Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 208

Chapter 208 Ava: Moon Goddess (I)

At least the physical pain is over, Selene says as I'm groaning on my bed, limper than an overcooked noodle.

"It isn't over. I'm still dying."

You'll be fine. This is why you should have kept up with your exercise. Even a few days off and you're already back to being out of shape.

"Must be nice to be a dog. You never get sore."

That's because I don't sit around like a couch potato.

Harsh.

But true.

Sliding off my bed in the most dramatically sore fashion I can muster, I ignore Selene's snort and tremble-walk the entire length of the room to the closet where I set the magic book.

Mrs. Elkins goes home today, right?

"Right. They're driving her to Cedarwood. Lucas sent scouts to make sure she gets there okay."

"Enforcers," Marcus corrects me from his corner.

He doesn't offer to help me get what I want, but he's quick to make sure I'm calling his comrades by the right title. Giving him a sour look, I amend, "Enforcers."

Grabbing the book off the top shelf, I decide to sit on the floor in front of the closet, not really wanting to walk on sore legs all the way to the bed. My muscles protest even this, quivering more than a leaf in the wind.

Look at you, taking the lazy way out, Selene mocks, her voice echoing in my mind with a teasing lilt.

"I'm not being lazy," I retort, settling cross-legged on the plush carpet. "I'm being efficient. Why waste energy when I can just sit here?"

Selene snorts, her furry head shaking in amusement. Don't come crying to me when your butt goes numb.

my tongue out at her like a child, I turn my attention to the magical tome in my

touch, almost unnaturally

releases, and I carefully open the book. Once again,

thumb through the pages. It doesn't make sense. It has to be some kind of magical lock to keep its contents secure, but how is someone without the

it from a

But I don't have one, so

gentle current of electricity dancing across my skin, warm and inviting. I

being gently shocked, doesn't it? Like a low level of

how she knows anything

"No, it's more than that. It's like..." I

a strange pull, as if the book is drawing me in. I close my eyes, letting the sensation wash over me, trying to make sense of

a bolt of lightning, a memory flashes through my mind. "Selene, where's

sounds hesitant, and I block out the pain and exhaustion in

in hand. "At the apartment, I touched this once, and it had this same feeling on my fingers. I was shocked. I didn't know that it was magic at the

it activated. Selene sounds excited, then dubious. But unlike

"Is there a scent?"

was then, is

So, she doesn't know.

that much time around magicians,

"Sorry, sorry."

pendant gleams in the light, its silver chain cool against my fingertips,

there's warmth emanating from its

it's alive, pulsing with an energy I can't

me intently, her blue eyes fixed

thinking that I have to

grows heavy, thick with anticipation. Even

wait, my pulse pounding in my ears. One

And…

Nothing.

to suck me under the waves of anticipation, holding me

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