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 hold it. You can even put

would I do something

you 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

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

enough about those talents to say, but you can

"What do you mean, a

as she

Did she?

she mentions it, there's a vague memory

forgetting my own wolf was supposed to find a teacher. But then

I wish to. I've been

"What about Lucas' wolf?"

No.

"Do you have a problem with him? Did you know him

me I'm on the right path, but I reel in my curiosity for more

know. Probably soon. You should prepare

have my stomach sinking to my toes. "Why?

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

terse, but I can feel misery coming off her in waves. She won't even meet my eyes, even when I walk around her to force it. She just moves her head in

"Selene…"

talk about it until

she slinks off

angry with

won't be angry with you. Just come out

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