Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 226

Chapter 226 Ava: War is Here (I)

Magister Orion personally escorts us up the mysterious spiral staircase to two adjoining rooms, promising to begin my training in the morning.

The moment the door closes behind him, I pull out my phone, unsurprised to see no new texts or phone calls. Sister Miriam did say only the occasional ones text would come through.

So I call Lucas.

He answers on the first ring.

"Are you okay?"

His question is more of a shouted demand for an answer, and I hold the phone several inches away from my ear, blinking at the force of his volume. "Yes. I'm fine. Did you get Kellan's messages?"

"Do you need help? When can you come home? Why won't our phone calls connect? Is everyone treating you okay? Are you in danger? Have you eaten?"

"No. Soon. I don't know. Yes. No. Not yet." My lips curve at the way his questions barrage my ear.

"I miss you."

"I miss you too, Ave. So much." Lucas's voice softens, the rough edges smoothing into something tender that wraps around my heart. "I understand why you're there. I do. But I don't like it."

catches my eye, tilting her head toward the adjoining room.

same ultimate theme: Is the city safe? Can Alpha

access here, Lucas. Sister Miriam promised. Even Sister Miriam can't come here." I settle onto the edge of the bed, the

I'm okay."

his words is

"No. Actually—"

phone to tell someone to enter. I try to listen in, but it's impossible to clarify the words coming out of whoever he's

and wounded, which has ice forming

tone, grim and heavy. The ball of ice transforms into a

"What kind of uproar?"

crackle of his sigh. "One of the other alphas separated from the Council. He's claiming we overstepped our bounds, abused our authority by allowing the takeover of the Blackwood pack. There have been five rogue attacks today. All concerted efforts, timed perfectly. We lost a few

my legs turn to jelly. Sliding onto the

means war is

The weight of it steals my breath, leaves me reeling. "What do you need me to

attacked there yet. Our forces are too scattered, spread over too wide an area. We're working with the other alphas on bringing reinforcements, but without knowing

The denial rips from my throat, fierce and unyielding. "Westwood is

to say. "It might be a blessing in disguise that you're there. It was the last place I wanted you to be,

I want to

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