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.

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

cool to touch, almost

open the book. Once again, I'm met with a

pages. It doesn't make sense. It has to be some kind of magical lock to keep

from a

don't have one, so that

tingle, a sensation that's almost familiar. It's like a gentle current of electricity dancing across my skin, warm and inviting. I pause, staring at my

shocked, doesn't it? Like a low level

idea how she knows anything about

more than that. It's like..." I trail off, struggling to

my chest. My heart beats faster, and I feel a strange pull, as if the book is drawing me in. I close my eyes,

memory

block out the pain and exhaustion

minutes before I'm back at the book, necklace in hand. "At the apartment, I touched this once,

it activated. Selene sounds excited, then dubious. But

"Is there a scent?"

then,

So, she doesn't know.

much time

"Sorry, sorry."

light, its silver chain cool against my fingertips, much like

there's warmth emanating from its

pulsing with an energy I can't quite

her blue eyes fixed on the necklace. What are

that I have to

grows heavy, thick with anticipation. Even the dust motes hanging in the sunbeams streaming through the window appear suspended, as if time

pulse pounding in my ears.

And…

Nothing.

suck me under the waves of anticipation,

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