Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 204 Ava: You Know About the Fae?

My phone rings just as Kellan pulls into the driveway of the alpha lodge, waking me from a light doze.

"Hello?"

"Ava."

Lucas' voice is warm and soft, despite the edge of exhaustion I can hear within it.

"Hey, handsome." My lips curve even as my cheeks heat; being flirtatious doesn't come naturally.

Kellan's stare in my direction doesn't help the embarrassment churning in my gut, and I hop out of the SUV as quickly as I can.

Of course, I stumble, my foot somehow catching in the seatbelt in my hurry, and the phone clatters out of my grasp, skittering across the driveway as I shriek, falling onto half my face and scratching up both hands.

My knees are somehow spared, but there are a lot of people helping me to my feet.

Too many people. All of them careful not to make eye contact, even as Kellan rushes over to check me for injuries.

"My phone. I need my phone." Lucas is probably freaking out.

"Marcus has it. He's talking to him." After reassuring himself that I haven't broken anything and am—more or less—intact, Kellan steps back and Marcus slides my phone into my hand.

"Ava? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just got tangled up in the seatbelt and fell."

out loud somehow makes the

on your damn face," Jericho barks from behind the

shifter's voice is

you on falls again tomorrow morning," my mate says, sounding way

phone, feeling my cheeks burn. I can practically hear the old wolf's smirk, even

Comfortable silence settles between me and Lucas over the phone all the way to my room, though I

tongue is everywhere, her entire body wiggling with the force of her wagging tail. No one would expect her inner soul

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

Kind of like pot roast. And potatoes. "Have you been sneaking food from the

They gave it

around, because the list of people feeding Selene

that Selene?" Lucas

I just got to my

soft sound, before saying, "My wolf misses her. He's been whining about it. He misses you, too.

"I miss you, too."

like that come much easier after having

followed me into the room. "Oh, that's weird. Where's Marcus?" I ask

of course, Lucas hears me, since he's on the phone. "No one wants to eavesdrop

chest. "Sounds like you're in a good mood. How

even through the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling in my ear. "Negotiating with alphas is much like negotiating with children.

the bed, Selene curling up beside me. "You're not

"I've done plenty of things for the good of my pack, Ava. I went after Blackwood without going to the Council for

silent, chewing on my bottom lip. It's not like I can argue with him. Before I can formulate a response,