Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 190

Chapter 190 Ava: Mom's Legacy (III)

"What the hell?" I mutter, turning the necklace over. There's some dried blood on the chain, and it's broken.

The blood, I'm sure, is mine.

Selene pads over, her ears perked high. This is…

"My necklace. Yeah. How the fuck did it end up in my suitcase? And even that was packed all the way in Westwood territory, yet I lost this during the fight with Todd."

Her nose flares as she sniffs at it. It's a message.

"A message? From who?"

That cagey feeling again, as Selene avoids a direct answer. One who can teach you.

"Selene—we're not doing this cryptic bullshit again. Who is this a message from, and how? In fact, how did it ever show up in my apartment the first time?"

Her huff irritates me like nothing else, and I snap, "Selene, this isn't funny. I'm sick of the secrets. You're always waiting until too late to tell me things, and it isn't fair."

It isn't always a choice to hide things from you, she mutters. I'm bound by too many things.

"I swear to the Moon Goddess, if this is one of those things you said about the natural order of the world…" My threatening tone has nothing behind it, but she flinches anyway.

No. This is a vow given to the Moon Goddess, in exchange for your security. In fact, you can consider the Moon Goddess the messenger in this instance. Her scent is all over that necklace.

I drop the necklace as though it's on fire. "What do you mean, her scent?"

The thought of touching something with a divine scent on it is abhorrent. Like I'm defiling a precious artifact.

around for

snorts. Her presence won't be erased by your touch. You can

I

could. She noses at it on the ground. The magic within is gone. Depleted. Holding it won't do anything. You can keep it or get

return to me? How did it return to me?" Maybe it's less about defiling the divine after all, and more that it feels kind of gross

to say, but

"What do you mean,

aggressive, but more of a wolfish grumble as she snaps at the air. I told you a long time ago,

Did she?

mentions it, there's a vague memory of a conversation like

to find

to.

"What about Lucas' wolf?"

No.

warning bells in my head. "Do you have

on the right path, but I reel in my curiosity for more important matters.

soon.

have my stomach sinking to my

everything is as it seems, and you might be upset with us, even when you understand why it had to be

in waves. She won't even meet my eyes, even when

"Selene…"

can't talk about it until

are firm, even as she slinks

be angry

frustrated tears to my eyes. "Selene, I won't be angry with you.

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