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."

grasp Mrs. Elkins' hand 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

not that I'm not happy

out. "Oh, Ava, it's a story for the ages. But that can wait." Her eyes, sharp despite their age, sweep over me with a critical gleam. "You've lost weight, Ava. Have you

lips. "Actually, I've gained weight. Even though I look skinnier. Must be all the muscle

together in concern. "And you're here of your own will? These people..." She glances warily at the

of these people are the ones who took me

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

bodyguards tense, their postures shifting subtly to block the path. Vanessa's eyes narrow, and she takes a moment, her gaze unfocused. Mind-linking, I realize. Probably with

she explains to Mrs. Elkins, her tone apologetic. "But I'm afraid

of course. I understand completely." She reaches into her pocket, pulling out a small

Homemade, of course."

I reach for the bag with a smile. "Thank

around the bag, it's

on the bodyguard in question. "What

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

Elkins would never hurt me. She saved

guard steps forward, professional and blank-faced as he addresses Mrs. Elkins. "Ma'am, can you explain how you entered pack lands

voice, and I see Vanessa tense from the corner of my eye. Mrs. Elkins looks around

are you in some sort

guards, all on alert and intent on saving me even from

imminently reasonable, and I'm wondering the same things.

can't shake the feeling that I'm about to hear answers I'll regret having

an old woman to have accidentally stumbled onto me here, a

more going

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