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.

I'd never

us, Selene murmurs, sitting beside me with her ears flat against her skull. I once led

once more, and I stroke a hand over

pyres and the smoke covering the sky in

We cannot lose more people. I don't know what to do. I don't

Selene stiffens. Ava.

warning in her voice catches me off guard. She's no longer staring toward the bodies burning in front of us. She's staring into the forest, her ears pricked forward

What is it?

as she scents the air. I'm not sure. It seems familiar,

here does,

I

eyes connect with mine from across the clearing, his amber eyes fiery as they

a warm weight, a comfort in my chest, even through the

with

in her body language and turns in the same direction with a frown, before that

wolf breaks away from the pack in that

it, I assure Selene, but I can hear her mental whine, as if she's struggling not

to her, but she presses her body against my

They might focus on my

isn't like every member of the pack

is so dark it's nearly black, but the

his muzzle to the sky as the last vestiges of twilight fade into the oncoming night. A howl rips from his throat, deep and

grief and loss. Tears streak down my cheeks, but I make no move to wipe them away.

the fires continue to burn, several wolves break from the pack and

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

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

escaping her. Ava, we should get in

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 Selene had been

get in the car. Now!" Kellan barks, shoving me none-too-gently

a simple

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