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.

over the loss of life and injuries, I'd never once put a

sitting beside me with her ears flat against her skull. I once led my pack.

trail off in confusion once more, and I stroke a hand over her head without

with those burning pyres and the smoke covering the sky in a

pack to save Lisa, I whisper back, feeling the tears filling my eyes once more. We cannot lose more people. I don't know what to do. I don't know what's right. But I know that this… This

Selene stiffens. Ava.

toward the bodies burning in front of us. She's staring into the forest,

What is it?

scents the air. I'm not sure. It seems

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

I remain in

across the clearing, his amber eyes fiery as they reflect the light of the burning

weight, a comfort in my chest, even

to cause panic with words, I

and turns in the same direction with a frown,

wolf breaks away from the

can hear her mental whine, as

but she presses her body against

They might focus on my scent,

isn't like every member

so dark it's nearly black, but

sky as the last vestiges of twilight fade into the oncoming night. A howl rips

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 shoulders, threatening to

burn, several wolves break from the pack

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

me, a low whine escaping

sounds troubled, her ears still pricked towards the forest. Before I can even respond, Lucas bolts. His powerful legs propel him forward

Kellan barks, shoving me none-too-gently towards

vicious for a simple hunt. Fear claws at my throat.

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