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."

skin soft against my palm. My mind is still working

you get here, Mrs. Elkins? I mean, not that I'm not

sighs, the sound weary and drawn out. "Oh, Ava, it's a story for the ages. But that can wait." Her eyes, sharp despite their age, sweep over

smile tugging at my lips. "Actually, I've gained weight. Even though I look skinnier.

of your own will? These people..."

no, Mrs. Elkins," I assure her quickly. "None of these people are the ones who took me from Cedarwood.

unwavering under her scrutiny. Vanessa mutters something about bull-headed men before turning to Mrs. Elkins with a polite smile. "Why don't we head inside? I'm sure you've had a long

postures shifting subtly to block the path. Vanessa's eyes narrow, and she takes a moment, her gaze unfocused. Mind-linking,

to Mrs. Elkins, her tone apologetic. "But I'm afraid we can't let you inside without approval from

completely." She reaches into her pocket, pulling out a small

Homemade, of course."

heart swells at the gesture, and I reach for the bag with a

around the bag, it's

whirl on the bodyguard in question. "What the hell? Give that

stoic expression. "I'm sorry, Luna, but we'll have

never hurt me. She

steps forward, professional and blank-faced as he addresses Mrs. Elkins. "Ma'am, can you explain how you entered pack lands without detection? And how you made it all the way to the

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

dear, are you in some

on alert and intent on saving me even from

questions are imminently reasonable, and I'm wondering the same things. Not to mention—Selene's hiding under the bench is beyond

can't shake the feeling that I'm about to hear

old woman to have accidentally stumbled onto me here, a thousand miles

something more

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