Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 237

Chapter 237 Ava: Wrung Dry

By the time we exit the training room, Vanessa and Marcus have to hold me up to walk in a straight line.

It isn't the type of exhaustion where my muscles are sore and stretched and tired after running or doing a thousand squats. It's more like the energy in my body has bled away, leaving me so weak that my muscles can no longer function properly.

When exercising, you can kind of feel good about your exertion. The pain and exhaustion comes with a sense of accomplishment.

This?

It just feels like I'm a wet dish rag wrung out one too many times.

The water's gone, and now I'm going to float away on the next strong breeze.

Ava! Where did you go?

Selene's panic is so explosive in my head that my legs buckle, even with the support of two shifters.

Long story. Training room. Magic place. My body's dead. Training sucks.

Even in my head, I can only speak in short sentences. It feels fuzzy and also like something's slamming into it with a sledgehammer, fueled by the rage of a thousand flying monkeys.

Not sure where the flying monkeys came from, but I'm just going to go with it.

Are you okay? she asks, and the warmth and care from her side of the bond also seems to infuse me with a little bit of extra energy.

middle of the night to

says, peering at my face. "Does it hurt to speak with

up. "What? No. Why do you

You just looked so

like that," Vanessa says, sounding

nods, despite

for not having years of experience," I mutter, wishing I had the strength to shove the both of them

my ass. They're way too comfortable making fun of

bond you have with your wolves is unique, indeed. If I had the time, I'd love to pick it apart. Especially you, Ava Grey, to have a wolf outside of your body, like the Lycans of old.

under a microscope, Selene says, and I can feel her internal shudder

uncomfortable with his line of interest, because she interrupts him to ask, "Why do you call her by her

We don't have a first and

family name, wouldn't it be a part of your identity?" I ask with a frown, as Vanessa and Marcus help settle me into a chair. With a wave of his hand, Magister Orion manifests into

doesn't always have a particular corresponding animal to the ones we are used to in our world; for example, their steaks might be from a giant carnivorous beast that they hunt,

and—most importantly—have no magic in them

certain on the allegiances of people in this city, and I'm hesitant to get Sister

without being asked, and I give her a smile when she catches my eye. Everything on the table is food I've

how exhausted

meat slices and various vegetables onto my plate, Magister Orion finally responds to my question. "Your identity is not defined by

normal rhythm for a moment. There's no way he's talking about my family dynamics, but I still feel like I've been put on display

his question makes

our family," I murmur, feeling

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