Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 213

Chapter 213 Ava: It's Gone

"Did you see that?" I ask Kellan, my voice barely above a whisper.

He glances at me, brows furrowed and body alert. "See what?"

I shake my head, not quite sure how to explain the strange phenomenon. "Nothing. Never mind."

As we exit the car, I can't help but glance behind us, taking in the six guards that follow in our wake. Their presence should be reassuring, a sign of Lucas' commitment to my safety, but instead it only serves to heighten my unease.

There's something in the air, a buzzing energy that sets my teeth on edge and makes my skin feel too tight. It's like the world is holding its breath, waiting for something to happen.

We enter the building, our footsteps echoing in the empty hallways. Kellan leads the way, broad shoulders tense beneath his suit jacket. I trail behind him, my heart hammering in my chest as we descend the stairs to the basement, noticing that there's no light coming from below.

Kellan and I both pull out our phones to use as flashlights, but don't stop our descent.

When we reach the bottom, I stop short, my breath catching in my throat. The office, the reception desk, the colorful artwork that had adorned the walls—it's all gone. In its place is nothing but a bare, concrete room, devoid of any sign of life. As if no office had ever existed. No drywall. No electric wires.

Just… nothing.

"What the hell?" Kellan mutters, his eyes scanning the empty space.

I step forward, my fingers trailing along the rough wall. "It was here, wasn't it? We didn't take a wrong turn?"

A silly question. It's the same building, in the same neighborhood.

Nothing's changed.

And yet Steve isn't here.

expression grim. "No, we

magic, Selene growls, her hackles

back of my neck stand on end. Every instinct screams at me to

about Steve

the office in the

felt nauseated when

think

at my chest, the other scrabbling against the rough concrete floor. Beside me, Kellan gasps, his face

phones snuffed out like candles in a hurricane. I'm drowning, suffocating, my lungs screaming

it began, or

feeding oxygen to my starving lungs. Sunlight sears my eyes, blinding after the impenetrable darkness. Spots

parking lot, sprawled on the asphalt like discarded ragdolls. The guards are scattered around us, some on their knees, others flat

building

space. No rubble, no debris, not even a single brick to

it never existed

mind reeling. "I think Steve's a Fae," I say lamely,

ashen. "No shit," he mutters, dusting

were there all along—the strange energy that surrounded Steve, the way her

leaving no trace of its existence. It's the kind of magic that only

least, I can only

magic of some

"We need to tell Lucas. If Steve's a Fae, she could be working with the vampires. I don't know

idea of a Fae working with vampires is a

she was helping us, what her

but I have

and why is the

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