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 lives as a priority. I'd focused instead on

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

I

with those burning pyres and the smoke covering

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

Selene stiffens. Ava.

no longer staring toward the bodies burning in front of us.

What is it?

her muzzle, her nostrils flaring as she scents the air.

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

and I remain in

his amber eyes fiery as they reflect

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

his eyes meet mine. Not wanting to cause panic with words, I jerk my thumb toward Selene, still alerting to something off

in the same direction with a

from

hear her mental

I offer to her, but she presses her body against my shins,

might focus

like every member of the pack is attuned to Selene's

is so dark it's nearly black, but the flickering light of the funeral pyres highlights

the oncoming night. A howl rips from

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

to burn, several wolves break from the pack and lope

wolf forms," Kellan murmurs in my ear,

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

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

Before I can even respond, Lucas bolts. His powerful legs propel him forward at a monstrous pace as he races in the

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

snarls and growls that sound far too vicious for a simple hunt. Fear claws

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