd never once

from us, Selene murmurs, sitting beside me with her ears flat against her skull. I once led my pack. I would have

confusion once more, and I stroke a hand over her head without looking

and the smoke covering the sky in

save Lisa, I whisper back, feeling the tears filling my eyes once more. We cannot lose more people. I don't know what to

Selene stiffens. Ava.

guard. She's no longer staring toward the bodies burning in front of us. She's staring into

What is it?

muzzle, her nostrils flaring as she scents the air. I'm not sure. It

to notice anything. No one here does, and they're all in

Kellan, and I remain in our human

his amber eyes fiery as they reflect

bond between us is a warm weight, a comfort

his eyes meet mine. Not wanting to cause panic with words, I

in the same direction with a frown, before that familiar, unfocused look hits

away from

I can hear her mental whine, as

her body against my shins, even as she continues

might focus on my

that. It isn't like every member of the pack is attuned

fur is so dark

the oncoming night. A howl rips

the entire area echoes with their song of grief and loss. Tears streak down my cheeks, but I make no move to wipe them away. The weight of the lives lost settles on my

to burn, several wolves break from the

spend the night in their wolf forms," Kellan murmurs in my ear, his voice taut with tension. "A pack hunt

him, but my eyes are locked on Lucas' wolf. He stares back at me, his amber eyes glowing in the flickering light. The bond between us pulses, and I want nothing more than to go to him, to bury my face in his fur and share in his

tenses beside me, a low whine escaping her. Ava,

her ears still pricked towards the forest. Before I can even respond, Lucas bolts. His powerful legs propel him forward at a monstrous pace as he races in the direction

Kellan barks, shoving me none-too-gently

far too vicious for a simple hunt. Fear claws at

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