Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 195

Chapter 195 Ava: A Familiar Face

I never expected to add my former boss being held up by a flock of bodyguards, a solid thousand miles from Cedarwood, to my list of fucked up shit that happened today.

So it takes a minute for me to process what I'm hearing.

"Mrs. Elkins?"

Selene flattens against the ground, her ears going back as she belly-crawls her way to my bench.

Her bizarre demeanor doesn't even register in my head, because—well, frankly, she's been weird as hell for the past several hours.

"Ava! My dear girl."

Those familiar rheumy eyes and her welcoming smile have me so intensely, terribly homesick for Cedarwood that I have to blink like a maniac to keep the tears at bay. "Mrs. Elkins, how did you get here? And on pack lands?"

Vanessa follows behind as I push my way through the bodyguards, who refuse to let me get too close.

"Calm down, boys. She's a friend of our Luna."

Vanessa's at least forty years younger than any of these men, but they respond to her words anyway, letting me through their human barricade.

I've got to figure out how to wield whatever flimsy authority I have. Even Vanessa gets people to listen to her. Granted, she's a healer—no one wants to get on a healer's bad side. Not even the alpha.

Reaching the old woman, I can see that she's carrying a huge parcel, hugging it to her chest.

"Ava, my dear. Are you all right?"

Her hand shakes as she reaches for my face, as though reassuring herself I'm really alive.

"I'm fine."

in mine. It's delicate and fragile, her paper-thin skin soft against my palm. My mind is still working at wrapping itself around her being here, in the flesh, a thousand

Mrs. Elkins? I mean, not that I'm not happy

the ages. But that can wait." Her eyes, sharp despite

my head, a rueful smile tugging at my lips. "Actually, I've gained weight. Even though I

brows knit together in concern. "And you're here of your own will? These people..." She

no, Mrs. Elkins," I assure her quickly. "None of these people

their impassive stares unwavering under her scrutiny. Vanessa mutters something about bull-headed men before turning to Mrs. Elkins with a polite smile. "Why

Vanessa's eyes narrow, and

tone apologetic. "But I'm afraid we can't

titters, waving a hand. "Of course, of course. I understand completely." She reaches into her pocket, pulling out a small ziplock bag. "Here, Ava. I brought you

Homemade, of course."

swells at the gesture, and I reach for the bag with a smile. "Thank you, Mrs. Elkins.

fingers can close around the bag, it's snatched out of

question. "What the hell?

"I'm sorry, Luna, but we'll have to check these for safety before you can

echo, disbelief coloring my tone. "Mrs. Elkins would never hurt me.

addresses Mrs. Elkins. "Ma'am, can you explain how you entered pack lands without detection? And how you made it

from the corner of my eye. Mrs. Elkins looks around at

in some sort

alert and intent on saving me even from a little old

imminently reasonable, and I'm wondering the same things. Not to

about to hear

situation, for an old woman to have accidentally stumbled onto me here, a thousand miles away, without knowing

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