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 put a single one of their

us, Selene murmurs, sitting beside me with her ears flat against

once more, and I stroke a hand over her

with those burning pyres and the smoke

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.

guard. She's no longer staring toward the bodies burning

What is it?

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

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

Lucas, Kellan, and I remain in our human

the clearing, his amber eyes fiery as they reflect the light

weight, a comfort in my chest, even through the

until his eyes meet mine. Not wanting to cause panic with words, I jerk my thumb

the same direction with a frown, before that familiar, unfocused look hits his eyes once

away from the pack

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

presses her body

They might focus

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

into his massive wolf, larger than any of the others. His fur is so dark it's nearly black,

the last vestiges of twilight fade into the oncoming night. A

until 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

wolves break from the pack

wolf forms," Kellan murmurs in my ear, his voice taut with

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

whine escaping her.

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

get in the car. Now!" Kellan barks, shoving

sound far too vicious for a simple hunt. Fear claws at my throat. Another

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